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IoTgraph — I published my first book, The End of Software, in 2004. At the time, I was president of Oracle On Demand, which served as a starting point for Oracle’s billion-dollar cloud business. In the book I discussed the fundamental economic reasons software should be delivered as a service. It’s 12 years later. Some have said that enterprise software is a mature business; CEM, ERP, HR… Read More

I published my first book, The End of Software, in 2004. At the time, I was president of Oracle On Demand, which served as a starting point for Oracle’s billion-dollar cloud business. In the book I discussed the fundamental economic reasons software should be delivered as a service. It’s 12 years later. Some have said that enterprise software is a mature business; CEM, ERP, HR… Read More

Is it time to invest in IoT?

This entry was posted in cloud computing Column Enterprise Gadgets Internet of Things IoT TC on April 11, 2016 by Tim Chou

messenger_crop — Good news, everyone. Facebook Messenger has two new features! No sense saving them for below the fold: it’s Dropbox integration and live video Chat Heads. It’s even in the headline. Read More

Good news, everyone. Facebook Messenger has two new features! No sense saving them for below the fold: it’s Dropbox integration and live video Chat Heads. It’s even in the headline. Read More

Facebook adds Dropbox support and video Chat Heads to Messenger

This entry was posted in Android Apps Gadgets iOS messaging Messenger Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on April 11, 2016 by Devin Coldewey

dogpack — The problem with Facebook isn’t the amount of pictures of dogs, it’s the lack of pictures by dogs. Finally someone is addressing this scourge — unfortunately, it’s an ad agency. So this isn’t a sponsored post, but it may as well be. Read More

Together, we can make this auto-Facebooking camera harness for dogs ...

This entry was posted in dogs Gadgets Social TC Wearables WTF on April 11, 2016 by Devin Coldewey

L1130585 — I’m not the only one that thinks this way about riding a piece of bamboo with wheels and a motor. YouTube personality and entrepreneur Casey Neistat made it his main form of transportation around the city. If you’re a daily watcher of his vlogs, then you’re all too familiar with the Boosted Board, specifically this exact model. Price as Reviewed: $1499 at Boosted… Read More

I’m not the only one that thinks this way about riding a piece of bamboo with wheels and a motor. YouTube personality and entrepreneur Casey Neistat made it his main form of transportation around the city. If you’re a daily watcher of his vlogs, then you’re all too familiar with the Boosted Board, specifically this exact model. Price as Reviewed: $1499 at Boosted… Read More

Review: Boosted Board Dual+ flourishes in the streets of NYC

This entry was posted in Gadgets Reviews on April 11, 2016 by Stefan Etienne

plane-flames — “Why do you need money from me when you have every great investor on earth?” That’s the question that caused Backplane to buckle under the weight of its own early buzz. Lady Gaga’s social network builder startup has run out of money, gone out of business, and sold its assets to a group of previous and new investors who will try to restart it. That’s according… Read More

“Why do you need money from me when you have every great investor on earth?” That’s the question that caused Backplane to buckle under the weight of its own early buzz. Lady Gaga’s social network builder startup has run out of money, gone out of business, and sold its assets to a group of previous and new investors who will try to restart it. That’s according… Read More

Lady Gaga’s startup Backplane burns out and sells assets

This entry was posted in Apps Drama Fundings & Exits Mobile Social Startups TC on April 11, 2016 by Legit Coder

moneyphone — Throughout my business career of some 60 years, I have always been fascinated by change — the dynamics of change and how businesses, governments and people respond to change. Or fail to respond. Throughout history, major technological trends have had a profound, and often invisible, impact on governments and traditional institutions. In the digital era, this pace of change is amplified… Read More

Throughout my business career of some 60 years, I have always been fascinated by change — the dynamics of change and how businesses, governments and people respond to change. Or fail to respond. Throughout history, major technological trends have had a profound, and often invisible, impact on governments and traditional institutions. In the digital era, this pace of change is amplified… Read More

Smartphones are the latest invisible ally of the Fed

This entry was posted in Column Mobile smartphones TC on April 11, 2016 by James D. Robinson III

Tesla is voluntarily recalling 2,700 of its Model X vehicles over a flaw in the third-row seat that may be dangerous in an accident. In the meantime, the company has advised owners via email that they should not use the third row seat until it is...

Tesla recalls 2,700 Model X vehicles over potentially dangerous seat ...

This entry was posted in cars Electric Vehicles Gadgets TC Tesla Transportation on April 11, 2016 by Devin Coldewey

Kindle-Oasis_4 — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos teased a new Kindle device for this week. While the company has yet to make an official announcement about the new ereader, Tmall.com’s official Kindle page leaked the device. Tmall quickly removed the device, but Kindle Fere spotted the mistake and The Digital Reader’s Nate Hoffelder picked it up. Meet the Kindle Oasis, Amazon’s new flagship ereader for… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos teased a new Kindle device for this week. While the company has yet to make an official announcement about the new ereader, Tmall.com’s official Kindle page leaked the device. Tmall quickly removed the device, but Kindle Fere spotted the mistake and The Digital Reader’s Nate Hoffelder picked it up. Meet the Kindle Oasis, Amazon’s new flagship ereader for… Read More

Get ready for the new Kindle

This entry was posted in Amazon Gadgets TC on April 11, 2016 by Romain Dillet

2001 — Technology’s neverending story has always, apparently, been the quest for The Next Big Thing. Whether that thing is something entirely new and transformative — unimaginable except within the fantastical confines of the sci-fi genre, say. Or just a far faster/more powerful iteration of the rough-round-the-edges gizmo sitting on your desk today — one which delivers a bona fide… Read More

Technology’s neverending story has always, apparently, been the quest for The Next Big Thing. Whether that thing is something entirely new and transformative — unimaginable except within the fantastical confines of the sci-fi genre, say. Or just a far faster/more powerful iteration of the rough-round-the-edges gizmo sitting on your desk today — one which delivers a bona fide… Read More

Computing’s future? It’s in your pocket

This entry was posted in augmented reality Gadgets messaging apps Mobile smartphone TC Virtual reality VR Wearables on April 11, 2016 by Natasha Lomas

ss_5_beatiful — A new application called Slidebox aims to help Android users clean up their photo library by swiping to delete unwanted photos, as well as use other tools to more easily organize photos into albums. It’s sort of like a “Tinder for Photos” with a few extra features, in fact. The app is now one of many utilities arriving to address a longtime challenge smartphone users face… Read More

A new application called Slidebox aims to help Android users clean up their photo library by swiping to delete unwanted photos, as well as use other tools to more easily organize photos into albums. It’s sort of like a “Tinder for Photos” with a few extra features, in fact. The app is now one of many utilities arriving to address a longtime challenge smartphone users face… Read More

Slidebox brings its Tinder-like photo management app to Android

This entry was posted in Android apps Apps Mobile photos Startups TC on April 11, 2016 by Sarah Perez