ServicesAngle News Briefs for April 5, 2013
HP Announces BoD Changes HP has announced that Raymond J. Lane has stepped down as chairman of the board, to be replaced on an interim basis by Ralph V. Whitworth. The Board is searching…
Connected Device Roudnup: CalypsoKey, Automatic Link and MYO
There are always tons of new gadgets coming out that make our lives a little more interesting and fun, but not all are given their time to shine. Here at SiliconANGLE, we take our…
Big Data Review: Venture Capital and IBM’s PureData
This week a New Hampshire analytics startup announced a massive funding round, Tableau filed for an IPO, and IBM unveiled a new Big Data appliance that embodies the culmination of its analytics efforts so…
Rackspace: This Time, The Patent Troll’s Gonna Pay
Want know how to fight the plague that is patent trolls? Then you could try taking a leaf out of Rackspace’s book. The cloud infrastructure provider, buoyed by its success in seeing off a…
OUYA to Launch with Over 100 Game Titles
The $99 gamebox, OUYA, began shipping in late March to early Kickstarter investors. As for the rest of the world, gamers would have to wait until June 4, 2013, when the gamebox officially launches…
Google Fights FBI Over NSL Data Requests
Google is taking on the full might of the US government in what will be a milestone court case, launching a legal challenge against the FBI’s warrantless electronic data-gathering technique – the first time…
Facebook’s Android Takeover Coming Next Week
In today’s mobile and social news roundup: Facebook Home coming on April 12; Verizon open to dropping contracts; T-Mobile starts iPhone 5 pre-orders; and iMessage too secured for tapping. Facebook Home Coming On April…
Facebook Home: Good For Dumb F*cks, But Not For The Rest Of Us
And so the “Facebook Phone” has finally landed. Only problem is, it isn’t a phone at all, but simply just an app. That’s right folks, despite all the fanfare and cries of “Wow! A…
Gartner Report Paints Bleak Future for Microsoft as Consumers Embrace Tablets
Uh oh, there could be trouble ahead… Or at least, it looks like there is for Microsoft anyway. New data from Gartner paints a less than rosy picture of the future for the Redmond…
Bitcoin is More Secure than the Wallet that Holds It
Earlier this week, Instawallet shut down its Bitcoin wallet service after falling victim to a cyberattack. SiliconAngle founding editor Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins discussed the news and the possible implications on the virtual currency on…