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Big Data To Replace Human Instincts? Not Exactly, But It helps
With big business becoming ever more competitive in this day and age, the ability to think outside the box to arrive at conclusions rival companies might not consider has become more important than ever. Previously, enterprises have always relied on executives with ability to instinctively come up with creative solutions when faced with dilemmas, but ...
Google Maps is Looking a Little Lost In Germany
Readers living in Germany who frequently rely on Google Maps might be feeling a little bit lost in a couple of months, after it was revealed that the service could well be blocked as a result of a patent dispute between Google and Microsoft. The website FOSS Patents suggests that Microsoft is likely to be ...
Microsoft To Slash Prices On Windows 8?
Microsoft might insist that it’s happy enough with sales of Windows 8, but its new operating system has far from won over all of the critics, prompting drastic action as the Redmond-based firm offers significant price breaks to manufacturers in order to boost the development of small, touchscreen-enabled laptops. According to reports in the Wall ...
Microsoft Takes Aim at Google’s Apps For Education With Privacy Bill
You might have heard about the recent privacy bill in Massachusetts that aims to make it illegal for companies to gather data on school kids using school computers for commercial purposes. And no doubt you’d have presumed that whoever’s behind the bill has some pretty good intentions – after all, this is about protecting children, ...
Deutsche Telecom Tracks Global Cyber Attacks In Real-Time
We all know that cyber attacks are incredibly prevalent in the World Wide Web today, but until you see it with your own eyes it’s difficult to grasp just how frequent they really are. In order to raise awareness about how often such attacks occur, German telecommunications firm Deutsche Telecom has just launched a new, ...
Cloud Networking Startup Pertino Wants to Bring SDN to the Masses
Software-defined networking player Pertino has become the latest company in the space to secure the financial muscle to move forward with its plans, raising $20 million in a series B funding round. The company said that the funds will be used to expand its market strategy and service offerings, having previously raised $8.5 million in ...
Carl Icahn Wants To Screw Michael Dell’s Buyout. Or Does He?
Michael Dell could be about to square off against a ruthless new adversary over his proposed buyout of the company that bears his name, with reports suggesting that the infamous corporate raider Carl Icahn is buying up shares in a last-ditch bid to scupper the deal. CNBC reports that Icahn, who has a well-deserved reputation for ...
Hungry Big Data Serves Up A Treat
The rise of Big Data has given the enterprise plenty of food for thought over the last few years, but big business isn’t the only industry that this phenomenon has been eating away at. From the latest trends in restaurant cuisines to food production and safety issues, Big Data is taking a very big bite ...
How Google Makes Money In Mobile… From Everything And Everyone!
It’s no secret that Google’s gotten pretty damn big in mobile. It’s Android platform has conquered the entire world, becoming the most widely used smartphone the planet has ever seen. Android is so big in fact, that there’s speculation China might even be planning to take action to prevent it from strengthening its grip on ...
Google Owns Up To FBI’s Warrantless Data Requests
Google has taken another step towards greater transparency with the revelation that the FBI made ‘up to’ 1,000 requests a year for user data from 2009 to 2012, using a controversial and secretive technique known as a “National Security Letter,” that does away with the need for an arrest warrant. For those who haven’t heard ...