Could VoLTE be a Knockout Punch for VoIP?
Raise the topic of 4G networks with anyone in the tech industry and you’ll often receive a flurry of smiles and wide-eyed dreaming. Ask the same audience what services they expect from a 4G…
Yahoo Readies Hadoop for Spin-off, Big Data Gains
By Cherr Aira
Horton hatches the egg, but this is not Dr. Seuss speaking, it’s Yahoo!— opening a doorway to launch Hadoop spin-off anytime this week. With tougher challengers in the ring of open cloud including LexisNexis,…
Simon Mainwaring Talks We First & the Future of Capitalism Through the Lens of Social Tech
By socialnerdia
Simon Mainwaring is founder of We First, a social branding consulting firm that helps companies use social media to build communities, profits and positive social impact. Simon is also the author of the book…
Personal Cloud Boost Driven by Mobile, Video and Beyond
The personal cloud industry is seeing a lot of updates as countless companies – from startups to some of the biggest players in tech – try to take a shot at monetizing this exploding…
Google Brain Drain Continues: Nirvanix Lands a New CTO
Paul Froutan, the former head of global data center infrastructure at Google has joined cloud storage provider Nirvanix as its new CTO. Froutan, who resides in Houston, TX, spent four years at Google and…
ShelfLuv’s Inspiring Instant Amazon Books Search Shows Promise for Personal Cloud
The world of connected devices has inspired a wealth of personal cloud services, allowing age-old industries to become more hopeful about today’s digital age. The publishing industry in particular has found new life in…
Android Ice Cream Sandwiches Look Awfully Tasty to Microsoft
Android device activation all over the globe is hitting the roof. As tweeted by Android chief Andy Rubin, “There are now over 500,000 Android devices activated every day, and it’s growing at 4.4% w/w.”…
iParents Just Landed: Be Careful What You Tweet!
By Cherr Aira
It’s interesting to see my parents now have a Facebook or Twitter account, reconnecting with their old pals from way back who knows when. But when they started commenting/parenting within these social networking sites,…
Daily Deals Sector Steams Up with a Few Buys of its Own
By Robert Manto
It is evident that the daily deals industry is hot. Just ask Groupon with revenue of $760 million last year. The first half of 2011 has passed, and already a lot of things have…
Big Data Spurs New Hadoop-Inspired Projects from Yahoo and Beyond
By Robert Manto
For the past few months, there have been a lot of rumors that Yahoo will be launching a separate company that would focus on the development and commercialization of Apache Hadoop. Derrick Harris from…