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Akamai and Visa Let Retailers Skip Credit Card Routing with Tokens
With the rise of virtual payment systems, used in games, online shopping and becoming further integrated into social networks, it’s important to protect consumer interests and their financial information. Akamai Technologies, provider of cloud optimization services in the media sector, is incorporating payment security into the cloud with Edge Tokenization. Akamai is launching a new ...
Google Comments on FCC White Space Rulings – What’s Next?
Google already had its eyes on the white spaces left behind from broadcast TV before they went digital, so you can be certain that the search giant is celebrating, as the Federal Communications Commission officially ruled this morning on the technical rules related to the opened airwaves. Calling it Wi-Fi ion steroids, Google is looking ...
Twitter Free Analytics and Third Party Influencers
The new Twitter website may not have come with multiple account support, but the microblogging network will soon offer free analytics for users. This is a step in the right direction for Twitter, as its data has been used for mining by third parties for quite some time. There is the thought that Twitter’s offering ...
Luxury Brands Should Target Mobile Shoppers this Holiday Season: Millennial Media S.M.A.R.T. Report
Get ready for the holiday shopping season, with mobile becoming an area of particular interest. Millennial Media’s August S.M.A.R.T. Report, released today, looks at the month’s trends in order to offer some insight to the upcoming retail goldmine. A study in targeting behavior and areas of growth, August’s report shows affluent mobile users as key ...
BrightRoll Launches Mobile Video Ads Capabilities
Top online video ad network BrightRoll is stepping things up again, with mobile video advertising. It’s been a long time coming for BrightRoll, especially as the natural progression for videos has taken the leap to the mobile space. Advertising in this arena is really starting to find its niche, and BrightRoll is catering to a ...
Another Tablet Born into Dell’s Family
Dell has announced its plans for a second tablet, expanding its fledgling family shortly after releasing the first 7” tablet, named the Streak, in the U.S. last month. Dell has been among the first major players to launch an Android-powered tablet against Apple’s iPad, launched earlier this year. Announced at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in ...
Cloud Wars Get Stormy with Takeover Resistance from Oracle Customers and Employees
The cloud war is brewing up some choppy seas this week, with Oracle’s OpenWorld revealing long-planned plots towards world domination. Between Oracle’s Fusion release and massive acquisitions like Sun Microsystems, the storage and software firm has signaled its intentions for the year to come. It looks to be a bumpy ride. And customers? They have ...
Zenoss Reveals the Cloud State of the Union for 2010
There’s plenty of hype going on in the cloud, pushing virtualization methodology, seeking the promise of streamlined enterprise processes to securely save data, make it accessible, and save money along the way. With more virtual machines than physical machines, a huge consumer surge driving demand for cloud-based products and services, and an economic shift relying ...
Sprint 4G Spotted in Bay Area. What City Will Be Next?
AT&T may have some serious dead zones in San Francisco, but Sprint’s 4G network is making its way through the city. Intomobile noticed the 4G availability today, indicating that Sprint is working on the continued spread of the WiMAX network. It’s an important step for Sprint, as the envied network helps to bring Sprint back ...
Hosting.com Speaks Candidly on Oncoming War Between Microsoft and VMware
A running theme that’s rippling through the cloud industry right now is “coop-aition.” It’s the idea that enemies are friends, and friends are enemies, and as everyone strives towards a similar goal, the lines between the above terms is blurred amongst partnerships, referrals and conglomerations. It’s something we picked up on at VMworld, and it’s ...