Mellisa Tolentino
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iPhone 5S Set for Fall Launch, But Good Luck Finding One if You’re Russian
The next-generation iPhone is rumored to have been given a September or October launch date, and there may be some truth to this one as analysts project that production is set to begin start later this month. Based on inventory channel checks, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek speculates that small-batch production of low-cost iPhones began last ...
We Take On the Next Big Data Mystery @ MIT: Quality vs. Quantity [LIVE Broadcast]
Quality vs. Quantity – this is the looming question when it comes to, well, almost anything. The same question can be directed at the busy Big Data industry, now becoming an expected standard within the industry. Now that we can collect and analyze more data than we ever imagined, how do we determine the quality ...
Galaxy Note 3 vs. HTC One Max : Phablet Rumors + Smartphone Scares
These days, phone manufacturer releases seem to be all about three things: a big phone but not big enough to be considered as a phablet, a smaller version of that phone for those who aren’t fond of lugging around a huge phone, then a phablet for those who see bigger things as better things. Samsung ...
Should You Worry About the Mall Tracking You? Why We’re OK with Online Tracking, but Not In-Store
Is a mall that tracks its shoppers really that big of a deal? Famed department store Nordstrom recently implemented shopper tracking on premise to learn more about its customers. It used WiFi signals from people’s smartphones to track their movement and see how many were repeat visitors. When the establishment made visitors aware of the ...
Jump!, Next or Edge: Which Carrier’s Upgrade Plan Works Best for You?
Last week, T-Mobile made a big announcement that many felt had the potential to tip the scale in its favor at long last The carrier unveiled a new scheme for its customers called Jump!, billed as T-Mobile’s answer for gadget freaks who always wants the latest and bestest new device in the palm of their ...
Apple’s Planning To Offer Ad-Free TV Enjoyment. Interested?
Apple has yet to change how the Apple TV, its set-top box for streaming iTunes and Internet content to TVs, delivers content to viewers, but that’s not to say it doesn’t have a few ideas brewing. According to reports, Apple execs met with media companies last week and pitched ideas about a revolutionary new ad-skipping ...
Bring Your Own Wearable Device: The Next Big Thing in the Enterprise?
We’ve seen dozens of new, so-called “wearable technologies” these days, pretty much all of them geared towards the consumer, but surely there’s more to this emerging tech scene than just entertainment and lifestyle aids. For example, what kind of impact, if any, might these new devices have in the enterprise? Will wearable tech become a ...
3 Search Engine Startups Setting Google in Their Sights
If you’re one of those people who likes to sit in their room all day wearing a tin foil hat, or if you’re just totally fed up with Google invading every aspect of your life, you’ll be glad to know that in most cases, there’s a decent alternative to just about every Google product known ...
From Google Reader’s Ashes : Smartphone Apps that Read News Feeds Aloud
There’s a lot of buzz surrounding news aggregators and readers, since the demise of Google Reader. If you’re still asking why the sudden interest in news aggregators, it’s because these personalized services are becoming better optimized for the bevy of content that hits the web daily, ready for mobile users on the go. And because ...
Cloudera Reigns Over Europe, Catches Up to Hadoop’s American Success
In a recent survey conducted by data processing software vendor Syncsort on 300 attendees of two Big Data conferences in Europe, it was revealed that Cloudera is the widely-adopted Hadoop distribution platform in Europe. It revealed that 41 percent of the frameworks use in Europe is Cloudera, followed by core Apache code at 30 percent, ...