Slowly But Surely, Lenovo’s Catching Up
HP must be feeling increasingly anxious at the moment. Not only has the company just reported staggering losses of $9 billion over the last quarter, but its status as the world’s leading PC maker…
Cassandra Propelled Forward by Determined Community
Cassandra is a NoSQL database management solution that spawned out of Facebook’s internal IT a couple years ago, and has built up a lot of momentum ever since. Last month theCube attended the Cassandra…
HP Loses Billions, Resulting in Heavy Job Cuts
By Amber Harris
Hewlett Packard Co. (HP) has taken a massive loss of $9 billion in its latest quarter due to a writedown of the value in its services businesses, which shows that the company overpaid when…
Nokia and Microsoft to Launch Windows 8 Phone Before iPhone 5
Today’s mobile news roundup features: Nokia and Microsoft’s attempts to rain on Apple’s iPhone launch parade; Samsung and Apple asked to “make peace”; and Google’s Map upgrade. Nokia and Microsoft out to get Apple…
Big Data Startups on the Rise with Sizeable Investments and Innovations; SpaceCurve, ParStream & SAP
In light of Realtime’s recent $100 million dollar investmentto re-invent the worldwide web, its no secret that Big Data investors have deep pockets and huge ambitions. The possibilities for leveraging massive amounts of data…
Google Maps Adds 1 Million Public Transport Stops and Routes
Getting around on public transport just got a whole lot easier for smartphone users, and once again we have Google Maps to be thankful to – the service has just introduced public transit schedules…
Why Low IP Restrictions May Increase Your Bottom Line: Q&A with Johanna Blakley on IP Lessons from the Fashion Industry
Technological advances have ushered in the collaborative digital era in which, people co-create and collectively profit from acclaimed films, offer free guides on how to replicate their own 3-d printers, or simply re-mix music…
AT&T Launches DriveMode App To Promote Safe Driving
With almost 100,000 car accidents resulting in injury or death each year due to people texting whilst driving, AT&T has taken it upon itself to raise awareness of the problem, launching a new campaign…
Germany Gets Tough On Facebook Facial Recognition
Data protection officials in Germany have demanded that Facebook destroy its entire archive of files based on facial recognition technology, accusing it of breaking European laws by compiling a vast photo-database of its users…
HP Has Big Plans for Virtualized Networking, Targets Cisco
Hardware giant Hewlett-Packard is looking to take a bit out of Cisco’s pie with three upcoming tweaks to its HP Converged Infrastructure that will introduce a strong software-defined networking component to the product line-up.…