Apple Takes Samsung to Japan Courts
After taking hit, after hit, after hit from Apple, Samsung is gearing up for another battle as Apple is out to get them–this time in Japan. Apple filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District…
Intelligence Community Puts Up Money for an Easier to Use Hadoop
By Klint Finley
Platfora, a startup dedicated to making Apache Hadoop easier to use, came out of stealth today and announced $5.68 million in series A funding. The company was founded by Ben Werther, who was head…
Start Of The .XXX “Sunrise” Period
Last month we did an article about the .xxx domain, and how it is both beneficial and easier to identify porn sites, but also poses a threat for the non-porn industry. The ICM Registry…
HP Opens Public Cloud Offering to Beta Testers
By Maria Pila
Hewlett-Packard Co. is taking a step closer toward its promise of offering a public cloud service by providing early access to select testers. HP announced on Wednesday that it has launched its HP Cloud…
Google Helps HTC Battle Apple, US Patent System Up For Reform
The Android platform has taken a hit from every possible contender, including Apple, Oracle, Microsoft, RIM and even the FTC. And Google isn’t the only one affected by this, as partners using the Android…
Facebook Valuation Soars as IPO Nears, Board Grows
By Saroj Kar
It looks like Facebook really wants to stay on top, as would any industry leader. According to a Reuters report, Facebook’s revenue is doubled to $1.6 billion in first half of the year. The net…
Salesforce.com Spends $2.6 Million on Social.com Domain Name
By Klint Finley
Salesforce.com was likely the mystery winner of the social.com domain name auction, which went for $2.6 million, putting its spending for domain names in the past year over $4 million. According to Fusible, the domain…
Who’s Calling? Big Data, Social Graph Fill in the Gaps at YouMail
By Cherr Aira
It amazes me all the time how big data and the broadening social graph are being utilized to reform business models and discover new products and services. Couple these two trends with mobility and…
SiliconANGLE/Wikibon #1 in Real Time Original Content at VMworld 2011
By John Furrier
Something hit me today when I was watching the Techcrunch implosion and talking to LinkedIn trying to get SiliconANGLE in their daily news paper feed. SiliconANGLE is #1 in original content at tech events…
Microsoft Extends Bing-Twitter Relationship, Loses Search Exec
Even as Yahoo sacked Carol Bartz in its latest CEO shuffle, Microsoft loses another top executive, too. Powerset, the natural language search company, was acquired by Microsoft for $100 million three years ago to strengthen…