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Simulated worlds startup Improbable raises $20 million Series A

By Duncan Riley Mar 24, 2015

Large-scale simulated worlds startup Improbable Ltd. has raised $20 million Series A in a round that included Chris Dixon and Andreessen Horowitz. Founded in 2012, the company is developing an operating environment that makes…

Apple acquires NoSQL database startup FoundationDB

By Duncan Riley Mar 24, 2015

Apple Inc. has acquired NoSQL database startup FoundationDB Inc. for an unknown sum. According to reports, the acquisition was due to FoundationDB’s attractiveness in the speed at which it handled Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable (ACID)…

ChangeTip integrates with Twitch.tv and it’s that easy to get started

By Kyt Dotson Mar 24, 2015

Over the years Twitch.tv has distinguished itself as an extremely potent platform for live streamers to attract and entertain audiences. While there are a number of monetization options that streamers can use to make…

Clash of Clans dev Supercell tripled its earnings in 2014 thanks to F2P model

By Eric David Mar 24, 2015

It is no surprise to learn that the company behind the popular free-to-play (F2P) mobile game Clash of Clans is doing ok—they were able to afford a several-million dollar ad starring Academy Award nominee Liam Neeson…

Multi-gaming and the argument for “boring” games

By Eric David Mar 24, 2015

Who would want to play a boring game? With the video game industry becoming more and more competitive, you might think that any gameplay that is even remotely boring would be stripped out so that only…

BigDataNYC debate: Are Hadoop upstarts the future or road kill?

By Paul Gillin Mar 24, 2015

Big Data analytics is going to change business as we know it, but there’s no guarantee that the companies that dominate the market today will be around to take a victory lap. That was…

The race to secure .porn domains

By Mellisa Tolentino Mar 24, 2015

On the defensive, a number of celebrities and brands have secured unsavory web domains all in an effort to keep others from destroying their public image. SiliconANGLE takes a look at a few of…

Facebook may soon host news content for New York Times and others

By Eric David Mar 24, 2015

Facebook has long been positioning itself as a personalized newspaper for its users — it is even right there in the name “News Feed.” Now, the social networking giant might be taking that claim…

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EMC draws on its federation for integrated Big Data framework

By Maria Deutscher Mar 24, 2015

EMC is kicking off the week with the introduction of a reference architecture for Big Data analytics that combines disparate components from its federation of subsidiaries into an integrated data lake. The platform is the…

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Joyent’s new service promises to make on-premise containers a reality

By Maria Deutscher Mar 24, 2015

Joyent Inc. hopes to speed the adoption of containers with a new service that promises to remove the main barriers to mainstream acceptance in one fell swoop. The launch is the culmination of a…

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Simulated worlds startup Improbable raises $20 million Series A

Apple acquires NoSQL database startup FoundationDB

ChangeTip integrates with Twitch.tv and it’s that easy to get started

Clash of Clans dev Supercell tripled its earnings in 2014 thanks to F2P model

Multi-gaming and the argument for “boring” games

BigDataNYC debate: Are Hadoop upstarts the future or road kill?

The race to secure .porn domains

Facebook may soon host news content for New York Times and others

EMC draws on its federation for integrated Big Data framework

Joyent’s new service promises to make on-premise containers a reality

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