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Big Data Can Turn Content into Context, says Digital Reasoning COO [Video]
There’s plenty of buzz around big data, but it all boils down to being able to turn that content into context. We can tap all the data the world has to offer, but it means little if we don’t understand it’s true value. That’s where Digital Reasoning comes into play, applying machine learning technology to ...
What’s the Key to Simplifying Big Data? Objectivity Founder Tells All
Many of us have an idea of what big data means, but it’s the execution that seems to trip people up. If you ask Objectivity, the company behind InfiniteGraph, one of the biggest challenges around big data isn’t the volume but the relationship between data sets. And if you ask me, relational analysis is what ...
Forecast 2.0 Brings Future Check-Ins to Facebook
The check-in has become a symbol of our mobile turnover, contextualizing our social interactions with the layer of location. Companies like Foursquare have capitalized on the check-in, and now Forecast 2.0 hopes to take the check-in to the next level with the added context of time. Future check-ins allow users to plan for a social ...
Twilio SDK Launches VoIP Starter Kit for iOS Developers
VoIP software maker Twilio is rolling out an SDK today, starting with iOS support and taking numbers for the Android beta. Twilio Client for iOS is a core version of its offering that works as a template for developers building apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. It’s VoIP technology can be integrated with existing apps ...
Fan Appz Unveils a Data-Licious Social Action Propeller
Businesses all over are utilizing social media as a compelling exploration of flipping traditional tactics on their head. Because word-of-mouth and engagement are critical no matter what the era. We just happen to be in a data-licious era. Fan Appz is taking things head on with a suite of applications geared towards large brands to increase ...
A Cloud Niche for Every Trade: Leveling the Playing Field for SMBs
If you’re the owner of a small business, one of your biggest hurdles is competing with larger, established companies. So what’s an SMB to do? Many SMBs are actually doing what the big guys are doing, at least when it comes to the cloud. SaaS, PaaS and other cloud services are leveling the playing field ...
Facebook’s Big Data Story: Where Behavior Meets Business
Every action you take on Facebook can metamorphose into a statistic; assigned and categorized according to behavior. And no matter what industry you’re in, Facebook’s behavioral data looks mighty juicy. We’re hungry for data’s insight into human nature, as illustrated in Pew’s recent study: the American Life Project. You could glean an image of social generosity ...
Consistency is Key to Owning the Mobile Stack: Q&A with mSpot CEO
Consistency isn’t a word often associated with today’s mobile scene. With fiery mobile OS wars, a battle for the very soul of every consumer and an emerging string of marketplaces designed to store your personal media, the mobile realm is one seemingly reeling with constant change. But Daren Tsui, CEO of mSpot, anticipated much of ...
WiFi’s Role in Toppling 4G and Local Retail Ads
Intel researchers are working on a project called Rosepoint wherein they managed to put a digital 2.4 GHz WiFi radio on a chip, right next to one of their low-power Atom CPUs. The new technology may soon show up in laptops and mobile devices, paving the way for gadgets with longer battery life, since a ...
Everything You Need to Know about HP Gen8 (Including IT Job Landscape): VIDEO
We’ve been discussing the shift to I/O centric servers for a while, and much of our analysis was validated with HP’s latest server launch. Dubbed Project Voyager, the new Gen8 servers promise to reduce operation costs, among other things, essentially making the management of servers an idiot-proof task. Shortly after HP made their announcement at ...
