Some “mobile first” initiatives should save mobile for later.
Why Retail Beacons Still Have A Long Way To Go
Installing them is easy. Actually getting useful information from them is hard.
Why Your Private Cloud Will Fail
Invest in building infrastructure or invest in building apps. Choose wisely!
The Apple Watch’s Future Is Bright—And You Can See It In Android Data
We’re a social people, so the Apple Watch may be the right product at the right time.
AWS To Data-Center Worshippers: You’ll Be Back, Just Like Zynga
The game company is the latest casualty in the attempt to outdo Amazon’s cloud.
In Praise Of The Average Developer
Why the myth of the “10X” programmer is so destructive.
Facebook’s Internet.org May Be A Poisoned Chalice
There are some serious strings on its offer of free Internet.
Deep Links Yield Deep Data—But They Will Also Know A Lot About You
A conversation with URX chief Mike Fyall.
Why The Rich May Be Last To The Mobile Commerce Future
The rich have pricey phones, but the poor use them to actually buy things.
Amazon’s Cloud Juggernaut Still Has “World Domination” In Its Sights
Its rivals have only themselves to blame for the rise of AWS.
Moore’s Law Is Dead! (But Not In Mobile)
Moore’s Law has been pronounced dead, but in mobile, it’s thriving.
Thanks To Google’s Mobilegeddon, Your Search Rank May Be Toast
On April 21, many big companies are going to see their mobile search ranking plummet.
What Does Google’s Venture Arm See In Enterprise Security?
Google Ventures keeps taking interesting approaches with its investments.
Who’s Winning The Internet Of Things Developer War? Apple And Google
Specialist firms like PTC want to be players, but Apple and Google own the developers.
The Irrelevance Of Open Sourcing Windows
Microsoft sees an open-source future for Windows. Does anyone else?
The Future Of Big Data Looks Like Streaming
Say goodbye to batch processing (again).
Why Apple Had To Take The NoSQL Plunge
It needs serious database talent—but not just any talent.
Apple Buys FoundationDB In A Decisive Break With The Jobs Playbook
Apple’s first business-software acquisition may bolster iCloud and iTunes.
Batch Your Big Data Jobs—Or Stream Them?
Real-time alternatives to Hadoop may give you a choice.
OpenStack’s Dirty Little Secret: It Doesn’t Scale
And solving that problem requires software lock-in.