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Tracking the explosive growth of open-source software

Apr 07, 2017

It is the Battery Open-Source Software Index (BOSS Index)

Sorry, you don’t have the power to delete your new Mastodon account

Apr 06, 2017

In Mastodon you can't delete your account and but your node or instance admin can

Here’s how to get verified on Mastodon

Apr 06, 2017

Mastodon allows users to create accounts and interact with others and post status updates

Literally anything could replace Twitter at this point and we’d be better off

Apr 06, 2017

Mastodon only major advantage is having a character limit of 500 characters (instead of Twitter's 140)

Mastodon the band’s response to Mastodon the platform is metal AF

Apr 06, 2017

The platform and the band are two entirely different entities

Uber’s open source data visualization tool now goes beyond maps

Apr 06, 2017

Uber offers an open source version of the data visualization framework it uses internally (deck.gl.)

The Market for Hadoop Products and Services Is Becoming Less Hadoop-y

Apr 06, 2017

The market watcher's new Market Guide for Hadoop Distributions assesses a Hadoop market

Experimenting with Intelligent Apps: Our Voice-Controlled Shopping Assistant for Smart Fridge

Apr 05, 2017

The great thing about Intelligent apps is that they can become integrated with almost every area of a customer’s life

Don’t get too attached: Twitter ‘rival’ Mastodon will go extinct

Apr 05, 2017

Mastodon stomped onto the scene this week instantly generating some buzz as the anti-Twitter

Highlights from FOSSASIA Open Tech Summit 2017

Apr 05, 2017

The FOSSASIA Open Tech Summit 2017 was a two-day engagement that was attended by more than 3000 OSS developers and practitioners

Google’s new font is a beautiful typeface for East Asian languages

Apr 04, 2017

Adobe and Google have partnered to launch the second leg of an open-source project which aims at providing a unified typeface for the 1.5 billion people in East Asia

Real-Time End-to-End Integration with Apache Kafka in Apache Spark’s Structured Streaming

Apr 04, 2017

Structured Streaming APIs enable building end-to-end streaming applications called continuous applications in a consistent

Researcher reportedly found 40 critical vulnerabilities in Samsung’s Tizen OS

Apr 04, 2017

A particularly nasty flaw would let an attacker take over the TizenStore app — an app store for Tizen — and hijack it to inject malicious software into a Tizen device

Bye, Twitter. All the cool kids are migrating to Mastodon.

Apr 04, 2017

Mastodon - a social network with the potential to take on Twitter

Teradata CEO: We’ve Got Our ‘Swagger’ Back

Apr 03, 2017

Lund has been keen to emphasise the internal cultural transformation that has taken place at Teradata over the last 12 months

Take Reports From Concept to Production with PySpark and Databricks

Apr 03, 2017

MediaMath is a demand-side media buying and data management platform

Next Generation Physical Planning in Apache Spark

Apr 01, 2017

What if Apache Spark leveraged physical storage media and vehicles to move data?

How P&G and American Express Are Approaching AI

Mar 31, 2017

Two good examples of combining well-established practices with cognitive technology to achieve business success are American Express and Procter & Gamble

Delivering a Personalized Shopping Experience with Apache Spark on Databricks

Mar 31, 2017

Data is perhaps the most critical asset in achieving a cutting-edge user experienc

The software that could prevent ISPs from selling your browsing history could also just make things worse

Mar 31, 2017

VPNs work by encrypting your traffic and running it through a third party server

3 Major Decisions When Choosing Your Data Platform

Mar 31, 2017

Today there are new consequences of the database platform decision

The Tenth Spark Summit with a Terrific Agenda for All

Mar 30, 2017

The number 10 is often used as a measuring yardstick to denote achievement

Applying Kafka Streams to the Purchase Transaction Flow

Mar 29, 2017

You can see Kafka Streams in Action for yourself

Getting Started with Apache Ignite – Part 1

Mar 28, 2017

In this article Apache Ignite is introduced

Our favorite tech and social media trends from SXSW this year

Mar 28, 2017

The themes surrounding the SXSW Interactive Festival this year were diverse and far-reaching.

On-Demand Webinar and FAQ: Apache Spark MLlib 2.x: How to Productionize your Machine Learning Models

Mar 28, 2017

In the live webinar Apache Spark MLlib 2.x we did a deep dive with actual customer case studies

These new educational apps will help Syrian refugee kids learn and play

Mar 28, 2017

Two new apps won an international technology competition to help Syrian refugee children learn and play

Boost Your Data Munging with R

Mar 27, 2017

Over the years the flexibility R provides via packages has made R into a more general purpose language

Learning not to ‘over think’ predictive analytics

Mar 24, 2017

The predictive analytics and machine learning markets are projected to grow at a rate of 15 percent annually through 2021

Make your Apple Watch a Game Boy with this new emulator

Mar 21, 2017

a new project by developer Gabriel O'Flaherty-Chan turns your Apple Watch into a mostly functioning Game Boy through the magic of emulation

Events

AWS re:Invent

Nov 28, 2022 Las Vegas, NV

Join us again this year in Las Vegas for our biggest, most comprehensive, and most vibrant event in cloud computing.

AI & Big Data Expo 2022

Oct 05, 2022 Santa Clara, CA

This technology event is for the ambitious enterprise technology professional, seeking to explore the latest innovations, implementations and strategies to drive businesses forward.

Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit

Oct 04, 2022 Austin, TX

Join the first-ever data streaming industry event at Current 2022: The Next Generation of Kafka Summit. You’ll be able to immerse yourself in all things real-time data with peers.

O’Reilly Open Source Convention

May 16, 2016 Austin

OSCON covers FLOSS in its entirety. Not just one language, tool, or philosophy, but all the moving parts integrated and working together.

99U 2016

May 05, 2016 New York

The goal of the 99U Conference is to shift the focus from idea generation to idea execution. Providing road-tested insights

Consensus 2016: Making Blockchain Real

May 02, 2016 New York

Consensus 2016 will define what is “real” in blockchain technology and focus on how to mainstream real-world applications for consumers.