Google Accused of Yet Another Privacy Balls Up
Google is no stranger to privacy concerns, yet it could well find itself in trouble with the latest scandal to emerge over the way it handles its customer’s data. It’s been revealed that the…
Big Data Time Machine: Mike Olson on Its Origins + Future
While gadget geeks drool over the latest launches from Mobile World Congress this week, O’Reilly Media’s Strata gathering looks at the data-hungry, data-sharing, data-loving economy behind all those smartphones, tablets and Smart Apps showcased…
Pentaho Automates Data Vizualization, So Nothing’s Lost In Translation
Data visualization is for more than just new educational programs on the History channel. With Big Data making its mark on end users in the enterprise, understanding the metadata becomes all the more important.…
Over SxSW? Trade Up for Strata, the Big Thing in Data
SxSW keeps a special place in my heart. But even more thrilling than six months of reminder emails for SxSW registration, is this year’s first Strata event. Undoubtedly one of the most provocative gatherings…
Does the World Need Another Hadoop Distro? Greenplum Says Yes
Greenplum is challenging Cloudera and MapR with a new Hadoop solution that delivers faster response times and better integration than the competition. Donald Miner, the solutions architect for the EMC subsidiary, blogged the news…
Samsung and Centrify Partner on Enterprise Mobile Solutions – Dashes BlackBerry Hopes
By John Furrier
One of the welcome surprises that came out of last month’s BlackBerry 10 announcements was how the company had embraced the enterprise need for a scalable, secure BYOD management solution. BlackBerry rose to the…
LG Takes WebOS Off HP’s Hands for “Smart TV” Initiative, Despite Slow Demand
LG Electronics signed a definitive agreement with Hewlett-Packard to buy webOS, the mobile operating system the latter obtained through the acquisition of Palm in 2010. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a…
What Steps Can Twitter Take To Boost Its Shaky Security?
Last week’s spate of high-profile Twitter account hijackings has once again raised the issue of security on social media sites, particularly where it concerns well-known brands and businesses. In case you missed it, last…
Rackspace Takes Aim at Amazon, Slashing Cloud Storage Costs by 30%
Rackspace has just stepped up the pressure on Amazon Web Services by slashing its cloud storage rates by a whopping 33 percent last Friday, while announcing plans to roll out tiered pricing for its…
AVentures Capital Backs Startup Augmented Pixels for AR Applications
By Saroj Kar
One of the world’s leading augmented reality technology developers, Augmented Pixels, formerly known as AR23D, has attracted investments from AVentures Capital. The amount of investment was not disclosed, but the deal for the fund…