Photo Sharing Services Flickr Still Lags on Mobile, But At Least Its New HTML5 Uploader Respects Privacy Yesterday Flickr announced its new HTML5 photo uploader, which offers a few perks for regular users of the photo-sharing service. Now users can rearrange photos that they've uploaded, placing them in the exact order in which they'd like to see them. On the Web version they can, at least. The mobile app version is remarkably slow, and if you're a… Alicia Eler View comments
Photo Sharing Services Why Would a Financial Services Firm Want to Use Pinterest? "PINTEREST: Can financial services firms use this new platform effectively?" That was the subject line of an email in my inbox this morning. It came from Corporate Insight, a financial services consulting firm. The email went on to note that "Pinterest values imagery over text and incorporates many social aspects of Twitter and Facebook to… Social Richard MacManus View comments
Big data Inside IBM’s Huge “Big Data” Buying Spree Haven't we seen this before: IBM making a big acquisition of a “V” company in the big data space? Indeed, last April 13, IBM purchased analytics software maker Varicent for an undisclosed amount. And then this morning, IBM announced its acquisition of enterprise search facilitator Vivisimo. IBM usually doesn’t… Hack Scott M. Fulton View comments
Government US House Passes CISPA The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 248-168. Dan Rowinski View comments
Amazon Amazon's Sales Are Strong, But Its Spending Is Stronger Amazon has announced its Q1 earnings. It was a strong quarter, beating Wall Street expectations. As usual, there’s not much specific information about its most-watched products. Amazon is thrilled with its book business, Kindle sales are "strong," and that's all we get. But the overall numbers reveal some trends to watch closely at Amazon… Jon Mitchell View comments