Kristen Nicole
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In Puppet Labs’ first major release since its acquisition of MCollective, we have some renewed open cloud initiatives emerging onto the scene. MCollective was already an incorporated feature for Puppet Labs’ products, and today’s release further integrates MCollective into the fold. MCollective …
JiWire’s New Platform Scales Local Mobile Ads
JiWire has launched a new service called Compass, which is designed to enhance location-based advertising for mobile devices. The location-based mobile media company is designing a platform around geo-specific data, enabling brands to make their campaigns more relevant for audiences based on …
Firefox Creative Lead Aza Raskin Departs for New Health Project
Firefox Creative Lead Aza Raskin is leaving Mozilla, nearly two years after they acquired his talents. It was then he sold Humanized, a project he started in our own adopted hometown of Chicago. Moving on to yet another initiative called Massive Health, …
Nymgo Founder Hails App Stores as Key to VoIP Mobile Distribution
There are a lot of companies right now looking to go mobile. These smartphone devices we’re all carrying around? They’re like hand-held computers. And I mean that in the actual sense, not in the way folks have been projecting and hoping for …
Android Apps Overpower Apple’s: Millennial Media MobileMix Report
What’s on your gadget wish list? Probably an Apple product. Looking at Millennial Media’s MobileMix report for November 2010, Apple is dominating the mobile device scene, with the iPhone and iPod touch making up the top two individual mobile devices in its …
Bundle’s New Recommendation Tools Map the DNA of Consumer Spending
“If Mint and Bizzy had a baby…” is how Bundle was first described to me. And after playing around with it for a little while, I tend to whole-heartedly agree. Bundle is a joyous tool to use, at least for a research …
Juniper VP Doug Murray Gives “Complimentary” Details of Altor Acquisition
The last time I spoke with Juniper Networks, Altor Networks was on the call as well. They’d conducted a study together at VMworld 2010, finding some mutually beneficial client needs to address through their joint product offerings. It was a sign of …
VisualDNA’s No Social Sell Out: Escaping Data Commoditization
Social networks have reached a point of mainstream adoption, which leaves room for lots of compromises in terms of monetization, access and consumer control. Factor in the way in which brands are taking to social networks for their own advertising purposes, and …
Citrix Opens Incubator Program on IPO Anniversary
Citrix Systems is celebrating an anniversary today—15 years ago the virtual computing solutions provider launched its IPO, taking its company public. Company representatives are partying on Wall St. this morning, but Citrix is also using this as an opportunity to give back. …
The Price is Right for Super Rewards, Seeking New Fans on Facebook
Do you still watch The Price is Right? What about Wheel of Fortune (I think Vana White is still around, but I really wouldn’t know)? It’s folks like me these games are still targeting, after years of being away. I’m not too …