Be Smart About What You Post on LinkedIn
It’s one thing to gripe on Twitter. People expect it. If it’s a customer service issue and you’re lucky – the right person from Company X will see it, work to resolve your issue,…
Here Comes the Flood: Major VC Firms Funding Corporate Media Push into Social Media
By Tom Foremski
Somewhat lost in Monday’s news because of Google’s acquisition of Motorola, Buddy Media, a New York startup raised $54 million at a $500 million valuation. Buddy Media helps corporations set up and run their…
Microsoft Setting Traps for Leakers with Newest Tester Build of Windows 8
One of the more interesting aspects of when Microsoft was working on Windows 7 was the fact that there were very few leaks of the new operating system but that hasn’t held true for…
Lawsuit Implicates Cisco in Chinese Human Rights Violations, Censorship
Networking giant Cisco has been sued by Daniel Ward of law firm Ward & Ward on the behalf of Du Daobin, Zhou Yuanzhi, Liu Xianbin, and ten other Chinese political prisoners who requested to remain…
Patent Wars and Blackmail in Silicon Valley
With reality television all the rage, viewers may wonder why there’s been no reality series about the inbred high-tech ecosystem of Silicon Valley. There should be, because the reality of how our technology bastion…
How to Measure Online Video Engagement
Online video advertising is on track to become one-third of all online display advertising by 2014, and as it grows advertisers will increasingly look to quantify consumer engagement with those ads. Engagement can run…
27K South Koreans Sue Apple for $25M
Ever wonder why some apps ask for your location before you can access them? Well I have. It’s quite annoying actually but I never did allow it to use my location info. Call it…
Big Data + Bioinformatics = Virtual Lab Rats
By Cherr Aira
Science and technology work together like dinner utensils. You may use them separately, but when you get to the main course, they make a great team. Two of the hottest items in both fields…
Canonical, Dell, EnStratus and Opscode Join Cloud Foundry
Canonical recently announced Ubuntu support for OpenStack. Now it’s joining Cloud Foundry to provide Ubuntu support for VMware’s open cloud platform and access to millions of desktops. It joins Dell, EnStratus and Opscode, which…
Is VCE a Flailing Startup? A Study of Snark in New Media
The UK Register’s Chris Mellor wrote a short hit piece last week on VCE’s Vblock, entitled “Vblocks bleed out EMC money, VCE = virtual cash erosion.” True to Register form, the cleverest thing about…