Robert Hof, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Mesosphere raises $125M round to expand data center platform worldwide

By Robert Hof May 7, 2018

Mesosphere Inc., the San Francisco-based company that aims to be something of a cloud-era Microsoft Windows for large companies’ hybrid data center and cloud operations, today said it has raised a $125 million late-stage…

Emerging Tech

Toward better AI: Facebook intros new version of its PyTorch machine learning software

By Robert Hof May 2, 2018

A new version of the machine learning technology that Facebook Inc. uses to do some 6 billion language translations a day will soon be available more widely. The social network giant, and engineering powerhouse,…

Apps

At F8, Zuckerberg closes apology tour with appeals to developers

By Robert Hof May 1, 2018

Still smarting from intense criticism of user data breaches, Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg today sought to patch up relations with one of its most important constituencies: software and website developers. Zuckerberg (pictured)…

Apps

Facebook debuts Messenger AR and translation tools for businesses

By Robert Hof May 1, 2018

A lot of people weren’t sure when Facebook Inc. opened up its Messenger platform two years ago to businesses that the 1.3 billion people using the messaging system would want that kind of company…

Cloud

Thanks again to cloud computing, Amazon smashes earnings forecasts

By Robert Hof Apr 26, 2018

In a sign of strength in everything from its retail operations to its surging cloud computing business, Amazon.com Inc. once again managed to outpace forecasts in its latest quarter. The retail and cloud computing…

Apps

No user or advertiser exodus here: Facebook easily beats earnings forecast

By Robert Hof Apr 25, 2018

Updated: Beating back weeks of bad news involving exposure of its users’ personal data, Facebook Inc. today reported first-quarter results that handily beat expectations that were tempered by worries that advertisers might start to…

Apps

With new features, Flipboard goes deep on tech coverage

By Robert Hof Apr 24, 2018

The social magazine service Flipboard Inc. is doubling down on tech coverage with new curation features announced today that soon will be expanded into other coverage areas. The features, available in the Flipboard mobile…

Cloud

Google parent Alphabet’s ads, cloud and hardware keep cruising. Investors: ‘Meh’

By Robert Hof Apr 23, 2018

Updated: Brushing back concerns about recent attacks on data-driven advertising, Alphabet Inc. today beat profit and revenue forecasts for its first quarter, aided partly by strength in other businesses such as cloud computing and…

Cloud

The IPOs keep on coming: Raising $497M, Pivotal Software sees modest share price bump

By Robert Hof Apr 20, 2018

Updated: In the latest of a series of initial public offerings by enterprise computing companies, Pivotal Software Inc. late Thursday raised $497 million in its IPO, and its shares rose 4.9 percent on their…

Big Data

Box unveils new administrative dashboard and governance features

By Robert Hof Apr 11, 2018

Cloud content management firm Box Inc. today introduced a couple of new features in hope of making it even easier for customers to store all their data in its service. One set of features…

Robert Hof

Toward better AI: Facebook intros new version of its PyTorch machine learning software

At F8, Zuckerberg closes apology tour with appeals to developers

With new features, Flipboard goes deep on tech coverage

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