DevOps Alive and Well at Spotify
Did you ever think that Spotify, the cloud music service, embraces DevOps? Or did you think that DevOps is just about mobile apps is just about app development? The website Infoq has written up…
Weekly Cloud Review: Pivotal Funding, Amazon Launches DevOps Utility + More
This week Pivotal Labs raised over $100 million in funding from a high profile investor, VMware reported its first quarter earnings, and MuleSoft acquired a partner to boost its cloud API platform. Amazon also…
Finally, Smartphone Sales Overtake Feature Phones in 1Q13
In today’s mobile and social news roundup: Smartphone sales overtake feature phones; Facebook acquires Parse and adds some big names to DC project; T-Mobile gets called out for deceptive advertising; and Pinterest brings back…
FlashCube Highlights : Invest in Flash or Fall Behind the Pack
SiliconAngle founding CEO John Furrier discussed the flash M&A scene with Wikibon’s David Floyer and Dave Vellante in a FlashCube episode that aired this Wednesday. Vellante starts the discussion by going over the most recent…
Could the Pivotal Buyout Be a Pivotal Move for GE?
There’s plenty of buzz going on around the GE Pivotal investment. And why wouldn’t there be? When an Industrial giant shells out a huge chunk of money to a new company, that’s newsworthy. Joining…
Arrow: The “Stress App” That Lets You Abuse People At Random
What with everyone being connected to their family members, friends, work colleagues, and sometimes even clients and bosses on social media sites like Facebook, it’s become increasingly difficult for people to “let off some…
LIVE: Can Facebook Beat iOS, Android with Mobile Developer Platform? Parse Buy Signals War
By Ryan Cox
Facebook acquired Parse yesterday, a mobile-backend-as-a-service (mBaaS) company. I guess this means Facebook has a new business category? This is largely seen as Facebook’s answer to iOS and Android. Parse was founded by former…
Fred Amoroso Jumps Ship At Yahoo Amid Claims He “Didn’t Fit In”
Looks like Yahoo could do with having a revolving door or two installed in its boardroom. Fred Amoroso, the firm’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, has just become the latest high profile exit…
What’s Amazon Up To With Its Kindle TV?
Retailing giant Amazon could be planning to muscle in on the TV hardware scene later this year, with reports from the US suggesting that its secretly developing its own set-top box. The news comes…
Exablox Exits Stealth with a Reimagined Object Storage Platform
By Scott Lowe
It’s always interesting to watch as companies exit stealth with new products intended to address perceived market needs or shortcomings. This week, Exablox, a new player in the increasingly crowded storage space, exited stealth…