This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the white paper about how Intel Xeon processors help organizations get unprecedented levels of performance. Today VMware announced Horizon App Manager, a single sign-on service for software-as-a-service applications...
The amount of Netflix data that is passed over ISP networks continues to grow, with its streaming service now making up more North American Internet traffic than even BitTorrent file sharing. While that might seem like a win for Hollywood studios that have spent the last several years fighting piracy, the traffic growth also...
Occipital, creators of 360Panorama ($1.99, $.99 today only), named a top 30 iPhone photography app by our Matthew Panzarino has announced huge new updates. 360Panorama version 3.0 was the first iPhone app of its kind to offer users the ability to create a fully immersive, 360 degree, interactive panoramic photo in under 30 seconds. Using the...
Gilt Groupe Chairman Susan Lyne was recently interviewed by The Deal. Gilt is in an interesting moment. It’s the clear leader in the US right now and recently raised a bunch of money at a $1 billion valuation, but it’s awoken sleeping giants. Amazon just launched its competitor MyHabit and the French juggernaut Vente...
It was only a few shorts weeks ago that we reviewed Onavo, the must-have iOS app that significantly shrinks data consumption. We were so impressed with the app’s ability to save users money on their data usage plans, that we went so far as to say that every iOS user should download it. Today...
A few weeks ago I received a pitch saying that Lexalytics, a B2B provider of sentiment and text analytics technology, powering brand and reputation management tools such as Radian6 and Scout Labs, had recently upgraded their Salience product by digesting all of Wikipedia to come up with their patent-pending technology, Concept Matrices. This product, they...
You’re not a real celebrity until you have your own video game or, these days, your own section of FarmVille. Lady Gaga teamed up with Zynga to promote GagaVille, which is now live inside the game. It’s a place where you can grow jewels and get her new album when you purchase $25 in...
The Visionary Series is supported by Mercedes-Benz. “What is it about the world that you know is true that everyone else doesn’t understand?” This is reportedly the key question Peter Thiel asks people before deciding to work with them. It’s also perhaps the best encapsulation of his worldview. Peter Thiel made big money by...
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Android has another security problem. According to researchers at Ulm University Institue of Media Informatics in Germany, hackers can exploit Android authTokens when users are on an unencrypted WiFi network. The authTokens are used to login to sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google applications like calendar and contacts. The security hole is found within...