Google co-founder Sergey Brin has expressed his concern that the freedom of the internet is under constant threat by governments, …
Twitter acquires social media analytics team
Twitter has acquired the team at social media analytics company Hotspots.io, signalling its intent to go after the big data …
Local YouTube advertising to launch in the UAE
YouTube will next week launch the first advertising aspect on YouTube in the region to allow advertisers to engage with …
Big data is for everyone, not just large enterprises, says Oracle
Companies should not make the careless mistake of assuming they do not have big data out there to take advantage …
The future of big data is in the cloud: Oracle
The future of big data as something that any company can capitalise on is as a cloud service, says Andrew …
AOL to sell patents to Microsoft in over $1b deal
AOL has entered into a definitive agreement to sell over 800 of its patents and their related patent applications to …
Path tightens mobile app security
Social networking service Path has upgraded the security of its mobile application in apparent response to a recent outcry over …
Yahoo laying off 2,000 workers to save $375M
After weeks of rumours of a pending reorganisation, Yahoo has announced it is laying off around 2,000 workers. Yahoo will begin …
4 critical trends in IT business continuity
In IT, failure is not an option. Not surprisingly, organisations have made it a high priority to develop and implement …
Akamai to launch IPv6 service
Akamai will offer IPv6 services to its entire customer base in April – a long-awaited move that will be a major boon to …
10 reasons why your business needs a blog
When I started blogging in 2006, posting news and views on the advertising and marketing industry in the Middle East, …
EMC buys app development management firm Pivotal Labs
EMC announced Tuesday that it has acquired application development consultancy, Pivotal Labs , which will help Greenplum customers more quickly develop software for big …
Venmo makes mobile payments social
Venmo, a venture-funded startup, publicly launched a person-to-person payment app on Tuesday that emphasises sharing payments on social networks. Drawing …
Geared for cyber war
The crux of the discussions at the Kaspersky Lab cyber conference in Mexico last month focused on the eventuality of …
Jolicloud Me to integrate content from multiple online services
French startup Jolicloud announced a new service yesterday that will allow users to access through a single interface the content …
10 apps every iPad user should own
There are many thousands of apps available. (As Apple’s advertising campaign says, “There’s an app for that.”) But some apps …
Tech firms do reject job applicants based on their social media profile: study
One in five technology firms has rejected a job applicant because of his or her social media profile, according to …
Former Google exec criticises CEO Larry Page
A former Google executive has said the company is so focused on advertising and its increasing rivalry with Facebook that …
Security service automatically removes malicious code from Web pages
Startup vendor StopTheHacker has added a feature to its subscription security service that automatically removes malicious code placed on Web …
Jive tailors enterprise social software for customer service
Jive Software later this month will release a version of its enterprise social software tailored for customer service tasks, the first …