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Twitter Open-sources the Home of Its Social Graph
Twitter today open-sourced the code that it used to build its database of users and manage their relationships to one another, called FlockDB. The move comes shortly after Twitter released its Gizzard framework, which it uses to send thousands of queries a second to FlockDB.…
Read MoreCan Facebook or Twitter Spin Off the Next Hadoop?
In some ways, the fact that Hadoop is mature enough to inspire commercial products — Cloudera and Karmasphere, e.g. — means it’s yesterday’s news. Which open-source, big-data-inspired product will be the next to launch a wave of startups and drive tens of millions in VC spending?…
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From a comparison of auto and PC industries to problems associated with the location-based advertising to tips & tricks of reading startup term sheets -- here is a selection of five articles to read. And after you are done, check out Hitchhiker's guide to financial regulation.…
Read MoreAppistry Joins Cloudscale Storage Fray, and Brings Hadoop With It
Appistry today added another element to its cloud-computing application platform, announcing the April availability of CloudIQ Storage. With it, St. Louis-based Appistry joins the growing ranks of companies seizing on demand cloud storage solutions that maintain performance in the face of rapidly growing data volumes.…
Read MoreCheck Out a Big Primer on Big Data
Big data is on the tip of everyone's tongues these days as more information is contributed to electronic records and more sources provide that information. We now have a river of data that we're going to harness and use to make money and better decisions.…
Read MoreiPad’s 3G Pricing: Why It’s So Great
Without a doubt, among the most interesting announcements to come out of Apple's iPad unveiling were the wireless plans. A close look at the mobile data plans reveals that they may be major competitive advantages.…
Read MoreApple Doubles iPhone’s Cellular Network Download Limit
I’ve cursed the 10MB over-the-air cell data download limit on Apple’s (s aapl) iPhone many a time, especially when trying to grab…
Read MoreIceland Looks to Create Information Haven
The Icelandic government is expected to put forward legislation that could turn the northern nation into an international freedom-of-information haven, thanks in part to the efforts of Wikileaks and the country's recent experiences with corporate and government inaction and secrecy during its banking crisis.…
Read MoreWhat You Didn't Know About Cloudera
There are a few widespread misconceptions about Cloudera, the promising, well-funded Burlingame, Calif.-based startup that offers services, training and support for the open-source software framework Hadoop. At least that’s what I found out during a talk earlier today with the company’s CEO, Mike Olson.…
Read MoreCookie Seller BlueKai Raises Third Round
BlueKai, which aggregates and sells data on 200 million online shoppers to advertisers and publishers, today announced a $21 million third round of funding led by GGV Capital and including former investors Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to $34.7 million.…
Read MoreCan the Cloud Catalyze Change in International Data Laws?
Most cloud providers house services in only a few geographically distributed data centers, and national or continental data storage regulations can limit how -– and if -– organizations move their operations to the cloud. Can legislation can be passed that takes into account such realities?…
Read MoreWhy Hadoop Users Shouldn't Fear Google's New MapReduce Patent
Google, nearly six years since it first applied for it, has finally received a patent for its MapReduce parallel programming model. The question now is how this will affect the various products and projects that utilize MapReduce, such as Apache’s MapReduce-inspired Hadoop project.…
Read MoreMobileMe: Is it worth it?
If you believe the marketing hype, you aren’t really a true Mac user unless you have MobileMe. MobileMe is pushed heavily in…
Read MoreBlackBerry Buzz: V Cast Media Xfer; Kindle Coming; Seesmic Here
It’s Tuesday and that can only mean it’s time for our weekly feature, the BlackBerry Buzz. The Buzz is where you’ll find…
Read More“ikee” iPhone Worm Progeny Not So Harmless
Earlier this week, we reported that the first iPhone worm had been created. It was called “ikee,” and all it did was…
Read MoreWhy Open Source for the Smart Grid Needs a Kick-Start
Berkeley Labs has been working on an open source version of a system for demand response services for the power grid (called…
Read MoreThe Android of the Smart Grid: openPDC
Can an open source data management system do for the smart grid what Google’s open mobile operating system (s GOOG) Android is…
Read MoreLooking for Wings for the Big Game? There’s a Kluckr for That
You’re planning on watching the big game and you absolutely must have hot wings to set the mood? There’s an app for…
Read MoreOrange UK Unlimited Plan for iPhone Seems to Prohibit Almost Everything
The BBC noticed something a little off when it investigated the new pricing structure and terms of use for the iPhone deals…
Read MoreThe Future Is Big Data in the Cloud
While when it comes to cloud computing, no one has entirely sorted out what’s hype and what isn’t, nor exactly how it…
Read MoreThe Cloud, Hadoop Marched Toward the Mainstream in Q3
[qi:gigaom_icon_cloud-computing] Love it or fear it, there is no denying the impact cloud computing is having on IT practices. Despite a summer…
Read MoreSnow Leopard Bug Deletes All Data, Apple Enters Data Loss Competition With Microsoft
The intertubes are ablaze today with reports of a serious bug in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that, under certain conditions,…
Read MoreIs Hadoop Champion Cloudera the Next Red Hat?
Cloudera, a startup based in Burlingame, Calif., today announced the release of its first commercial product, Cloudera Desktop. It’s a graphical interface…
Read MoreGetting Closer to Real Time With Hadoop
Hadoop, as a pivotal piece of the data mining renaissance, offers the ability to tackle large data sets in ways that weren’t…
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