Mellisa Tolentino
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Yahoo! Back on Top at the Expense of its Execs
The days of Google reigning supreme as the internet’s top dog may be coming to an end, as Yahoo! is once again the hottest property on the web. According to ComScore’s Top 50 US Web properties list, Yahoo sites have the highest number of unique visitors to date, clocking in at 196,564 million unique visitors. ...
Jump Starting the New Generation of Connected Devices : theQ + More
In this week’s Smart Device roundup, we’ll be looking at a program dedicated to connected devices, a connected camera that is socially focused, and a way for parents to limit the Internet activity of their kids. Connected Devices Accelerator R/GA, the award-winning digital agency, announced an agency-based accelerator program that will focus on startups ...
Your Guide to VMworld 2013 : Defy Convention
The Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA has set the stage for VMworld 2013 which will be held on August 25-29, 2013. We’re covering this year’s event live from theCUBE, our flagship broadcast production where we extract the signal from the noise. You’ll get exclusive content including interviews from key executives and industry leaders, as ...
How A Smart Key Can Save Your Kid’s Life
In this week’s SmartCar roundup, we’ll be featuring how Google Glass is transforming navigation, the future of public transportation, and a smart key to keep teen drivers safe. Mercedes Benz gets Google Glassified When Google released the developer version of Google Glass, Mercedes Benz made sure to get a couple of these high-tech glasses. ...
NFL Sunday Ticket, Brought To You By Google?
What is America’s favorite sport? Nope, not baseball, it’s football. According to Harris Interactive’s poll earlier this year, 34 percent of adults surveyed stated that football is their favorite sport, while only 16 percent chose baseball. These findings really aren’t that surprising given all the craze happening with the NFL, especially during this year’s Super ...
Key VMware Executive Shakeups in 2013 : New CEO + Other Fresh Faces
Last year, VMware welcomed a new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, who replaced Paul Maritz. At the time, Maritz exited the company and will not serve in any position under the EMC umbrella. Lo and behold, Maritz is now Pivotal’s head. Pivotal is the latest EMC/VMware spinoff. But this isn’t the only executive level shakeup we’ve seen ...
Nokia Deploys 2nd Gen 3D Mapping System: Can HERE Maps Finally Rival Google?
When you need directions or you want to see what a place looks like, you’ll more than likely turn to Google Maps because of its Streetview feature. No doubt about it, Streetview’s really cool, especially when you’re visiting a place for the first time. With Streetview, you can familiarize yourself with the place even before ...
4 Ways Gold iPhone Will Succeed : Elitism, Corporate Appeal + More
You’ve probably already heard that Apple will be launching two iPhones by September. Apple hasn’t confirmed it yet, but sources stated that there will be a high-end iPhone dubbed as the iPhone 5S, and a low-cost iPhone dubbed as the iPhone 5C. Apple is said to be replacing the iPhone 4 and 4S with the ...
How Long Do You Last in Bed? There’s a Self-Quantified App for That
In this week’s Quantified Self roundup, we’ll be looking at how apps and gadgets not only track your health and fitness regime but also you sex life and genealogy. Are these Quantified Self apps and devices overstepping their boundaries, or is such introspection inevitable in the search for the quantified version of ourselves? Spreadsheets ...
VMware + OpenStack : A Brief but Strained History
VMware may not be one of OpenStack’s most prominent supporters, promoting its own open source framework, the Cloud Foundry, despite losing clients like PayPal to the Rackspace-initiated platform. Even VMware’s CEO Pat Gelsinger is not one to hide his feelings on OpenStack, stating it’s simply not for the enterprise. “Where is OpenStack, we believe, going ...