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Airbnb Boosts Presto SQL Query Engine For Hadoop
Airbnb is open sourcing a home-grown data-exploration and SQL query tool for Hadoop. Will it give Facebook Presto a leg up on Cloudera Impala?
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Gets Predictive
Salesforce announces Predictive Decisions features to personalize marketing. Data science drives clicky content and offers.
Security Fail: Why Call Centers Leave Us Hanging
Call centers act too much like they are running phishing scams, and it is hurting customer service and enterprise security.
Galaxy S6 Vs. iPhone 6 Smackdown
Samsung's Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones are just what the company needs to battle Apple's iPhone 6. Here are six reasons why these models will win over consumers.
IBM Buys AlchemyAPI: What Watson Gains
IBM acquires AlchemyAPI to improve Watson's capacity for natural-language processing, image analysis, and understanding human behavior.
Samsung, BlackBerry, Microsoft: 10 Killer Business Devices At MWC
MWC was a whirlwind of announcements from phone makers, chip vendors, network operators, and app developers, including Samsung, LG, BlackBerry, Microsoft, and more. Here are the 10 devices for business from the show.
6 Connected Vehicles Steal The Show At MWC
Car innovations are coming fast and furious at this year's Mobile World Congress.
FCC Chief At MWC: 'No One Blocks Internet'
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler defended the FCC's order that upholds net neutrality.
Cisco Bets Big On Selling Hadoop
Cisco will resell Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR Hadoop distributions along with its Unified Computing Systems for big data.
ServiceNow Seeks To Automate 3 More Departments
The pioneer of IT help desk automation tries to crack into legal, finance, and marketing by offering more customization.
Warrant Canaries: Watching US Agencies So IT Doesn't Have To
ISPs and others are unofficially sounding the alarm in the event that a US government agency is seeking access to user records. Here's why this matters to IT.
IBM Expands Catalog Of iOS Business Apps
Last year's partnership with Apple is beginning to bear fruit.
iPhone 6 Sales Propel Apple To Top Smartphone Spot
Samsung lost its top spot to Apple towards the end of 2014, during which smartphone sales surpassed 1 billion devices, according to Gartner.
Google+ Breakup Is The Future of Social Media
The mobile experience makes individual tools the new social media battleground.
5G Roadmap, Bumps And All, Detailed At MWC
Government institutions and companies are all working to make 5G technologies a reality. However, at MWC, no one really has a good definition of what 5G is.
Gen Xers: More Millennial Than Millennials
Gen Xers see the worst part of themselves in Millennials, and that is creating terrible myths about them.
8 Ways IoT Will Change IT Forever
Where the money goes, so go the jobs. Find out which areas of IT we think could face a skills gap in an IoT world.
IBM Slumps, Cisco Gains In 2014 Server Sales
Gartner annual report on server shipments and revenue sees Cisco, Lenovo gaining share, IBM, HP losing ground.
Intel Tablet SoCs Pack LTE
Intel announced a new family of SoCs and modems for mobile devices under its Atom brand.
BlackBerry Leap Is Coming, But Focus Is Software
At Mobile World Congress, BlackBerry announced four smartphones, including the Leap, but the company's focus is really on its enterprise software portfolio.
How Data Restrictions Hurt The Global Economy
Many countries are creating policies to restrict the flow of data, driven by privacy or protectionist concerns. Such limits could stifle economic growth.
Google Player Analytics Brings Data To Video Games
Google Player Analytics is all about giving game developers greater insights into their creations through better use of data.
Splunk Leads Tiny Big Data Market
Splunk marks another big year, taking in more revenue than the top three Hadoop distributors combined. That's why startups want to follow in its footsteps.
Mobile Medical Apps: To Be Or Not Be Regulated
The FDA has answered several critical questions on what health-related apps face scrutiny.
HP Buys Aruba: What's Next?
HP is buying Aruba Networks for nearly $3 billion. That's the simple part. The hard part is figuring out what the purchase means for your network.
Google Wireless Network Project Confirmed
In his keynote at Mobile World Congress 2015, Google's Sundar Pichai said the company will make an announcement on its plans to become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO).
