How to get the iPhone 6 without going broke
Apple Inc. is expected to unveil the latest iPhone on September 9. If you’re the type to line up outside Apple Stores on launch day, you may be wondering how to get the best…
Box adds analytics and automation to counter new threats from Amazon
As most traditional retailers and cloud service providers could attest, once Amazon.com Inc. is in the picture, trying to compete on pricing becomes an excerise in futility. That’s why a week after Jeff Bezos’s…
Denstu razorfish jumps on MapR’s Hadoop
Hadoop vendor MapR Technologies Inc., has just grabbed a major new customer in the form of Dentsu razorfish, which is a joint venture between advertising giant Dentsu Inc., and digital agency razorfish. Dentsu razorfish…
Microsoft: There’s no point using a ‘hard’ password
Celebrities desperately trying to protect themselves against nude photo leaks by ‘hardening’ their passwords are probably wasting their time, according to a new report from Microsoft’s research mavericks. Writing in a paper titled An…
DataStax gunning for Oracle after $106M funding round
Apache Cassandra database firm DataStax Inc. has just raised $106 million in a series E funding round led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers (KPCB). The company now has a valuation of around $830…
BitPay partners with Alternet Payment Systems for global reach of payment processing
By Kyt Dotson
BitPay today announced a strategic partnership with Alternet Payment Systems, Inc. to facilitate worldwide business processing of bitcoin. Alternet Payment Solutions, a subsidiary of APS, Inc., will be working with BitPay to launch its…
Logentries updates DevOps Live Tail tool for real-time monitoring in cloud
By Saroj Kar
Logentries, the producer of a SaaS cloud-based log analysis tool, has added a new Aggregated Live Tail that provides effortless, real-time visibility for DevOps and IT teams. Aggregated Live Tail is a product enhancement…
Report says data location critical to hybrid cloud success
Data is heavy, and its location governs the optimal location of applications that need it in a hybrid cloud environment. This can determine the choice of architecture for a hybrid cloud, writes Wikibon CTO David…
Phablet Wars: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs. LG G3 and others
How do Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s latest phablets compare to the bevy of phablets hitting the market, and can they cripple any oversized handsets launched by Apple, Inc. next week? Phablet shipments are expected to…
Mainframe software titan Compuware to go private in $2.5B buyout
Compuware Corp. is officially leaving the stock market in a multi-billion-dollar deal that represents the end of another chapter in the history of the Detroit tech scene and provides a long-awaited exit for investors.…