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Another memorable startup from Nova Spivack and co-founder Dominiek Ter Heide hits the interwebs today, called Bottlenose, this time in the form of a stream reader. Spivack feels the current market for stream readers doesn’t solve the issue of content overload, and he’s …
The Social Scene in China: The Bitter Taste of Forbidden Fruit
When Facebook says that they won’t stop until every single organism on the planet has a profile, that includes a serious effort to make friends in China. But the world’s most populous nation is building a social victor of their own. The …
Evernote’s Love Affair with Mobile Bears Three New Apps
Quick capture and easy access has fueled Evernote’s success. The organization is running on a freemium business model and is looking to create a multi-platform, cross-device technology soon. With its quest in maintaining your digital memory, Evernote comes out with a few …
Aptare’s Paradigm Shift on Unstructured Data Management
Aptare introduced a new enterprise storage resource management solution it calls Aptare StorageConsole File Analytics. The software leverages patented and patent-pending technology to sort through an organization’s data, allowing users to optimize IT resources by automating the process of identifying out-of-place files. …
Hadoop Stirs Up the BI World
Hadoop and unstructured data analytics managed to turn into a rapidly-growing trend in just a few years–a trend that’s taking the business intelligence software market with it as it pushes forward. Enterprises have begun exploring new opportunities to extract value out of …
Code Academy, Minorities in Tech and the Nitty-Gritty of Programming
“The New Promised Land- Silicon Valley” documentary hosted by Soledad O'Brien and aired last week by CNN has spark racial fires and was said to be sensationalized for pointing out that there are very few African-American startups out there that are venture-backed. …
Mobile Retail Especially at Risk on Cyber Monday: How You can Stay Safe
It has been part of our modern culture to shop during holiday seasons. It’s the time when the price of stuff we’ve been eyeing all year round plunges to suit our budget. Even new devices and online family getaways experience a discount. …
The End of Data as Usual – Brian Solis Muscles Up Book Two
For this week’s Profile Snapshot we talk with the legendary Brian Solis, the socialite of social media. He’s gone through a career boost this past year, moving to Altimeter Group to round out a powerhouse team alongside Charline Li and Jeremiah Owyang. …
Would an Amazon Smartphone use Android?
Given the success of Amazon’s latest Kindle tablet, it’s almost normal people start speculating about Kindle phones. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney and Kevin Chang believes Amazon is on its way to manufacturing phones as well, based on their “supply chain channel checks …
Vimessa’s Mobile Video Messaging App Comes with Promise of Cross-Platform Sharing
Vimessa launches its video messaging service today, taking claim of the world’s first video voicemail app for any mobile device. You can send high-definition video messages for free to any mobile phone number or email address in the world, bypassing the video chat …