Showing posts with label Biz Stone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biz Stone. Show all posts

18 November 2014

Facebook Launching Work-Based Social Network (video)

Facebook at Work: Zuckerberg Making a Play for Businesses: Video - Bloomberg:
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Yammer Founder David Sacks and Bloomberg Contributing Editor David Kirkpatrick discuss Facebook launching a work-based social network. They speak on "Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg  Nov17)


Computerworld

HP plugs the Vertica analytics engine into Hadoop
Computerworld
Bringing some enterprise rigor to the wild world of big data, Hewlett-Packard has issued a package that will allow organizations to harness HP's Vertica analytical database engine to investigate reams of unstructured data residing in Hadoop systems.



San Jose Mercury News

Facebook work collaboration tool makes sense, but could be another distraction ...
PCWorld
Facebook is working on a collaboration tool for businesses called “Facebook at Work” in a bid to compete with similar tools from Google, LinkedIn and Microsoft. The tool, which is in early-stage testing, is similar to the social network, a person familiar with it ...


Fortune

Toyota to launch fuel cell car next month
Washington Post
TOKYO — There will only be a few hundred, and they won't be cheap, but Toyota is about to take its first small step into the unproven market for emissions-free, hydrogen-powered vehicles. The world's largest automaker announced Tuesday that it will begin ...


Mashable

Twitter cofounder Biz Stone launches Super, an app that's 'just fun'


Tom's Guide

Intel Unveils $500 MICA Smart Bracelet (Hands-on)
Tom's Guide
With new wearable devices getting launched every day, it's hard for something new to stand out. Intel seems to be going for the gold, however, teaming up with fashion house Opening Ceremony for its $495 My Intelligent Communication Accessory (MICA).


CNET

Tony Hawk rides hoverboard, stays airborne
SlashGear
“Forget everything you know” says Tony Hawk. The skateboarding legend is talking about the Hendo, a hoverboard that actually does what it says it will (and what we want it to). Taking to a copper-lined mini half-pipe, Hawk at least shows what's possible with ...


The Mac Observer

No User Complaints on iOS 8.1.1 and OS X 10.10.1 Updates So Far
The Mac Observer
Apple released two updates on Monday, one for iOS 8 (to 8.1.1) and the first for Yosemite (10.10.1). So far there hasn't been anything to report on either front. Not a suboptimal release like iOS had earlier this year, and as of now, no reports of tragic Mac ...


New York Times

Amazon Moves to Extend Cloud-Computing Dominance
New York Times
Less understood outside the technology industry is just how aggressively the ... its aspirations just as big as those of Microsoft, IBM and Google.



Reuters

Facebook service aimed at professionals to launch in a few months: source
Reuters
The professional version of Facebook, which could compete with services such as LinkedIn Corp, as well as Salesforce.com Inc and Microsoft Corp, ...
Facebook Developing 'Facebook at Work' Service, Says Report - Wired
Report: Facebook planning office version to rival LinkedIn, Google - Washington Post
Facebook building 'workplace network' - BBC News


Bidness ETC

Why Yahoo Can Reach $80 Per Share In The Next Year
Forbes
On July 23, I wrote an article in Forbes about how Yahoo was trading at such a low valuation (then $32/share) that it was an extremely attractive target ...


Yahoo Tech

Facebook Messenger: 4 Things Not to Worry About
Yahoo Tech
A few months back, Facebook made its members switch to Facebook ... worldwide to other Viber users; Google Hangouts (free, Android, Apple) lets ...


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09 April 2014

Biz Stone, Things a Little Bird Told Me

Biz Stone: Jack Dorsey Is an Artist at Heart: Video - Bloomberg:
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Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone discusses his career and new book, “Things a Little Bird Told Me” on Bloomberg Television's “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg. April 8, 2014)

Microsoft requires migration to Windows 8.1 Update within 5 weeks
Computerworld
Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday confirmed that Windows 8.1 users ... Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and ...

Google's Android TV: Aim Lower
InformationWeek
Still smarting from disinterest in Google TV, Google is working on a less ... In other words, Android TV can be expected look a lot like Amazon's Fire TV, Apple TV, and Roku ... Amazon has done so as well with Alpha House. Microsoft said Monday that it had struck a deal to remake a Swedish series ...

Apple Knows 'Consumers Want What We Don't Have', So Now What?
Forbes
But the rare insight it's providing into the minds of Apple executives show a ... Apple offers neither, making it no wonder that iPhone had hit a wall.

Why Amazon, Apple won't shake up TV
MarketWatch
The set-top boxes from Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) , Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) ,Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Roku are designed to deliver only ...

Google looks to push Glass into the enterprise
Computerworld
"In the last year we've seen our Explorers use Glass in really inspiring and practical day-to-day ways," the Google Glass team wrote on its Google+ ...

Twitter Redesign: Hello, Facebook
InformationWeek
Twitter's newest profile revamp prompts comparisons to Facebook, but the changes ... Twitter users: Your profile just got a heavy dose of Facebook.

Apple Closes US Ad-Spending Gap With Samsung
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Google is currently in the process of selling Motorola to Lenovo. ... The ad binge seems to have helped Microsoft, LG and Nokia the most, as the ...

Does Microsoft Have Its Mojo Back?
InformationWeek
Under Nadella, Microsoft has implemented the changes while somehow ... company isn't going to simply roll over in response in to Apple's CarPlay. 4.

Microsoft readies its own original programming push
PCWorld (blog)
Microsoft took the wraps off plans for original programming on Monday because, ... join the likes of Amazon, Netflix, and now Yahoo in producing original programming. Microsoftbrought in CBS entertainment group president Nancy Tellem and .... NSZ-GS8 Google TV Wireless 8 GB HD Media Receiver .

A Satellite Startup Could Be Google's Next Purchase | TechCrunch
By Matt Burns
Amazon Fire TV Replaces Chromecast Atop Amazon's Best Sellers List ... Because apparently Google needs satellites now that Facebook has drones. As The Information states, ... How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution. Play Video ... Box's Aaron Levie Has Thoughts on Microsoft.

Microsoft's Support Ends for Windows XP and Office 2003 - The Next Web
By Emil Protalinski
Microsoft's support for two major products ends today: Windows XP and ... If you absolutely insist on using Windows XP, Google announced a few ...
The Next Web

Mars viewing best in years: Here's how to see it!
Tech Times
Mars, as seen through the Hubble telescope. Earth and the red planet will make their closest approach in years on April 2014. (Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech). Mars will give amateur astronomers on Earth their best chance to see the red planet in six years....



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