Foursquare Check-in Etiquette
Anyone remember the early complaints about Twitter? That people were posting updates about what they’re eating for lunch? Robert Scoble noted this phenomenon in a blog post from last September about Twitter’s rise: It…
Analysis: Enterprise Wars – SAP Buys Sybase – Good Move For SAP
By John Furrier
SAP’s $5.8B acquisition of Sybase is being touted by many in the news media as a desperate act by a firm in trouble who overpaid for a legacy asset. Here at SiliconAngle we’ve been…
EMC World Cubed: 30 minutes of video on Converged Networking
[excerpt from EMC World Cubed – Here’s all the Video] I’ve returned (but not recovered) from EMC World. Did you watch the live video from SiliconANGLE? The over 5600 Tweets on #emcworld? Well, just in…
Rumor: Dell to Buy Ocarina Networks
By Secret CTO
Seems like Dell and HP are still trying to figure out what their primary storage optimization story is going to be. The word is that each of these companies are looking to Ocarina Networks…
Clyburn accuses ISPs of arguing in favor of reclassification
By George Ou
[courtesy of George Ou] The amount of blatant misinformation used in the reclassification debate over Internet regulation never ceases to amaze me. I’ve spent much time debunking the reclassification movement, and I’ve debunked the…
Google is no Sophia Loren – more like Ugly Betty
There is no getting around it – Google sucks when it comes to the Social Web, or in marketing speak – Social Media. Unlike the other leaders in the field Google’s efforts have either…
Will Microsoft Be Lapped in the Race for Tablets?
By Art Fewell
Tablet PC’s are coming and they will come in a grand fashion. Over time touch based I/O and tablet form factors will become perhaps the most common computing experience for the average user. Microsoft…
Relax: The Corporate World Can’t Co-Opt Social Media
One of the recurring themes from this week’s EMC World conference was the extent to which corporations (including EMC) are incorporating elements of social media. I heard similar points from all sides: Independents were…
Hurricane Season Comes Early
Recent reports confirm that HP will not be releasing their tablet PC known as the “Slate” this summer. It appears that they will be focused on similar device which will run the Palm WebOS…
The Toxic Nature of Email
By Mark Suster
I haven’t written a blog post in a week. I travelled for a couple of days for work and decided to get some sleep on those days rather than staying up into the wee…