Monthly Archives: July 2013
Google Maps Helps Celebrate New York City’s Restaurant Week
Google Maps Street View usually brings online viewers to a wide range of fascinating places, including the Grand Canyon, the Kennedy Space Center and...
Google Glass Unveiled: The Story Behind the ‘OK Glass’ Command
"OK Glass," the simple voice command used by Google Glass users to perform various functions with their devices, went through a series of options...
Closing the Big Data Skills Gap Requires Educational Innovation
Here's the issue that the IT industry is already starting to deal with: Big data creates lots of new, well-paying jobs but in a...
AMD Looks to Game Consoles to Help Fuel Future Growth
Advanced Micro Devices officials are expecting a lot from the company's wins in the game console market.AMD, which will have its silicon in Microsoft's...
Surface RT Delivers 1 $900M Sting to Microsoft
Surface RT, Microsoft's ARM-based Windows tablet, darkened the company's latest earnings, overshadowing some generally positive results from most of the company's other business units.Microsoft...
Salesforce Combines New Functions for Sales Accelerator
Salesforce, which has been buying up companies on a regular basis for the last three or four years in search of new functionality it...
PayPal Battle Hack Challenges New York Developers to Give Back
PayPal has arrived in New York for the second of 10 Battle Hack events it's hosting around the globe.The team is fresh from the...
Tableau Moves Its Visual Analytics Service to the Cloud
Tableau Software, which has been riding the big data wave with its on-site visual analytics software, has rejiggered its main product into a cloud...
Best GPS Apps for iPhone & iPad for 2021
10 Best iOS Mapping Applications for Your iPhone or iPad
iPhone and iPad users have, in addition to Apple Maps, a number of fine mapping...
Apple Buys Locationary to Help Address Maps Woes
Apple has purchased Locationary, a Toronto-based map-focused startup that specializes in highly specific location data and business profile information. The company collects information such...