Clayton Christensen’s model of disruption still holds true, but we’re also seeing new types emerge. Here we examine four different kinds, and ask you, readers, to weigh in with your thoughts… Read more »
VMworld, the flagship annual event hosted by VMware, is bigger and better with each passing year. This year’s event was one of the most anticipated conferences in the industry, withcustomers and… Read more »
After the beheading of journalist James Foley by the terrorist group ISIS, social-media platforms like Twitter and YouTube are cracking down on the sharing of images and video of his death… Read more »
Facebook has launched a new feature called the FB Newswire that is designed to give media outlets and journalists a real-time feed of news-worthy content. But who benefits most from that… Read more »
Tim Berners-Lee suggests that allowing content protection mechanisms into the HTML5 web standard may be necessary in order to help web standards fight back against the rise of proprietary platforms. But… Read more »
In his annual letter to shareholders of the seed-stage incubator Betaworks, founder and CEO John Borthwick argues that while closed platforms can be valuable in the short term, open systems and… Read more »
The delivery of real-time query makes Hadoop accessible to more users. Its significance goes well beyond delivering a database management system kind of query engine that other products have had for… Read more »
A Motorola executive has told The Verge that while the company would like to produce handsets running stock Android software, carriers demand that their devices carry customized skins and software. Which… Read more »
I often use 51 percent population or household penetration as an indicator of mass-market adoption. And 50 percent by a single vendor is a remarkable thing. But what happens when a… Read more »
Last week, Facebook and Twitter generated consternation within their respective ecosystems. These uproars illustrate key differences in the two dominant social media platforms. Facebook APIs channel data and technology services, but… Read more »