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November 8th, 2011 by Damian Davila
It seems as though Facebook just can’t shake these problems that keep popping up concerning its choice of data centers, often referred to as sever farms. When it comes to corporate management of a data center, the old mantra certainly rings true: no news is good news. Since it stands as a physical location that serves the virtual world, a…
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October 31st, 2011 by Damian Davila
While the latest wave of Internet services, ranging from Salesforce to Google Docs to Skype, has incremented the productivity of workers around the world, it has at the same time introduced new challenges for IT departments everywhere.
The Challenge
In the past, IT departments could rely on standard firewalls and harware tools to keep malicious hackers at bay, but the…
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October 24th, 2011 by Damian Davila
Social media turned another turn on 10/11/11 as Facebook finally announced that an iPad app was ready for users to download. As bizarre as it may sound, up until now there had not been a specific Facebook app for the iPad. Instead, iPad users experienced Facebook just like everyone else does – through a web browser.
The only problem was…
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October 19th, 2011 by Damian Davila
Developed by Quest Visual, the World Lends iPhone app is a real-time pocket-size translator that empowers you to translate any text from English to Spanish, and viceversa.
A Potential Game Changer
Former video game code, 36-year older Otavio Good is the brains behind World Lens iPhone app. After selling his video game startup Secret Level to SEGA for $15 million…
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October 11th, 2011 by Damian Davila
The larger public is already aware that many marketing companies tap into the vast world of social media to find new avenues to sell their goods and services to the public.
For years now, it’s been one of the premier ways for companies to tap into the mood of consumers. They’ve used it to glean important information such as interests,…
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September 27th, 2011 by Damian Davila
Given the rise of smartphones and the further introduction of basic mobile phones into rural areas, there is a strong trend towards using mobiles to conduct financial transactions.
The Industry
According to the Yankee Group, the worldwide transaction value of mobile payments will total $984 billion by 2014, up from $162 billion in 2010. Mobile payments is defined as transactions…
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September 26th, 2011 by Damian Davila
As more and more people are using smartphones, hackers are becoming more interested in exploiting the security loopholes that companies fail to address. Fortunately, there is Lookout raising to the challenge of protecting your private data on any smartphone.
Meet Lookout
Lookout (formerly known as Flexilis) describes itself as a smartphone security company dedicated to making the mobile experience safe…
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September 20th, 2011 by Damian Davila
In a world full of Yelps, Zagats, and Food Networks, everybody seems to have the answer for the question: “Where should we go to eat?” Even though there are many answers, most of them don’t appear tailored enough for our personal tastes and preferences.
Enter Alfred
Alfred is an iPhone app that provides curated recommendations using Clever Sense’s Serendipity Engine.…
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September 19th, 2011 by Damian Davila
One of the featured startups at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2011 was Polyvore.
According to its website, Polyvore is the web’s largest community of tastemakers where people can discover their style and set trends around the world. Trendseekers and shoppers alike come to Polyvore to discover the hottest brands, products, trends and looks.
This website works in 3 steps:
1. …
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August 29th, 2011 by Damian Davila
If you think that Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga or Kesha dominate YouTube, you are wrong!
Glitter Puke
Type in YouTube
Glitter Puke and you’ll find a video with over 82 million views. The Key of Awesome is part of the comedy network Barely Digital, which is a branch of Barely Political. Barely Political was launched in June 2007 with the…
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