Kristen Nicole
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IBM Real-time Compression: The Re-branding of Storwize
Last week we introduced “the SiliconANGLE” story format. It combines all the angles into one post–not just the news, but also the opinions, analysis, and overall impact to users. Our goal is to get all the angles covered around the most important stories around social science and computer science such as tech angles, business angles, ...
Etsy’s Tasty Test Brings a New Spin Search: Review
Whether you’re an Etsy member or an occasional browser, you’ll notice the sheer mass of products available on this crafter’s market site. Their database is enormous, full of thumbnails with handmade and vintage thumb warmers, log-shaped table lamps, garage sale finds and flower bouquets made of art deco brooches. I’ve made it a daily habit ...
TinierMe Builds Virtual Economy Around U.S. Anime Culture
Social gaming is one of those things that we think about when we’re bored, or we see a friend win a new badge on Facebook (so glad to see that trend died down on Twitter). But the market behind it is something that’s becoming more and more tangible as the web spans the globe, younger ...
Twitter’s $200M Christmas Present from Kleiner Perkins and Helpers
We already knew Twitter was a big deal, but now they’re throwing in our faces. The microblog has raised a whopping $200 million, giving Twitter a valuation of $3.7 billion. Yep. All those little tweets eventually amount up to quite a lot of money. The funding comes from Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and some other ...
MCollective 1.0 boosts Puppet’s Performance with Real-time Capabilities
In Puppet Labs’ first major release since its acquisition of MCollective, we have some renewed open cloud initiatives emerging onto the scene. MCollective was already an incorporated feature for Puppet Labs’ products, and today’s release further integrates MCollective into the fold. MCollective version 1.0 is a command line interface (CLI) for asking real-time questions about ...
JiWire’s New Platform Scales Local Mobile Ads
JiWire has launched a new service called Compass, which is designed to enhance location-based advertising for mobile devices. The location-based mobile media company is designing a platform around geo-specific data, enabling brands to make their campaigns more relevant for audiences based on their exact location. What Compass’ platform offers is a way to “actionize” an ...
Firefox Creative Lead Aza Raskin Departs for New Health Project
Firefox Creative Lead Aza Raskin is leaving Mozilla, nearly two years after they acquired his talents. It was then he sold Humanized, a project he started in our own adopted hometown of Chicago. Moving on to yet another initiative called Massive Health, this one looks to be a hefty departure from other things Raskin has ...
Nymgo Founder Hails App Stores as Key to VoIP Mobile Distribution
There are a lot of companies right now looking to go mobile. These smartphone devices we’re all carrying around? They’re like hand-held computers. And I mean that in the actual sense, not in the way folks have been projecting and hoping for the past several years. From mobile web browsing to security, mobile devices have ...
Android Apps Overpower Apple’s: Millennial Media MobileMix Report
What’s on your gadget wish list? Probably an Apple product. Looking at Millennial Media’s MobileMix report for November 2010, Apple is dominating the mobile device scene, with the iPhone and iPod touch making up the top two individual mobile devices in its network. From a manufacturing standpoint, Apple has retained its leadership position for well ...
Bundle’s New Recommendation Tools Map the DNA of Consumer Spending
“If Mint and Bizzy had a baby…” is how Bundle was first described to me. And after playing around with it for a little while, I tend to whole-heartedly agree. Bundle is a joyous tool to use, at least for a research junkie like myself. Taking real consumer data from CitiGroup, Bundle is able to ...
