Google Drive’s Biggest Virtue May Be its Ecosystem
Google Drive became one of last week’s most talked out tech updates, and a couple of interesting discussions about the launch sprung up as a result. Our very own Kit Dotson raised the issue…
VC Firms’ Latest Shakeups
A venture capital firm is comparable to the human backbone for startups – they need it in order to stand up. It’s quite rare for startups to thrive without a good VC firm’s…
Google Comes Clean with Controversial Street View Project
Last week the Federal Communications Commission finally closed their Google Street View probe after the search giant agreed to pay the $25,000 fine requested by the FCC. Unfortunately, not everyone was happy about this,…
Fusion-io Boosts Webair’s Cloud
Flash storage provider Fusion-io recently released another one of its case studies, this time outlining how ioMemory helped data center operator Webair address the growing demands of its customers. Webair previously used traditional disk-based…
Microsoft Invests $300M in Barnes and Noble, Wants Windows 8 Nook Apps
Microsoft announced their plans to invest in Barnes and Noble Inc., the brick-and-mortar bookstore that also produces e-book readers and tablets in order to keep up with the digital age. “The shift to digital…
Big Data Helps Find the Cause for MS
The University of Buffalo leverages technology from Revolution R and IBM Netezza to drastically accelerate their research of the potential factors that may be contributing to Multiple Sclerosis, according to a case study the…
Who’s Behind the Anti-Apple Wake Up Campaign? Not Samsung
Today’s mobile news roundup features the brains behind the “Wake up Campaign,” Nokia’s plans to sell Vertu, Apple’s trick for paying less in taxes, and more. So who’s behind Wake up? Last week, news…
Windows Port of Redis Updated by Microsoft Subsidiary
By Klint Finley
Microsoft Open Technologies, a Microsoft subsidiary that launched earlier this month, has released its first project: a new version of the Windows port of Redis begun by Microsoft. However, it’s not yet production ready.…
CollabNet Bets on PaaS as the Future of Enterprise App Development
CollabNet is a leader in the application lifecycle management market space. But it sees its future as a development engine for the platform-as-a-service (dPaaS) market. Today the company is launching a new strategy around…
Travora Media Acquires The Nile Project to Strengthen Social, Mobile Portfolios
By Saroj Kar
Travora Media has taken in The Nile Project, Inc. a San Francisco-based company also known as Nile Media, the global travel content publisher that provides well-known websites such as NileGuide, Localyte and 10Best, as well as mobile…