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Big Data

Hadoop distributor MapR raises $56M following major sales jump

By Maria Deutscher Sep 5, 2017

A year after closing its last funding round, MapR Technologies Inc. has secured another cash infusion to establish a stronger position in the global analytics market. The company, which sells a commercial version of the…

Cloud

Multiclouds and partners take VMware’s Pat Gelsinger on wild ride

By Mark Albertson Sep 5, 2017

The experience of a technology company’s chief executive officer can often be a roller coaster ride with highs, lows, dips, hairpin turns, sudden drops and a lot of bumping around. So Pat Gelsinger (pictured), chief executive…

Cloud

BT launches cloud-based platform for digital service delivery

By Mike Wheatley Sep 4, 2017

U.K.-based telecommunications firm BT Group Plc is touting a new cloud-based “business platform as a service” offering that aims to help businesses speed up the delivery of digitized services. BT’s new Personalized Compute Management…

Apps

Uber now has a much cheaper rival in London called Taxify (updated)

By James Farrell Sep 4, 2017

Update: As of Friday, Sept. 8, Taxify had temporarily stopped its service while London’s transport authority investigates the company’s legal position. It’s early days for Estonian ride-hailing startup Taxify OÜ, but it has just…

Emerging Tech

Now, Elon Musk is predicting artificial intelligence will start World War III

By Duncan Riley Sep 4, 2017

Despite fears that missile and nuclear tests by North Korea may spark a new world war, Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk is once again warning that a new global conflict will be caused…

Emerging Tech

Paris Hilton endorses initial coin offering for ‘first AI big data marketing cloud for blockchain’

By Duncan Riley Sep 4, 2017

As cryptocurrencies plummet thanks to news that China has banned initial coin offerings, Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. heiress Paris Hilton has jumped on the bandwagon. The Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. heiress this weekend endorsed an…

Apps

Facebook misses out in $600M bid for Indian cricket streaming rights

By Mike Wheatley Sep 4, 2017

Facebook Inc. underlined how serious its video streaming ambitions are with the news Monday that it made a failed bid to secure the digital live streaming rights to the Indian Premier League cricket tournament,…

Emerging Tech

Sequoia and IDG invest $50M into Chinese bitcoin firm Bitmain

By Duncan Riley Sep 4, 2017

In an unusual move for the venture firm, famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, along with IDG Capital, have invested $50 million in Chinese bitcoin hardware maker and miner Bitmain Technologies Inc.…

Emerging Tech

Failed Lily drone is back, but it’s missing all the coolest features

By Eric David Sep 4, 2017

It looks like the cancelled Lily camera drone might be hitting the market after all, but this is not the flying GoPro alternative originally promised. Lily Robotics emerged from a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2015 on the promise of…

Cloud

Dell EMC, VMware rejuvenate and unify multicloud data protection

By R. Danes Sep 4, 2017

A large majority of enterprises have rejected the dichotomy of an either/or, on-premises data center versus public cloud. Today, 85 percent embrace a hybrid or multicloud strategy, according to RightScale’s “2017 State of the…

explore news

Hadoop distributor MapR raises $56M following major sales jump

Uber now has a much cheaper rival in London called Taxify (updated)

Now, Elon Musk is predicting artificial intelligence will start World War III

Paris Hilton endorses initial coin offering for ‘first AI big data marketing cloud for blockchain’

Sequoia and IDG invest $50M into Chinese bitcoin firm Bitmain

Failed Lily drone is back, but it’s missing all the coolest features

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