Rumors of a Microsoft Surface Phone Stirring Major Buzz
Is a Microsoft Surface Phone on the way? A recent Wall St. Journal report said that Microsoft is making its own smartphone. Based on “people familiar with the situation”, it is said that the…
Developers May Need New PCs to Use New Windows Phone 8 SDK
Microsoft unveiled the new Windows Phone SDK 8.0 and it’s already getting mixed reviews. A lot are pleased because the new SDK version offers more capabilities to develop apps but some are complaining that…
For Pristine Logic, We Must Separate Data from the App Layer, says BDNA CEO Constantin Delivanis
We’re in the midst of a massive technological shift, where our electronics and their software are becoming self-aware. It’s a humanistic trait that characterized our emergence from the age of Enlightenment into Industrialization, discovering…
Running The Country… There’s An App For That Too!
UK Prime Minster David Cameron, long known to be a keen iPad user, has volunteered to test drive a new app that helps aid his decision making and oversee the day-to-day affairs of government.…
Is It A Laptop? A Tablet? A Phone? No, It’s A Credit Card
Now this is a pretty cool thing – Mastercard has just released a new kind of credit card that features a built-in keyboard and an LCD display. The next-generation credit card, known as the…
Appcelerator’s 4th Acquisition Signals Ambitious Hadoop Plan
Appcelerator made its fourth buy in two years this week, with the acquisition of Nodeable, a small Hadoop startup with big ambitions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed A few months ago Nodeable…
Nate Silver’s Presidential Predictions Show Why You NEED Big Data
Now that the dust has settled and Barack Obama has landed safely behind his desk at the White House for another four years, we can finally see who the real winners and losers were…
BlackBerry 10 Cleared for US Ahead of Launch
In today’s mobile news roundup: BlackBerry 10 get U.S. security clearance ahead of launch; Microsoft Office app for iOS and Android; Lenovo set to rival top dogs in mobile industry; and network carriers to…
Keeping the Founders Around – Founders are Tech Athletes
By John Furrier
Founders are what I call “tech athletes”. Founders are the warriors who take the chances and big risks that no one will dare to take. In the world of venture capital, there’s a term…
Big Data for the Little Guys: Beyond the Fortune 100
Colin Shearer, the head of IBM’s advanced analytics business, took some time off during his company’s IOD conference last month to discuss IBM’s upcoming subscription-based analytics service with John Furrier and Dave Vellante. Analytics Answers,…