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Salesforce continues acquisition spree with $700 million Krux purchase

By Robert Hof Oct 3, 2016

Still hungry after $4 billion in acquisitions in the past year, Salesforce.com Inc. today said it’s buying the ad tech firm Krux Digital Inc. for $700 million. San Francisco-based Krux, which operates a data…

Baidu launches ‘voice first’ keyboard app powered by AI

By Eric David Oct 3, 2016

Why type on your phone’s tiny keyboard when you can tell it what to type instead? That’s the thinking behind a new keyboard app called TalkType released today by the Chinese web services giant…

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AMD challenges Intel with Bristol Ridge Pro chips for business PCs

By Maria Deutscher Oct 3, 2016

Even if workers are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to be productive, there’s still plenty demand for business PCs that can handle more advanced tasks — most powered by Intel Corp. chips. Now,…

Google could face major fines over Android antitrust case in Europe

By Eric David Oct 3, 2016

Google Inc. parent company Alphabet Inc. could be in serious trouble in the European Union. EU regulators have said that they plan to order the company to cease offering financial incentives to Android phone makers who exclusively…

Qlik introduces web-based data visualization tool for developers

By Kyt Dotson Oct 3, 2016

The big data-oriented visualization and analytics company Qlik (Qliktech International Inc.) has announced the release of its Qlik Playground for developers, a web-based environment that provides an easy way for developers to experiment with…

Look out, Craigslist: Facebook launches Marketplace for local goods

By Eric David Oct 3, 2016

Social media giant Facebook Inc. is launching a new Craigslist-like storefront called Marketplace, which is aimed at letting people buy and sell things in their local community. According to Facebook, more than 450 million users are already…

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Hot on Amazon’s heels, Microsoft announces new data centers in France

By Maria Deutscher Oct 3, 2016

Microsoft Corp. Satya Nadella (above) today revealed the next step of his company’s plan to expand its cloud computing ambitions, this time in Europe. At a press event in Dublin today, the software giant said it…

MariaDB beefs up MaxScale database proxy for the enterprise

By Paul Gillin Oct 3, 2016

Open-source database vendor MariaDB Corp. is strengthening its bid to win enterprise customers with a series of enhancement to its MaxScale database proxy that boost availability and security while improving support for streaming data. A…

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What you missed in Big Data: Hadoop and more AI

By Maria Deutscher Oct 3, 2016

Organizations are moving more and more of their analytics workloads to the cloud in a bid to reduce operating expenses. One of the vendors trying to capitalize on the trend is Microsoft Corp., which…

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What you missed in Cloud: Google, Amazon chart global expansion

By Maria Deutscher Oct 3, 2016

After years of trailing Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. in the cloud market, Google believes that it’s time for a change of strategy. The search giant last week launched an ambitious reorganization effort that…

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Salesforce continues acquisition spree with $700 million Krux purchase

Baidu launches ‘voice first’ keyboard app powered by AI

AMD challenges Intel with Bristol Ridge Pro chips for business PCs

Google could face major fines over Android antitrust case in Europe

Qlik introduces web-based data visualization tool for developers

Look out, Craigslist: Facebook launches Marketplace for local goods

Hot on Amazon’s heels, Microsoft announces new data centers in France

MariaDB beefs up MaxScale database proxy for the enterprise

What you missed in Big Data: Hadoop and more AI

What you missed in Cloud: Google, Amazon chart global expansion

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