Mellisa Tolentino
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Hadoop Grows Up : Big Data No Longer Limited to Web Scale Companies
Wikibon Principal Research Contributor Jeff Kelly has been on the road with theCUBE jumping from one event to another, including SAP Sapphire, HP Discover, GE Industrial Internet, MongoNYC and Hadoop Summit, all in an effort to separate the signal from the noise within the booming Big Data industry, particularly the rising prominence of Hadoop. Kelly notes that ...
Windows 8 Gains Traction as Users Anticipate 8.1 Update
Windows haters may snide at this one, but the platform is gaining traction whether they like it or not. Yup, you read that right. More users are now installing or buying devices running Windows 8. According to the numbers posted by NetMartketshare, Windows in general commands a mammoth 91.51 percent marketshare, while Mac has 7.2 ...
Wow, Xbox’s Don Mattrick Joins Zynga as CEO: Even Sony’s CEO Thinks it’s Hilarious
Zynga’s stocks has risen as much as 12.7 percent after news of change in leadership at the online games company broke out. A report from AllThingsD stated that Zynga has succesfully tapped up Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment unit, which is responsible for the Xbox and all of the company’s gaming and entertaining ...
The Race to Smartwatch Domination : Can Apple Catch Samsung?
According to reports, Apple has filed for the “iWatch” trademark in Japan, validating previous rumors regarding a wearable technology in the not so distant future from the Cupertino company. According to Bloomberg, the patent was filed last June 3 with the Japan Patent Office and the application was made public last week. Apple is said ...
Waterproof Smartphone Review: Samsung Galaxy S4 Active vs. Sony Xperia ZR
A recent report from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech states that in Europe, previous users of Samsung devices, specifically the Galaxy SII, upgraded to a Sony Xperia Z rather than another Samsung device such as the Galaxy SIII, S4 or Note. The reason for this may be in the Xperia Z’s water and dust resistant features, and ...
Geeky Grillmaster Gadgets + Fireworks Tips for July 4
Get your steaks, ribs, hotdogs, burger patties, corn, and hotdog buns ready, ‘coz it’s time to fire up the grill for this year’s Fourth of July celebration. July 4th, considered the National Day for the US, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring the country’s independence ...
Sony Catches up with Samsung in Europe, Android Still Dominates Mobile Market
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech today released figures revealing that Samsung continues to dominate the smartphone market in Europe. For three months up to May 2013, the numbers showed that almost half of the smartphones sold in Europe were Samsung smartphones. This huge increase has also helped Android’s overall market penetration, which now stands at 70.4 percent ...
Nokia Acquires 50% of Siemens’ Stakes in Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia has just announced that it will be fully acquiring Siemens’ stakes in the Nokia Siemens Networks – a data networking and telecommunications equipment company and a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens. Nokia will be acquiring Siemens’ 50 percent stake in the company. Reports state that the deal has been approved by Nokia’s Board ...
Could the Cloud Become America’s Greatest Defense in Cyber War?
The US Department of Defense announced that it will be investing $23 billion to upgrade its cyber defense in the next four years, which will include a “secure 4G wireless network that will get iPads, iPhones and Android devices online by mid-2014.” The announcement was made by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey after ...
Rise of the Smart Pills: Invasive Tech to Keep You Healthy
Wouldn’t it be cool if NZT was real? You know, the pill from the Bradley Cooper movie Limitless that unlocks the full potential of the brain, allowing a person to develop into the perfect version of himself? Without the side effects, of course. There’s no telling if a drug like that already exists in one ...