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Your Corporate Bohemian Days Are Over: LiquidSpace Raises $3.6M
We first heard about LiquidSpace during SxSW, when they debuted their mobile app, a tool that helps anyone find a place to get some work done. They’ve now raised $3.6 million in their first round of funding, led by Shasta Ventures, with returning participation from FloodGate. The app, which matches on-the-go professionals with free and ...
Cloud2 Commission Out to Standardize Govt Clouds
With details emerging over the operation to bring down Osama bin Laden, the tech sector has gotten a boost of encouragement, simply knowing the American government required sophisticated technologies to collect and process a large amount of intelligence data to successfully pull of the raid on bin Laden’s compound. Yes, the military had a big win, thanks ...
Pupil: Where Photos Meet Q&A
When Color launched its mobile app, it was a red carpet event, lined with high profile investors and an all-star management team. The premise behind this promising app, which started out with more funding than Google, is to share photos on a local level. I balked at the app when I first tested it, noting ...
Retail Sees Huge Success in Mobile Ads: Millennial Media Report
Mobile advertising seems to still be in its infancy, but it’s a rapidly developing industry, with plenty of potential. No matter what business you’re in, mobile advertising is likely to affect your marketing capabilities in one way or another. The latest S.M.A.R.T. report from mobile ad network Millennial Media shows what sectors are seeing the ...
HP’s Cloud Plans Leaked on VP LinkedIn Profile
Hewlett-Packard’s on a new cloud path, as CEO Leo Apotheker has outlined these past few months, in the company’s shift from hardware to software. What he hasn’t given up yet are the details behind HP’s big cloud push, but his chief technologist has. Scott McClellan, who’s also the interim vice president of engineering for HP’s ...
HP Denies Rumor: XP Stays, 3PAR Still Cogent
After Hewlett-Packard bought 3PAR in a massive $2.4 billion deal last September, the company has now decided to replace its existing XP line with 3PAR products, or so a recent article on Storage Newsletter would have you believe. It’s a bold statement citing unnamed sources, and has big implications regarding HP’s strategy around storage and cloud ...
Jon Radoff on Gamification: From Terrorism to Android
When news broke of Osama bin Laden’s death Sunday night, I expected pundits to analyze the story from every which angle Monday morning, but one I didn’t see coming was the use of gamification by terrorist camps to develop more fervent followers. Nevertheless, an early string I saw developing around bin Laden influences was in the ...
Twitter Confirms Osama bin Laden’s Death before President Obama Addresses Nation
Osama bin Laden is dead, according to President Obama. The news flashed across the world last night, unsurprisingly getting Twitter all astir. The news of President Obama confirming the death of Osama Bin Laden has Twitter alive with rumors and joy, reflecting the sentiment of global citizens. Even before President Obama finished writing his confirmation ...
HP’s Transformation: Hardware to Software Shift Needs Strong Leaders, Key Buys
Even before the current Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker took charge, HP has been making strides in the software and cloud space. Now, the electronics giant is beginning to accelerate its pace in this segment, and one can observe the major moves, opportunities and acquisitions that led to this point, and beyond. There are three primary ...
Clearspring Serious About Big Data, Makes Audience Platform “Portable”
Clearspring’s been building its big data strategy for a couple of years now, and as it seeks new verticals in the marketing industry, Clearspring is releasing another major feature for its product line up. Giving companies the ability to take their target demographics with them across platforms, Clearspring’s new “Audiences Everywhere” feature brings some 200 ...
