Mellisa Tolentino
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On Leadership + Productivity in Tech: Focus on People + Culture
Where do great ideas come from? At the top of the corporate ladder? Nope. Great ideas can come from anyone in the company, and they usually come when you least expect it. This is how Kate Matsudaira sees the world. Anyone in a company can be leader, not necessarily to take over the company, but ...
Sony’s Xperia Z Ultra vs. A Bunch of Other Phablets
The rumored big brother of the Sony Xperia Z has been launched and it looks like quite a handful. Phablets, though too big to be a considered a smartphone, and too small to be a ‘real’ tablet, serve a variety of purposes and conveniences, hence the increased interest in them. “The Xperia Z Ultra is ...
Can Snapchat Really Be Worth $800 Million?
Snapchat, the wildly chat messaging app that allows users to set a time limit for how long or short an image or video they send can be viewed, closed a $60 million round of Series B funding led by Institutional Venture Partners, with participation from General Catalyst Partners and SV Angel, and continued pro-rata participation ...
3 Ways Facebook Can Beat Flipboard + Thrive as Google Reader Replacement
A week from now, Google Reader will be seeing its final day. There are already some news readers that have gained plenty of attention ever since the news of Google Reader’s demise surfaced, which means there are several news readers to choose from and more are coming. It’s no surprise then, to learn that some of ...
Private Search Engines Gain Traction, Does it Even Matter?
Do people really care about privacy? Well, obviously not everyone does, but if you look at Duck Duck Go and other private search engines’ latest numbers, you’d have to admit that more than a few people do. DDG tweeted last that “It took 1445 days to get 1M searches, 483 days to get 2M searches, ...
Resource Guide for Hadoop Summit North America 2013
Hortonworks and Yahoo! invite you to attend the Hadoop Summit North America 2013 on June 26-27 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA. The two-day event will feature many of the Apache Hadoop thought leaders, such as Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz–Senior Fellow & VP Platforms at Yahoo, Eric Baldeschwieler–CTO at Hortonworks, Jer Thorp–Artist, Educator, ...
3D Printing Leaders Forge Alliance: Stratasys and MakerBot Pair Up
Stratasys Ltd., the leader in 3D printing and additive manufacturing, and MakerBot, the leader in desktop 3D printing, signed a deal that would make MakerBot a subsidiary of Stratasys while maintaining its independence. The stock-for-stock transaction is valued at $403 million and is expected to drive 3D printing adoption faster. To foment that, the partnership ...
Vine vs Instagram : The Downside to 15-Second Video + Filters
If you’re a fan of social networking sites, you’ve probably heard that Instagram now has Video, so it’s a lot like Twitter’s Vine now. Some have already dubbed it the Vine killer, but is it really? SiliconANGLE’s Ryan Cox argues that since Instagram offers both video and photo edits, there’s no more room for Vine ...
GE + Industrial Internet : The Agent of Good
With the Industrial Internet market predicted to surpass $1.7 trillion by 2020, GE is in the forefront of the market with its strategic alliances and investments. It recently announced its “industrial strength” Big Data and analytics platform, robust enough to handle data produced by large-scale, industrial machines in the cloud. It will allow airlines, railroads, ...
2 New Voice-Activated Assistants for Today’s Smart Home
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could walk in your house and command things to turn on or off with just the sound of your sultry voice? Though this scenario may sound like a stolen scene from a Sci-Fi flick, it’s real and you can have it in your home today. VoicePods HouseLogix’s VoicePods ...