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Microsoft’s open-source makeover a developer-only campaign – so far

By Maria Deutscher Mar 23, 2015

While it went unmentioned in the landmark speech during which Satya Nadella (right) outlined his priorities as the newly minted CEO of Microsoft last March, openness has become a key imperative for the company…

Bungie fights back against data miner who makes weekly Destiny predictions

By Eric David Mar 23, 2015

Destiny’s success is based on a simple premise: keep people playing. The gameplay is good, the story is…not so much, but where Bungie Inc’s sci-fi shooter really excels is dangling the carrot of better gear in…

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What you missed in Cloud: Connecting the dots

By Maria Deutscher Mar 23, 2015

Integration was the name of the game in the public cloud last week as a number of major players unified their disparate services around the latest enterprise use cases. Adobe Systems Inc. set the…

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What you missed in Big Data: Flying sparks

By Maria Deutscher Mar 23, 2015

Startups took over the analytics agenda last week with a series of major launches spanning every step of the data processing lifecycle, starting from the initial collection stage. Tamr Inc. emerged at the head…

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Couchbase moves into the microservices era with multi-dimensional scaling

By Maria Deutscher Mar 23, 2015

Couchbase Inc. is breaking up its namesake document store and turning the individual components into discrete services that will deploy separately to make the whole more efficient. The overhaul represents a historic departure from…

Twitter faces gender discrimination lawsuit, follows in Facebook’s steps

By Collen Kriel Mar 23, 2015

Twitter Inc. is facing a class action gender discrimination lawsuit, filed last Thursday in the California State court in San Francisco. A former female software engineer, Tina Huang, claims the company’s promotion process is unlawful…

Bitcoin to Altcoin provider Paybase stops withdrawals, accused of going “full blown Mt. Gox”

By Duncan Riley Mar 23, 2015

Bitcoin to Altcoin provider Paybase appears to be in severe trouble Monday with reports from users that they have been unable to withdraw funds. The company, owned by Josh Garza (pictured) who is also behind…

Samsung Galaxy A7 review: lots of bang for your buck

By Duncan Riley Mar 23, 2015

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. formally announced its Galaxy A7 smartphone back in January, and since that time it has gone on sale in various global markets. Billed as Samsung’s thinnest phone yet at a…

Report: Universal pressuring Spotify to limit free streaming

By Duncan Riley Mar 22, 2015

The freemium music model favored by Spotify Inc. is under pressure with reports that at least one major record company is pressuring the company to change its free tier. The Financial Times reports that Universal Music…

#ReDefineBigData CrowdChat with Bill Schmarzo

By John Furrier Mar 21, 2015

Bill Schmarzo is EMC’s hottest technologist when it comes to applying big data to business transformation projects. Join me for a [LIVE CHAT] on Monday March 23rd at 10am pst (1pm EST) for a…