Zynga’s Project Z – Smart Move Towards Independence
It was in October of last year that Zynga stated they will be launching their own gaming site independent of Facebook, which was dubbed Zynga Direct, or Project Z. And finally, after months of…
Hadoop Ecosystem Going Mainstream: A $50 Trillion Future [Video]
Last year was the year of validation for Hadoop, when the endorsements by a growing list of vendors and users showed that it was for more than a toy for Yahoo, Google, Facebook, and…
Top 5 Smartphone Brands @ MWC 2012
Mobile World Congress 2012 officially ended yesterday, but attendees still can’t stop gushing over the devices unveiled at the event. Here’s a quick recap of what brands made an impression this week. Nokia The…
Apple’s Legal Battles, Worms On Android and More
Today’s mobile roundup features Apple’s legal battles against Samsung, Motorola and Proview, AT&T’s new “unlimited data” policy, Sprint and Chrysler partner up, worm attacking Android devices, and a tablet especially made for kids. Apple…
SXSW Music Infographic: Where Do All Those Bands Come From?
By Cherr Aira
Once again, Austin will be at the center of an eclectic scene as the South by SouthWest Conference (SXSW) Interactive Festival opens at the second week of March. This annual event showcases the best…
Twitter’s Nathan Marz: Architect for Human Fault-Tolerance
By Klint Finley
Nathan Marz is a lead engineer at Twitter. He came over to Twitter from Backtype, a real-time social analytics company that Twitter acquired last year. Marz started working on Storm, an open source real-time…
Data Science: Opportunity or Threat to Business Intelligence Professionals?
By Klint Finley
Bill Schmarzo, CTO of EMC’s EIM Services, is called the “Dean of Big Data,” mostly because of his role in EMC’s data science training courses. Today at Strata Conference Schmarzo appeared on theCube with…
What We’ll See from Big Data in 2012: Rivalries, Verticals and More Growth
Wikibon analyst Jeff Kelly has drawn out the likely big data trends we’ll be seeing as we head deeper into 2012: many of which have already set root last year, and are currently growing to…
Facebook’s New Premium Ads and Its Impact on Advertisers
By Saroj Kar
Shortly before the planned IPO that will boost the world’s largest social network, Facebook is targeting investors with their new ad offerings. Facebook, for the first time, is allowing advertising on mobile devices. Facebook…
1010data Provides Big Data Analysis in the Cloud with the Trillion Row Spreadsheet
1010data (pronounced Ten-ten data) is a SaaS big data management and analysis provider created by two former Wall Street analysts in 2000, before either Software-as-a-Service or big data existed as industry terms. It has more…