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Chicago’s Cleaning Up the Streets with Big Data
Just like any big city, Chicago has more than its fair share of problems. Take stolen garbage carts for example – they might not cause as many headaches as trying to reduce the city’s crime rates, but still, it’s a problem nevertheless. Stolen garbage carts have to be replaced, and this means wasting precious resources ...
Hacked in Starbucks? Here’s How Cybercriminals Steal Your Data in Public
Freelancers and road warriors who often rely on the free public Wi-Fi available in coffee shops like Starbucks are more at risk than most when it comes to securing their personal and financial data, It’s a well known fact that public networks are far less secure than the private variety, but what’s less clear is ...
LIVE: Tableau IPO Looks To Cash In On Big Data Boom
Tableau Software has finally hit the big time, with reports suggesting that it’s about to hold its initial public offering (IPO), following a trend among Big Data companies looking to benefit from public stock markets and the investments they bring. Tableau’s move comes just weeks after similar moves by Splunk, which announced its IPO last ...
The SMS is Dying a Slow and Lingering Death
Mobile carriers should be afraid. Very afraid. The reason? Because free mobile messaging apps like WhatsApp, MessageMe, WeChat, Kik and Viber are slowly but surely eating away their profits, overtaking SMS’s in their popularity for the first time last year, according to fresh data from telecom and media consultancy firm Informa. Now this trend probably ...
Android Laptops? They Must be Mad
Just last week we heard straight from the horse’s mouth that touch-friendly notebooks based on Intel’s new “Bay Trail” atom processor would be available for as little as $200. At that time, Intel CEO Paul Otellini was remarkably upbeat about Bay Trail’s prospects, proclaiming that the devices it powers will help to drag laptop and ...
Arrow: The “Stress App” That Lets You Abuse People At Random
What with everyone being connected to their family members, friends, work colleagues, and sometimes even clients and bosses on social media sites like Facebook, it’s become increasingly difficult for people to “let off some steam” online. In fact, these days it’s pretty fair to say that we have to be damn careful about what we ...
Fred Amoroso Jumps Ship At Yahoo Amid Claims He “Didn’t Fit In”
Looks like Yahoo could do with having a revolving door or two installed in its boardroom. Fred Amoroso, the firm’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, has just become the latest high profile exit at the transitioning internet giant, resigning his position and saying that he has no intention of seeking re-election to its board. ...
What’s Amazon Up To With Its Kindle TV?
Retailing giant Amazon could be planning to muscle in on the TV hardware scene later this year, with reports from the US suggesting that its secretly developing its own set-top box. The news comes just a week after Amazon unveiled 14 pilot episodes from its Amazon Studios Division, which is dedicated to creating exclusive content ...
Is It a Bird? Is It a Cloud? No, It’s BitTorrent Sync
Not everyone likes the idea of storing their data in the cloud, but at the same time the benefits of being able to sync your files across multiple devices are just too good to ignore. It’s a difficult conundrum to be sure, but if this sounds like you, we might finally have the answer you’ve ...
Windows 8 Tablets Hit The Ground Running, 3 Million Sold So Far
The doom and gloom merchants have been banging away about the imminent death of Microsoft for months now, but could it be that the Redmond firm is actually on the verge of making a stunning comeback? That depends who on who you believe. Until now, Microsoft has been suspiciously quiet about the number of Windows-based ...