LinkedIn IPO Details Revealed
Shares of LinkedIn, a Mountain View, Calif., company, which operates a professional online network with more than 100 million members, are expected to begin public trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) May…
Cloud Sector Takes On Open Source as EMC World Kicks Off
This past week in the cloud had its fair share of news and updates, especially when it comes to open cloud initiatives. This field has become so attractive it not only spurred OpenStack and…
YouTube Founders Expand New Company
The founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, have started a new company named Avos which is already expanding rapidly via acquisitions. An Associate Press release today announces that Avos has acquired Tap11.com,…
Private Markets Seek SEC Guidance
There has been a good deal of discussion in recent weeks about the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pondering changes in regulations governing the trading in the private markets of shares of non-public companies…
Mobile Payments Race Getting White Hot
Being handiest of all devices in the market today, investors are making a lot of smartphone-centric investments in order to position themselves in this booming trend. People could leave behind their laptop and netbooks,…
Check Out These Business Apps for iPad, Android Tablet
The invasion of tablets into the workspace has been going on for quite some time now, and its gaining momentum by the day. This is represented by all the ever-more powerful and handy apps,…
Week In Review – May 7, 2011
Most weeks experience some type of significant event in the markets, some more (or less) significant than others. This week was no different in that respect. While there were no announcements or pronouncements or…
EMC – The Cloud’s Switzerland?
The dominant position of EMC (ticker symbol EMC) in the storage industry is well established. Not willing to rest on its laurels, however, the company has been transitioning for quite some time, both internally…
Report: Massive Drop In Freelance Writing Work Following Google’s Panda Update
By Tom Foremski
Chris O’Brien at Freelancer.com sent me an interesting report that shows a massive drop in freelance writing jobs following Google’s Panda algorithm update in February, which was designed to demote content farms in search…
Growing Support for VMware’s Open Initiative Cloud Foundry
VMware’s Cloud Foundry, the first of open PaaS offerings, is currently in beta but having quite a start. We’ve heard of quite a bit of developments related to the offering in the past few…