LIVE Becomes The Hot New Web Video Trend


For a week in the middle of the winter, all the world’s film geeks trundle off to the cold – to screen, drink, and party their way through the annual pilgrimage know as Sundance. Historically, you...
    






The Data Lake Dream


How will enterprise data architecture evolve over the next five years? In 2013, I spent a lot of time talking about Hadoop’s development towards being a central destination for data. Hadoop may enter...
    






Entrepreneurs Should Check Out This Gathering


I recommend that entrepreneurs – regardless of where they live – check out the New York Tech Meetup (NYTM). This monthly mini-conference – which sells out in minutes – fills an 860-seat auditorium...
    






Yahoo! Provides David Pogue With the Playground Of His Dreams


David Pogue has become a household name in tech criticism from his “State of the Art” column in New York Times along with multi-media contributions to PBS and CBS among others.  Last week, Pogue...
    






Proposed spy phone record shift draws resistance


Proposal to shift surveillance phone record retention away from government drawing resistance WASHINGTON (AP) — Telephone companies are quietly balking at the idea of changing how they...
    






Why Nest Could Be A Nightmare For Google


Google’s headquarters in Mountain View and the California Public Utility Commission in San Francisco are only about 50 miles apart as the crow, or techie commuter bus, flies. But when it comes to...
    






China video sites confident public will pay


China's video industry confident it can beat piracy, persuade public to pay for online content BEIJING (AP) — When media studies student Liu Zhiqi settles down to watch a movie or TV...
    






Bloat, Censorship, Reaction: UK Government Takes Control Freak Approach To Tech


Britain’s Coalition government has been desperate to be seen as on the cutting edge of technology since the beginning of its term. It is bizarre, then, that it pressured some of the country’s...
    






8 Qualities That Make Leaders Extraordinarily Memorable


Leaders that strive to be significant seek to create the greatest impact and influence.   These are the types of leaders that we value the most; inspired by their courage and resiliency, we seek to...
    






Me Myself I: Ten Songs for Narcissistic CEOs


Narcissism and chief executives are much in the news of late. Maybe it’s a hangover from the financial crisis or continuing fallout from Enron and other financial scandals. There certainly seems to...