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The Coming Data Explosion
One of the key aspects of the emerging Internet of Things - where real-world objects are connected to the Internet - is the massive amount of new data on the Web that will result. As more and more 'things' in the world are connected to the Internet, it follows that more data will be uploaded to ...
AT&Ts Data Limits Rein in Cloud-Based Media Services
Wireless networks and music services were thought to be converging to create cloud-based music services, allowing us to access whatever media we want within seconds from anywhere. That day is further off, now that AT&T has ceased selling unlimited data plans for smartphones and Apple iPads and implemented monthly data limits: 200 MB for $15 or ...
Update: Story Behind Buzzmedia and the Music Blogs
A vaguely worded Memorial Day press release from BuzzMedia which “announced the addition of six established and influential music sites" - PureVolume, PopMatters, Gorilla vs. Bear, The Hype Machine, Concrete Loop and RCRD LBL - “complementing" Buzz's “current music properties" Stereogum, Buzznet, Idolator and Absolute Punk led to speculation that the online media company had bought ...
Bye Bye Lala. Hello iTunes in the Cloud?
The Lala service has been discontinued as of May 31st, 2010. Lala members, click here for more information on any applicable credits or refunds That's the simple message that lala.com visitors find on the home page since yesterday when Apple, as promised, closed the music service it bought several months ago. But ...
Buzzmedia Adds 6 Major Music Blogs: The Hype Machine, Purevolume, Popmatters Gorilla vs. Bear, Concrete Loop and RCRD LBL
(UPDATE 2) BuzzMedia has added today 6 major music blogs. PureVolume, PopMatters, Gorilla vs. Bear, The Hype Machine, Concrete Loop and RCRD LBL join Stereogum, Buzznet, Idolator and Absolute Punk in the web entertainment publisher's music portfolio. UPDATE: BuzzMedia tells Hypebot that HypeM, RCRDLBL and Pop Matters are partnerships. “All sites will retain their own editorial ...
Is Quit Facebook Day a Bust?
It's June 1st. Shouldn't you be leaving Facebook now? Despite an uproar over privacy concerns, don't expect many Facebook users to be jumping ship on Memorial Day, or as its known online, Quit Facebook Day. Some of this might have to do with the revised privacy settings Facebook rolled out across the site last week, but ...
Google's Departure from the Mainland Spurs 'Wall-Climbing'
Google's departure from China after refusing to cooperate with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)s Internet blockade has not only earned Google international support and praise but has also stimulated far-reaching discussions in China. Some human rights activists and media professionals are saying that the more the CCP tries to block the Internet, the more people ...
Tech Innovator in Japan Sets It's Sights on China
A Japanese technology giant little known outside Asia is racing to capture the booming Chinese Internet market. And in the process, it hopes to become a global player straddling what is fast becoming the worlds most wired region. We want to be No. 1 in Asia on the Internet, said Masayoshi Son, the chief of Softbank, ...
Pakistani Court Orders Access to Facebook Restored
A Pakistani court on Monday ordered the government to restore access to Facebook, nearly two weeks after it blocked the social networking Web site amid anger over a Facebook page that solicited images of the Prophet Muhammad. Images or drawings of the prophet are considered blasphemous by most Muslims. We cannot block access to information, said ...
Chinese Edge Toward Supercomputing Record
A Chinese supercomputer has ranked as the worlds second fastest machine, surpassing European and Japanese systems and underscoring China's aggressive commitment to science and technology. The Dawning Nebulae, based at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, China, has achieved a sustained computing speed of 1.27 petaflops the equivalent of one thousand trillion mathematical operations per second ...
