Post-PC Era Is Here, Don’t Think So
Post-PC is a phrase on the tip of every IT analyst’s tongue and on the keys of every tech writer’s keyboard. However, there is quite a bit of debate on whether it’s a real…
Healthy Big Data: Predicting and Preventing the Spread of Disease
Big data has many uses. Banks use it to make money and improve customer care, automobile makers are hoping it will help them to develop better production processes, and even pizza companies are using…
Devops – Art? Science? Hype? Can DevOps Deliver on Business Needs
Talking about DevOps can be quite conceptual in many cases. How we integrate the Devops concept into the architecture of a company can quite literally be a blend of arts, discipline and the science…
Lenovo’s Still After Dell, HP and the Rest of the World’s PC Makers
By Saroj Kar
Gartner and IDC have released their preliminary figures for PC sales in the second quarter 2012 and cut forecast for growth in worldwide PC market this year due to slowing economies in Western Europe…
Nokia Closes Two Sales Offices In China
Today’s mobile news roundup features Nokia’s China units closure, Chrome mobile being sued for patent infringement, Apple’s new app category, and StealthGenie the updated cell phone tracker for Android ICS devices. Nokia closes shop…
VMWare Adds Oracle Support to vFabric Data Director
VMWare has announced a new release of its vFabric Data Director its database-aware visualization and self-service lifecycle management solution. The company originally released the product at VMworld 2011 last August to improve the efficiency…
Studies Confirm Big Data as Key Business Priority, Growth Driver
Oracle has released the results from its “Big Data, Bigger Opportunities: Plans and Preparedness for the Data Deluge” survey, the first in a series that will look at how utility companies are using smart…
Developers: The Hubris of Front End Developers
By John Furrier
I ran into a good post that was talking about the hottest trend in tech developer world. Wooing front end developers. The post I am referring to was written by Allan Cheung a front…
Startup Police Blotter: Betaworks Steals Digg for $500k – Digg Sells for Pennies on the Dollar
By John Furrier
Betaworks should be on today’s police blotter under Grand Theft Startup. Wall Street Journal is reporting that the New York based incubator Betaworks has agreed to buy news-sharing website Digg in what is looking…
Twilio Changes the SMS Game
Today Twilio announces their new Global SMS service now available to customers which has been the one feature that is most requested. Yesterday Twilio was only able to operate on a few dozen carriers,…