This is the first of a six-part series called “The Social Wave.” This series examines how social media is changing the advertising landscape. “The Social Wave” is sponsored by ShareThis. Illustration: Ellis Hamburger CEO Mark Zuckerberg Facebook has not gotten its fake account problem under control — yet — but it appears to be making...
Roku announced today its third-generation set-top box, the Roku 3. Not much has changed with the Roku on the outside, but it does have a faster processor and more memory on the inside, so users will notice snappier performance when switching between apps and games. It still looks very similar to the Apple TV,...
This post is part of the “Small Business, Big Ideas” series, in which business leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators share their stories of overcoming obstacles and achieving success. “Small Business, Big Ideas” is sponsored by Chase. See more Small Business, Big Ideas Courtesy of Birchbox Birchbox Cofounders Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna. It’s been a...
Chinese Internet giant Qihoo 360 has reported better-than-expected fourth quarter results of $103 million in revenue and $12.8 million in net income. Revenue was up 65% year-over-year and 23% sequentially, though net income was down compared to both Q4 2011 and Q3 2012. Late last month, Qihoo publicly stated its intention of achieving 20%...
Paid iBooks arrived in Japan with the arrival of iBooks 3.1 on Tuesday, but Apple has now made the launch official. In a press release, the company announced several partners for the launch, including exclusive titles from author Ryu Murakami. Other Japan-specific iBooks highlighted by Apple included children’s books, manga, and cookbooks. “We’re excited...
It’s been a year since Google rebranded its Android Market app store to Google Play – thereby unifying its multimedia content – and the Internet giant is celebrating the landmark by offering a week of deals for Android users. Initially, the giveaways relate to music downloads, in-app purchases, travel bookings and new game features, but Google is...
iPhone users, take note: Google is releasing a new update for Google Maps for iPhone that promises faster local searches and a cleaner interface to help find the places you want to be. It should only extend Google’s lead over Apple’s own troubled iPhone maps app. According to the Google Maps blog, the update...
When IT managers build a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) plan, chip architecture usually isn’t high on their list of considerations. At first glance, it’s easy to see why. After all, processors work or they don’t – there isn’t a lot of support to be done, right? But there’s more here than meets the...
Roku debuted its next-generation streaming set-top box, the $99.99 Roku 3, on Tuesday night, complete with a faster processor, an updated interface, plus an innovative remote control that hides a headphone jack. But Roku’s secret sauce lies deep inside its box, under a heading marked “Search.” For many, Roku is synonymous with video streaming, combining virtually...
Q: What do you get when you mix Facebook’s extensive memcached usage with its strategy of “cold storage” for infrequently accessed data? A: McDipper, a Facebook-built implementation of the popular memcached key-value store designed to run on flash memory rather than pricier DRAM. Memcached, for the unfamiliar, is an open-source key-value store that caches frequently...