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IBM bets big on Spark, calling it the Linux of Big Data analytics

By Paul Gillin Jun 15, 2015

IBM was late to the Hadoop party, and has had to settle for playing a supporting role. It isn’t going to make the same mistake again. The company is putting a major stake in…

What you missed in Big Data: Open-source power

By Maria Deutscher Jun 15, 2015

The central role of the open-source movement in analytics rose back to the surface last week after LinkedIn Inc. released another one of its internally-developed data crunching technologies under a free license to help…

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What you missed in Cloud: Applications come first

By Maria Deutscher Jun 15, 2015

Last week saw the rivalry among the giants of the infrastructure-as-a-service world intensify even further after the release of several new price cuts and features from Amazon Inc., most notably an option for customers to use…

Databricks updates Spark with support for R and Python 3

By Mike Wheatley Jun 15, 2015

Databricks has announced a major new update to the popular data analytics cluster framework Apache Spark, adding support for the R statistical programming language in an effort to make life easier for data scientists.…

Chinese taxi hailing firm Didi Kuaidi looking to raise $1.5b+ on $15b valuation

By Duncan Riley Jun 15, 2015

Chinese taxi hailing app Didi Kuaidi (Xiaoju Kuaizhi Inc.,) the combined company from previous competitors KuaiDi Dache and Didi Dache, is said to be seeking to raise atleast $1.5 billion. According to Bloomberg Business,…

Sungard banks on Google’s cloud to land massive SEC Big Data contract

By Mike Wheatley Jun 15, 2015

Sungard Financial Systems is relying on Google’s cloud expertise in a bid to land a multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The two firms are working together to build a…

Standout announcements for iOS app developers from Apple’s WWDC15

By Collen Kriel Jun 15, 2015

Apple unveiled iOS 9 at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last week and the new mobile operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch boasts an impressive number of new features that are getting…

Spotify soft-launches new music recommendations service “Taste Rewind”

By Duncan Riley Jun 15, 2015

Spotify AG has soft-launched a new product called Spotify Taste Rewind, that suggests songs from the past you might like based on musicians you currently like. Announced by Spotify Engineer Juan Manuel Serruya on…

5 standout iOS 9 features announced at Apple’s WWDC 2015 | #WWDC15

By Collen Kriel Jun 15, 2015

With Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference for 2015 now a thing of the past, we take a look at some of the standout features in iOS 9 that Apple announced last week. Longer battery life…

Alibaba to launch Netflix-style online video streaming service in China

By Duncan Riley Jun 14, 2015

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced Sunday that it was planning to launch a Netflix-style online video streaming service in China. According to reports, the new service will be called Tmall Box Office (TBO,) and…

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IBM bets big on Spark, calling it the Linux of Big Data analytics

What you missed in Big Data: Open-source power

What you missed in Cloud: Applications come first

Databricks updates Spark with support for R and Python 3

Chinese taxi hailing firm Didi Kuaidi looking to raise $1.5b+ on $15b valuation

Sungard banks on Google’s cloud to land massive SEC Big Data contract

Standout announcements for iOS app developers from Apple’s WWDC15

Spotify soft-launches new music recommendations service “Taste Rewind”

5 standout iOS 9 features announced at Apple’s WWDC 2015 | #WWDC15

Alibaba to launch Netflix-style online video streaming service in China

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