Android L to create as many problems as it solves
It has always been easy to point and laugh at Android. Just give an Android smart phone user a handset from a different manufacturer and watch the fun. Unlike Apple, which totally controls the…
Verizon to Netflix: Traffic bottlenecks are all your fault, so shut it.
Verizon might have just won its war of words with Netflix over network access for streaming videos. Verizon’s David Young, vice-president of federal regulatory affairs, landed the seemingly fatal blow in a report posted…
Google’s Kubernetes Docker container manager gets big backers
Some of the world’s biggest tech companies are lining up to help develop the open-source Kubernetes software container management system that search engine giant Google announced last month. CoreOS, Docker, IBM, Microsoft, Mesosphere, Red…
Tsunami of team ups reaffirms accelerating Hadoop maturity
The burgeoning Hadoop ecosystem looks to be continuing on its aggressive growth trajectory, garnering yet more momentum with a string of new and expanded strategic partnerships marking the latest steps forward in the accelerating…
Judge knocks down ‘Bitcoin is not money’ argument in Silk Road trial
By Kyt Dotson
Virtual currencies still exist in a strange regulatory and legal fog where how they’re use is defined seems a bit up in the air. The popularity of Bitcoin in particular has raised questions about…
Chip wars are back: IBM invests $3B to improve chips in cloud and Big Data systems
Cloud and Big Data applications are challenging today’s systems, and the underlying chip technology is facing significant physical scaling limits as well. According to IBM, these challenges include bandwidth to memory, high-speed communication and device…
How Legos inspire Smart Cities
This week’s Smart City roundup features a report on the progress of smart cities, an appropriately sized Lego initiative for adults, and a unified specification for smart buildings. Study projects huge growth for smart…
The analytical power of IDOL OnDemand | #HPdiscover
With the introduction of Big Data analytics, companies now have the power to determine changes they need to make to improve operations, develop better marketing strategies, and make sure their data is secure. But,…
Splunk brings machine data analytics to mobile with iOS app
The explosion of information coming from connected devices is dominating the analytics discussion today, but in all the talk about exploiting machine-generated transmissions, surprisingly little attention is being given to the growing amount of…
Jeremy Burton on EMC’s #megalaunch: #RedefinePossible CrowdChat
On Tuesday, John Furrier and the people at SiliconANGLE had an opportunity to hold an open question and answer CrowdChat with Jeremy Burton, EMC Corp.’s President of Products and Marketing, in order to discuss…