Siri Becomes Political Calamity for AI
Since its release, iPhone 4S’ Siri has been the talk of the town. Users are greatly amazed by how intuitive, accurate, reliable Siri is, and everyone is entertained by its witty comebacks when faced…
Apache CouchDB Chairman Says the Project is “Alive and Kicking”
By Klint Finley
Apache CouchDB project chairman Jan Lehnardt sent an e-mail to the project’s mailing list yesterday addressing concerns about the the open source NoSQL document database’s future. Last week word spread that Canonical is discontinuing…
Groupon Sees Five-fold Increase in Holiday Deals
By Isha Suri
After its controversial IPO launch, Groupon is being more transparent with its numbers, making its first announcement on how it performed over the holiday shopping weekend that kicked off with Black Friday. Chief Executive…
Hadoop Stirs Up the BI World
Hadoop and unstructured data analytics managed to turn into a rapidly-growing trend in just a few years–a trend that’s taking the business intelligence software market with it as it pushes forward. Enterprises have begun…
Alibaba Possible Third Bidder For Yahoo’s Stakes
Yahoo’s shares rose as high as $17.15 in trading when news of fresh bids from a third group broke out. Microsoft, along with private equity firm Silver Lake and Andreesen Horowitz bid $16.60 per…
Spotify Apps: Highlights of a New Music Ecosystem
Earlier this week Spotify unveiled a new program called Spotify Platforms, which gives third party developers the opportunity to build innovative and engaging music-based apps. The Spotify Platform comes with free Spotify Apps, which are aesthetically and functionally…
Couchbase and Cloudera’s New Hadoop Connector, First for NoSQL
NoSQL database provider Couchbase and Cloudera developed a Hadoop connector that fuses together the advantages of both the companies’ offerings. The Couchbase Hadoop Connecter leverages the Apache Sqoop plug-in to allow the migration of…
This Holiday’s Mobile Shopper: Infographic
Everybody loves to shop during holiday season. It has become a tradition that we have lived through over the years. However, the shopping landscape sure has changed as people are given more options on…
IBM Explores Big Data… In Outer Space
By Cherr Aira
When IBM joined the big data frenzy, everyone expected them to do well. But what Big Blue didn’t tell us is that they plan to completely dominate this sector. With sophisticated solutions and next-level…
Code Academy, Minorities in Tech and the Nitty-Gritty of Programming
“The New Promised Land- Silicon Valley” documentary hosted by Soledad O'Brien and aired last week by CNN has spark racial fires and was said to be sensationalized for pointing out that there are very…