Oracle Blocks Iran Traffic
A report has emerged stating that Oracle is blocking access to its sites from Iran. The block could mean that any Iranian servers that are using Oracle will be unable to update their systems,…
Sqrrl Breaks Down the Big Data Market : 11 Segments of Opportunity
Sqrrl, an emerging Big Data security startup founded by the NSA engineers who created Apache Accumulo, published a brief blog post that outlines its position in the market. The author attempts to define his…
How to Become the Next Nick D’Aloisio, Summly’s Famous Teen Coder
There’s a lot of hype going around Nick D’Aloisio, the teen behind the coveted iPhone app Summly, recently snagged by Yahoo! for $30 million. Before D’Aloisio’s arrival, the spotlight was on Brian Wong, the…
T-Mobile Finally Gets the iPhone 5, Trashes AT&T
Even before the UnCarrier event, T-Mobile had already released its new plans for subscribers. It ditched the two-year contract and introduced flexible data plans which starts at $50 for 500 MB of 4G data.…
Five Questions CIOs Need to Answer Before Jumping on the Cloud
Cloud computing can offer advantages in the right circumstances, writes Wikibon Analyst, Consultant and former CIO Scott Lowe in his latest Wikibon Professional Alert. But reaping the greatest benefit — and avoiding the pitfalls…
Unity Moves In With Sony for PlayStation 4, Vita, PS mobile and Sony cloud
By Isha Suri
Unity, the acclaimed cross-platform game engine maker, has tied up with Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) to bring out tools for development for all of the SCE’s PlayStation platforms. Technically speaking, Unity’s technology will now…
2013 State of Cloud Security Report from Alert Logic
Alert Logic is in the business of making a better more secure cloud. As the leading provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions they focus on securing all aspects of the application and infrastructure stack. Their latest…
Facebook Mobile Guru Rasmus Andersson Joins Dropbox
By Isha Suri
Dropbox is growing fast, both in terms of customers and teams. Making a significant development to its creative team, Dropbox recently welcomed Rasmus Andersson in the team. Andersson is the creative mind behind Facebook’s…
Summly Already Gone from iTunes : Here’s 3 Alternatives
Yahoo! acquired Summly this week, an iPhone app that delivers news fast, easily and beautifully by providing users with concise summaries of online content. According to reports, the acquisition totaled to $30 million, which involves…
Google Wins “Ungoogleable” Usage Fight In Sweden, But At What Cost To Its Brand?
Google has been successful in its efforts to make the phrase “ungoogleable”, well, um, effectively ‘ungoogleable’ in the Swedish language, forcing that country’s language officials to drop the term from its most recently published…