Is Hadoop Ready for the Enterprise?
The big news in the Hadoop world today was the release of Hortonworks Data Platform 2.0. It boasts a YARN-based architecture designed to make HDP a true multi-application platform. That means in addition to…
Coinbase Free Micro-Transactions Offers Bitcoin Tipping on Reddit
By Saroj Kar
Like any new breakthrough innovation, Bitcoin has a fiercely loyal core supporters and followers who are passionate about the idea. They are the ones to advance and spread the idea and help Bitcoin to…
Today’s BI is BS : Platfora Revamps Self-Serve Analytics
Big Data has emerged as a source of competitive advantage in the enterprise, but many organizations are still struggling to harness the power of analytics due to the complexity and overhead associated with transforming…
Exclusive: Interview with City of Titans Project Lead Chris Hare and Lead of Composition William Strickland
By Kyt Dotson
City of Titans, to-be-developed by Missing Worlds Media, has been heralded from the get-go as the spiritual successor to now-lost City of Heroes and is running a Kickstarter campaign (already fully funded) that has…
Digital Map Attack, Project Shield, and uProxy: The Trio of Google for Freedom of Expression
By Saroj Kar
During an event in New York City, Google unveiled some new services and initiatives with the aim of supporting freedom of expression and knowledge within a larger battle that Google faces for some time…
Bitcoin Weekly 2013 October 23: Post-Silk Road Bitcoin Exceeds $200 and Chinese Interest in BTC On the Rise
By Kyt Dotson
It’s only been since April that Bitcoin value reached $240 and then fell once again below $200–so this last week, seeing the currency surge back up brings a lot of speculation to people following…
Apple is Buying Enterprise Market Share in a Smart Way
By Scott Lowe
There was a time when I didn’t like Apple… at all. I thought that the company’s products were overpriced playthings not worthy of the enterprise or as contenders for the serious work of business.…
5 Influential Women in Gaming History
The world of gaming is still a tough place when it comes to women receiving the recognition they deserve. Although 49 percent of players are now women, they still are told that they are…
SmartCar Weekly: UK to Build its First Smart Highway + More
This week’s SmartCar roundup features the expected growth of the connected car industry, a new partnership to keep cars connected to the internet, and UK’s plan of connecting an entire highway to the internet.…
Apple Sticks One Up To Microsoft With Free OS X & Productivity Apps
Few were surprised to see Apple’s new iPads yesterday because of numerous leaks over the last few weeks, but the Cupertino-based firm managed to shock attendees nonetheless, when it announced that the Mac OS…