Personalized Learning Systems: How Close is Our Tech?
Imagine, a child in a large classroom engaged in a learning experience that is targeted precisely at the skills he or she needs at that moment in time. Or a high school student interested…
HP Reclaims Top Spot From Lenovo As #1 PC Maker Despite Troubled Market
In October of last year, Lenovo made waves when it unseated Hewlett-Packard as the number one PC maker. Unfortunately, the PC market is failing quite miserably with the advent of tablets and tablet hybrids,…
While Samsung Galaxy S Sales Soar Past 100M, Apple Cuts iPhone Orders
In today’s mobile news roundup: Samsung announced 100M Galaxy S devices sold; Apple cuts iPhone components orders due to weak demand; amd ASUS launches 7” Android tablet. Samsung announced 100M Galaxy S devices sold…
Flow Adds Semantic Search from Hakia to Revolutionize E-Commerce
Flow, a Canadian start-up offering an innovative, peer-to-peer ‘social commerce’ solution, has just teamed up with Hakia to provide semantic search functionality within its closed platform. While the news is unlikely to draw too much attention…
Breaking: EMC Ventures Executive Shawn Douglass Joins ServiceMesh as CTO
By John Furrier
Changes at EMC Ventures are happening big time. We saw Pat Gelsinger put his stamp on EMC now VMware. Paul Maritz was sitting at EMC ventures cooking up his next “meal” – the Pivotal…
In Memory of Aaron Swartz: Take a Step Back – The Aaron Swartz Raw Nerve Essays
By John Furrier
To understand Aaron Swartz is to read his last few essays. I found Aaron Swartz’s series of essays called RawNerve. I am reposting his first entry called Take a step back which this repost…
Aaron Greenspan is Creating Aaron Swartz Memorial Grants
By John Furrier
Death of Aaron Swartz is causing outpouring of feelings (see story) never seen in decades and even the family is establishing foul play (see story). Now we are seeing financial support from the community…
Family of Reddit Cofounder Aaron Swartz Says Massachusetts and MIT Contributed to his Death
By John Furrier
The family of Internet freedom fighter and social activist hero Aaron Swartz put out an official statement. Our beloved brother, son, friend, and partner Aaron Swartz hanged himself on Friday in his Brooklyn apartment.…
Cofounder of Reddit and Internet Freedom Fighter Commits Suicide After Hacking MIT – The Net Mourns
By John Furrier
Aaron Swartz, co-founder of Reddit and online activist, hangs himself in New York City last night. At the moment the Internet community is having a virtual wake. Aaron was a young star in the…
Two Decade Patent Reign for IBM, and a More Polite Watson
According to patent research firm IFI, IBM filed more patents than anyone else for the 20th year in a row. The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued 253,155 patents in 2012, an all time…