Backup Pains in the Cloud Industry
Backup is one of the most common methods of protection against data loss. The first backup applications were introduced 20 years ago and Microsoft has integrated in each Windows version a backup application. These…
EMC Documentum Reaches Cloud 9 with VMware Ready Status
By Cherr Aira
EMC Documentum has reached yet another cornerstone in their organization by being the first enterprise within the content management business to achieve the VMware Ready Status. But what is the significance of this status? …
Display Ads are Big Business in Asia, Shows Hiring Boom
By Isha Suri
The advertising business, especially display ads, is becoming a big business in Asia and this growth is all set to overtake the global advertising market, including the U.S and Europe. The gross advertising expenditure…
Women Actually Shaping the Future of Online Retail: MyShape Gets $5.5M
A leading personalized shopping website for women’s apparel, Myshapes today announced that it raised $5.5 million funding from a line up investors which includes Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth…
Photo Sharing, Managing the Cloud: the New Money Magnets
By Cherr Aira
The photo-sharing industry is seeing a nice increase in interest from funding investors lately. Just this week, a startup company that goes by the name PhotoRocket has scored around $1.3 million of additional funds…
Brands Skyrocket Online. How Much is Due to Facebook et al?
A staggering 68% of online branded communications in 2010 are associated with social networks; a staggering figure indeed, especially in comparison to just less than a third back in ’09, according to a study…
Facebook Places on BlackBerry, Speeding Mobile Deals Dash
BlackBerry’s Facebook application has a new version to be introduced to users soon, and it now supports Facebook Places. Some of the features that come with the updated app include the ability to check…
Flowtown Buys Tech Behind Twitter Recommendations for Businesses, Who Should I Follow?
Flowtown, the social marketing platform, has reported the acquisition of technology from Who Should I Follow?, a technology that recommends new people to follow others based on the people in their current Twitter network.…
Microsoft and Facebook Join Hands in More Ways than One
Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger app has achieved something not many can, having moved its way up the second place in the Zynga-stuffed list of top ten most popular apps on the social network, as…
Unidentified Flying Missile-like Object Seen off California Coast
By Kyt Dotson
A streak across the sky visible rising out of the Pacific has sparked a great deal of discussion and concern as nobody seems to be taking credit for it—from NASA to the U.S. military.…