Windows At 30: Microsoft's OS Keeps Evolving
Microsoft Windows is finishing up its third decade of change. Here's a look at how the operating system has evolved along with new technologies and consumer preferences.
Office For Windows 10: New Details Released At MWC
Microsoft shares more details on the mobile Office for Windows 10 at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
Interop Radio: An End-User Look at Network Performance
Join us at 3 p.m. EST on Tuesday, March 3, for Interop Radio: An End-User Look at Network Performance.
Windows 10 For Mobile Takes MWC Stage
Microsoft unveils Lumia 640 and 640XL with the promise of a Windows 10 flagship phone later this year.
Samsung Pay On Galaxy S6 Debuts At MWC
Along with the Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone, the company also rolled out Samsung Pay as an alternative mobile payment system to Apple Pay and the iPhone 6.
Using Business Intelligence To Change Student Lives
Nashville Metropolitan schools are building a framework for student success using a data analysis foundation.
Big Data Demands Big Computing
Big data has been around a long time. Here are four best practices to help you tap into the big computing power that is finally unlocking value.
Comic: Career Silo
A welcome laugh at the trials of our careers. Are you climbing the ladder or stuck in your job?
HTC's One M9 Debuts At MWC, But Fails To Excite
HTC showed off the One M9 smartphone at MWC, but there was little buzz around the company's latest device. HTC is also branching out into wearables and virtual reality.
Samsung Galaxy S6: Fast And Fashionable
The latest flagship smartphone from Samsung gets its big reveal on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2015. Let us count the ways that it shines.
Google HQ Plans: Transparency, Inclusion, And Owls
Having mostly taken over Mountain View, CA, Google wants to renovate.
Google Play Sponsored Ads: Wrong Solution To Right Problem
Adding sponsored search results to Google Play may be more of an effort to save Google's developer community than about money.
Disney’s Avatar Theme Park, Robot Help And Awful Police Chases: A Video Roundup
A weekly roundup of our favorite videos features Disney's latest creation -- and the robot of the week.
Windows 10 Search, Productivity Apps: Microsoft Review
Microsoft debuted Band updates, predicted the future of productivity, and broadened support for Docker in Azure, among other announcements.
Samsung, Microsoft, Qualcomm, LG Dominating MWC 2015
On March 2, Mobile World Congress will kick off, with announcements from Samsung, Microsoft, Qualcomm, HTC, and LG expected to take center stage.
iCloud Apps Welcome Windows, Not Android
Pages, Keynote, and Numbers are now accessible to Windows users, even if they don't also have an Apple device.
Leonard Nimoy, 83: Techies, Trekkies Mourn
Leonard Nimoy inspired several generations of IT pros, engineers, and scientists with his iconic Mr. Spock character on Star Trek.
Video: Net Neutrality, Celebrity Geek Hobbies, Secure Payments
This Week In 60 Seconds delves into the FCC’s net neutrality vote, reveals secret nerdy hobbies of the stars, and checks the state of secure payment systems.
Microsoft Shares 'Productivity Future Vision' Video
In its latest forward-looking video, Microsoft shows how the future of productivity is bendable, wearable, and holographic.
MySQL Cluster: An In-Memory, NoSQL Pioneer?
MySQL Cluster was NoSQL and in-memory before those became fashionable, according to Oracle. Now those traits stand out in MySQL Cluster 7.4.
Red Hat OpenShift Commons Adds Fuel To Cloud Foundry Competition
Red Hat looks to boost its cloud development platform by giving it a Commons where developers may exchange best practices.
IT Pros: Live Long And Eat Your Coffee Cup
Drinking coffee will extend your life. Why not drink it out of an edible cup?
Drones Go To Work For IT
Drones offer new opportunities for businesses of all kinds. Here's how one IT department got involved with a drone project, and what the company learned.
11 Celebrities With Secret Nerdy Hobbies
When they're not shooting films or attending award shows, some celebrities are obsessing over Lord of the Rings or building model train sets.
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