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Skype Update Links Your Facebook, Windows Live with Metro UI
Skype released a new beta version of their chat platform, which they claim will help users reach more of their friends and family. How? It lets users sign in with their Microsoft Account (Windows Live ID) and/or Facebook account. They’ve also added support for six new languages. The beta version of Skype, 15.1, is already ...
Samsung’s “Genius” Ad Fuels the War with Apple
Today’s mobile news roundup features: an extended Apple-Samsung war for consumers; AT&T claiming iPhone 5 demand is higher than previous model; Samsung to release Galaxy SIV in March 2013; and RIM snubbed by Yahoo!. Apple-Samsung war fueled by ad Samsung fueled their war with Apple when news got out that they’ll be putting up a ...
iPhone 5 Pre-orders Sold Out: Try These Stores
Hours before Apple unveiled the iPhone 5, their online store went down with a “We’ll be back” sign that cycles through different languages. Aside from that AT&T’s site was also down but it features a countdown timer with “Excited? So are we! We’re counting down the minutes to the big event,” plastered on their site. ...
Alibaba’s Ecosystem vs. Amazon and Google
Alibaba Group’s chief strategy officer Zeng Ming stated over the weekend that they are expecting to sell more merchandise this year compared to top competitors such as Amazon and eBay. “From their annual reports we did a rough calculation and we were similar last year but we are growing faster than them this year, so ...
Rick Yetter: Splunk Is The Most Disruptive Technology For Big Data
Wikibon Analyst Jeff Kelly and SiliconANGLE Executive in Residence Jeff Frick are back at TheCube covering Splunk’s .conf2012 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two Jeffs had the pleasure of interviewing System Administrator, Rick Yetter, of the Apollo Group – the parent company of the University of Phoenix. And like every Splunk ...
Bringing Business to the Cloud: PayPerCloud EVP Speaks [VIDEO]
Brocade, the multinational corporation that specializes in data and storage networking, is conquering the world of big data by combining their 15 years of fiber channel heritage with the best-of-breed ethernet fabric solutions. They help companies worldwide to simplify their architecture, increase network availability and dramatically reduce the total cost of ownership. At TheCube, ...
iPhone 5 Pre-Order Starts Today
Today’s mobile news roundup features: the kick off for iPhone 5 pre-orders; Motorola’s plans to recall Android devices in Germany; Sprint’s $99 Galaxy phone; and signal jammers to prevent road accidents. Pre-order your iPhone 5 now Apple launched the iPhone 5 last Wednesday and it’s been receiving mixed reactions. Some are pleased with it saying ...
How Splunk Won Over an Entire Organization [VIDEO]
Back at TheCube, SiliconANGLE’s premier video program, Wikibon Analyst Jeff Kelly and SiliconANGLE Executive in Residence Jeff Frick had the pleasure of interviewing Beau Christensen, the Lead Site Reliability Engineer at Ping Identity, another satisfied customer of Splunk, at their annual .conf2012 event. Ping Identity provides single sign-on identity security for 800 of the world’s ...
Splunk’s Versatility is a Win for Big Data: .conf2012 Recap
Wikibon Analyst Jeff Kelly and SilinANGLE Executive in Residence Jeff Frick are back on TheCube to bring us the highlights of Splunk’s .conf2012 day 2 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Frick noted that the biggest take away for him is the continual validation of the “land and expand” strategy, which makes it easy ...
Compared: iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy SIII and Note II
You probably already know that the iPhone 5 was launched yesterday, and the biggest news about the device is its size. Yes, it’s bigger–perhaps Apple is looking to invade the phablet space. Yes, I know it’s not that big, but it’s certainly bigger than other iPhones. Hmmm, I think i remember the late Steve Jobs ...
