Best iOS 8 third-party keyboards
When Apple released iOS 8, one of the standout features was the ability to use third-party keyboards. This may not seem much, but this is a major form of customization to iOS users. Customized…
The Bitcoin Bowl is no more after BitPay/ ESPN cancel sponsorship deal
By Duncan Riley
Alas we hardly knew thee, with news this week that the Bitcoin Bowl is no longer after a single outing back in December 2014. The sponsorship deal with BitPay Inc. was supposed to be…
Facebook’s new Riff app lets friends create collaborative videos
By Eric David
While yesterday was full of both clever and not so clever April Fool’s jokes, Facebook slipped in a real product announcement for a collaborative video app called Riff. Riff is a video recording and…
Wikibon
Steve Chambers joins Wikibon, quickly puts stamp on cloud coverage | #CUBEConversations
By Paul Gillin
Wikibon’s newest analyst brings with him a healthy dose of “British cynicism,” an extensive background in cloud infrastructure and a belief that complex IT challenges don’t lend themselves to marketing slogans and empty promises.…
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Wikibon predicts Big Data market to top $61B in 2020
Wikibon has extended its “Big Data Vendor Revenue and Market Forecast, 2011-2020” through 2020 and has estimated a 40 percent market growth in 2014, down from 60 percent in 2013. In his executive summary of…
Rubicon Project acquires SaaS programmatic ad firm Chango for $122 million
By Duncan Riley
Online advertising firm Rubicon Project has acquired software as a service (SaaS) programmatic advertising company Chango Inc. for $122 million. According to reports, Rubicon made the acquisition to build its premium ad marketplace through…
Microsoft ditches Xbox branding in its new music and video preview apps for Windows 10
Microsoft announced that Windows Insiders can now try music and video apps for PC, available as a download here (music) and here (Video) from the Windows Store as long as you are already part of the…
Apple’s iPhone trade-in program is off to a bumpy start in China
By Collen Kriel
Apple Inc. launched its popular iPhone trade-in program in China on Tuesday, giving consumers there the opportunity to receive store credit toward the purchase of their next Apple product at any of the company’s…
Apple and IBM add 8 new iOS apps and 2 new industries to MobileFirst for iOS
By Collen Kriel
The partnership between Apple and IBM has produced eight more iOS apps for the enterprise. Released on Tuesday, new industry-specific iOS apps have been added for two new industries, namely Healthcare and Industrial Products,…
AWS gets the thumbs=up from European data privacy watchdog
An assortment of European Union data protection groups, collectively known as the Article 29 Working Party has given its biggest thumbs-up so far to Amazon Web Services (AWS), saying its standard contractual clauses meet…