When Microsoft announced its wrenching $7.6 billion write-down last week, it was easy to presume that the company was giving up on mobile. At the very least, the financial avalanche sent a strong signal that Windows phone in its current guise has failed in a major way. Read More Tweet This Post
Posted on July 17th, 2015 by admin
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It was just a year ago today, that Apple and IBM shocked the world when they announced a partnership. Apple, the consummate consumer company was teaming up with IBM, the quintessential buttoned-down corporation with an enterprise pedigree. It seemed to be the oddest of odd couples, but one year in and 32 apps later, the partnership seems to be flourishing and giving both […]
Posted on July 16th, 2015 by admin
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Today after the market closed, Intel Corporation (INTC) released its second quarter earnings report. The company reported revenue of $13.2 billion and earnings per-share of $0.55. The company’s revenue dropped five percent compared to the year-ago quarter, and its net income dropped by three percent over the same period. However, EPS was flat at 55 cents compared to the… Read More Tweet This […]
Posted on July 16th, 2015 by admin
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Tomorrow marks the kickoff point for the next cycle of tech earnings, so the markets are on the precipice of a data deluge. Today we had a bit of a pre-show, with two things happening that are well worth our consideration: Box’s big trading day and Twitter’s fake acquisition news. Read More Tweet This Post
Posted on July 15th, 2015 by admin
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Twilio, the startup that lets developers integrate voice, text and other communications services into mobile and web apps by way of a set of APIs, has stayed mum in answer to questions of when it might finally make the leap to go public. But today it took a step that some believe could help position it for just that: the company has […]
Posted on July 15th, 2015 by admin
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A week after launching new web and Mac desktop applications, collaboration is releasing new versions of its mobile apps, too. CEO Faizan Buzdar has said that the relaunches reflect an attempt to rebuild Convo “from the ground up,” and that the company would be bringing these changes to all its platforms. (The redesign hasn’t been […]
Posted on July 14th, 2015 by admin
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Interviewed, launching from Y Combinator’s most recent batch of startups, is looking to help employees make better hiring decisions. It’s not uncommon for employers to be wowed by a candidate’s interview skills, only to find that their actual on-the-job skills are lacking. Interviewed fixes this issue by creating advanced simulations for job candidates who are interviewing… Read More […]
Posted on July 14th, 2015 by admin
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Today at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Microsoft announced the Cortana Analytics Suite. It takes the company’s machine learning, big data and analytics products and packages them together in one huge, monolithic suite. Microsoft has put together the suite with the hope of providing a one-stop, big data and analytics solution for enterprise customers. […]
Posted on July 13th, 2015 by admin
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June was an exciting month for Spark. At Hadoop Summit San Jose, it was a frequent topic of conversation, as well as the subject of many session presentations. On June 15, IBM announced plans to make a massive investment in Spark-related technology. This announcement helped to kick off the Spark Summit in San Francisco, where […]
Posted on July 13th, 2015 by admin
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Dynatrace released the latest version of its application performance monitoring (APM) product today, which it hopes will shift the company from pure monitoring into the realm of customer experience. Although this is a major release with many new features, it centers on the Customer Experience Cockpit, which is effectively a dashboard that lets users see a User Satisfaction Rating along… Read More […]
Posted on July 12th, 2015 by admin
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