Biggest MWC Handset Launches So Far: Galaxy Note 8 + More
The coolest smartphone party of the year kicked off in Barcelona two days ago and unveiled some of the most exciting mobile devices to come out this year. Here are the top devices that…
Does Intel Have Any Mobile Growth Opportunities Left?
By Saroj Kar
Completely dominated by ARM processors, the massive and growing smartphone market is an area where Intel has only recently landed. And the chipmaker understandable seems to be concerned with its lacking position in the…
Canon’s Head Mounted “Mixed Reality” Augmented Reality Device is Nice but a Bit Out of Reach
By Kyt Dotson
The era of consumer-level augmented reality devices is slowly coming into port as we watch more manufacturers bring this technology to the public—partially through miniaturization and partially through making them at least affordable. With…
Changing the World: Big Data Deep Dive Part 1
The problem with Big Data the buzzword is its elusiveness. The more we try to define Big Data, the less applicable the effort. We might as well try to pin down the Internet. We’ve…
Samsung S IV Could Drive Away HTC One Buyers
Just as HTC popped champagne bottles over the launch of its latest flagship smartphone, the HTC One, Samsung rumors stole the limelight with hints of a flagship upgrade of its own — the Galaxy…
What Happened to Microsoft Azure on Friday; Death by Security Certificate
By Kyt Dotson
An expired SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate just became the lethal bugaboo for Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Storage services when the expiration pulled down the cloud service on Friday afternoon. It took the software mega-giant…
This Week in the Cloud: End-User Management, Mega and Home Entertainment
Managing end-users is no easier task, but two firms have set out to make it easier. Both companies had major milestones this week in the world of cloud computing. Virtualization specialist VMware debuted the…
Analytics Make the World Go ‘Round, Especially for Faltering Ad Networks
Mobile ad network operator Millennial Media has been busy lately, warding off flailing interest from Wall Street and making acquisitions in an effort to continually improve its targeting and analytics capabilities. In a business world…
This Week in Big Data: Open-Source, Funding, and a New Book
We’ve had a few interesting developments in Big Data this week. Hortonworks and Red Hat announced major contributions to the open-source community, an emerging search startup closed a massive round of funding, and Alteryx…
Hewlett-Packard Earnings: It Could Have Been Worse
Hewlett-Packard suffered a massive decline in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, but it still performed better than what analysts expected. HP reported earnings of 82 cents, down 11 percent from last year…