Big data MapR Hadoop Expands Data Analysis Tools MapR today announced a comprehensive set of data connection options for Hadoop enabling a wide range of data import and export options to extend the ability to connect to data warehouses and applications such as Talend Open Studio, Pentaho Kettle and an OBDC driver. A summary of the announcement from MapR can be found here. Hack David Strom View comments
Product Reviews Gear Patrol: Rechner Calculator App Bean counting has never been our strong suit, which is why we studied our12c and TI instruction manuals like a boss back in the day. As technology progressed, we thought our math skills on the iPhone were still pretty snappy, until we came across the Rechner Calculator. Ben Bowers View comments
HTML5 The Hype Versus Reality of HTML5 Deployment What do we really know about HTML5? It is a Web based standard with the potential to create cross-platform apps that can run anywhere, everywhere. The key word here is potential. HTML5 is evolving and there is little doubt that it will be a major component of the future. That does not yet mean that developers have wholly embraced it. The native… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
Facebook A Closer Look At Facebook's Privacy Changes Perhaps the first thing you need to know is that after Friday, Facebook will no longer be calling it a privacy policy. The name is being changed to "Data Use Policy." And most importantly, if you "use or access" Facebook on or after Friday, you are agreeing to that name change, as well as all of the changes Facebook is making to its policy. We… Social Dave Copeland View comments
Design Taming Evil Infographics Blogger's confession: I can spend a couple of hours interviewing sources and crafting a post several hundred words long and get a couple of thousand hits. Or I can write a pithy introduction, repurpose an infographic that has already appeared on several other sites and most likely was created by a public relations firm or a company looking to… Dave Copeland View comments