Data Centers Amazon EC2 Now #42 Supercomputer, IBM BlueGenes in the Dust The question among both cloud computing consumers and supercomputer clients alike has been when the distinction between the little cloud and the big iron would disappear. Apparently that boundary evaporated several months ago. In its twice-annual survey of big computer power, the University of Mannheim has reported that Amazon's EC2 Compute… Infrastructure Scott M. Fulton View comments
Location Foursquare Redesigns Its Website In the latest of a series of updates to the scope of its functionality, Foursquare launched a redesigned website today that breathes new life into the service's desktop presence. Whereas the popular location-based social network has always existed predominantly on people's phones, today's update makes Foursquare.com a vastly more useful destination… John Paul Titlow View comments
Analysis From the Macro to the Micro Global Village, a phrase we use so frequently these days, was coined by the media expert, Marshall McLuhan. It seemed like the perfect phrase to describe the world created by a growing body of interconnected online users of the time. From "global village" emerged the phrase "global citizens," used to describe people who think, behave and act in… Enterprise Preetam Kaushik View comments
Social Web Own Your Social Data With ThinkUp 1.0 ThinkUp, the social media management tool that matters most, hits version 1.0 today. It lets you store all your social activity from networks like Twitter, Facebook and Google+ in a database you control and search, sort and analyze it. If you have a Web server that can run a PHP application, you can take control of your social network data. Ever… Social Jon Mitchell View comments
Google HootSuite Integrates Google+ Pages Into Dashboard Today Hootsuite announced its new social partnership with Google+ Pages. HootSuite users can manage their Google+ circles, post public updates to select circles, search public posts and push out messaging to select circles. Much like tracking @ mentions on Twitter, HootSuite social media marketers can also see who +1s, shares and comments on… Social Alicia Eler View comments