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Sweeping layoffs to hit VMware amid Dell-EMC merger worries
Word has leaked that VMware Inc. plans to lay off as many as 900 employees this week, or about five percent of its global workforce, as part of an effort to trim operations. The…
How Instagram scales analytics for millions of active users | #atscale2015
By Darcie Nolan
With more than 300 million active users, Instagram (Facebook, Inc.) is connecting people all over the world. The behind-the-scenes evolution of this platform — which now includes real-time data — has been powered by…
Elite engineers discuss new programming innovations | #atscale2015
Some of the industry’s top engineers and programmers convened at the @Scale conference in San Jose to discuss new innovations that will become mainstream in five to 10 years. Analysts George Gilbert and John…
What you missed in the Smart World: Connected vultures to solve Peru’s illegal waste disposal
Will a Chinese manufacturer finally be able to gain traction in the U.S.? Are connected vultures the answer to Lima’s illegal waste disposal? These are just some of the questions that may best be…
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What you missed in Big Data: Hadoop is the star of the show
After a brief hiatus, Hadoop returned to the center of attention last week when private equity giant IVP and three other investors injected $30 million into the coffers of Qubole Inc. to aid its…
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What you missed in Cloud: Bold moves
When Amazon Inc. enters a new market, prices almost always start falling, but usually not with nearly the same abruptness that the online security space experienced last week in the wake of the latest…
Dassault’s modest proposal: Change the way we make everything
By Paul Gillin
The biggest software company you’ve never heard of has set an ambitious goal: It literally wants to transform the way we design and build everything. Dassault Systèmes will probably get a hearing from its…
iPhone 6s tips and tricks: How to save a still photo from a Live Photo in iOS 9.3
By Collen Kriel
Apple has released iOS 9.3 in both developer and public beta form and while the general public will have to wait a while until they can get to enjoy the new operating system —…
How to check if you need to replace your Windows laptop battery
By Collen Kriel
I own a Samsung Series 5 Ultrabook which I bought in 2013. At the time, it had reasonably good battery life; I got around six hours of mixed use out of it, which was…
Synchronicity: A wormhole love story not in touch with its characters
“The power to cross the universe in an instant; the impossible becomes possible; all the unbelievable things you could accomplish; the eternal questions you could answer… and you want to get laid.” This piece…