It’s a nut that they’ve never been able to crack. Facebook has long wanted to be the hub for everything local and that includes check-ins, but they have not been able to achieve the level of success that they would have expected. Foursquare still gets a much larger piece of that pie despite having a… Continue reading Why Facebook’s free Wifi play will actually work
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Projections show a zettabyte of annual data transfers by 2016
A zettabyte. Let’s put that amount of data into perspective. That’s 1024 exabytes. An exabyte is 1024 terabytes. Now it’s starting to become clear as many people have an idea of how large a terabyte is, but in case you don’t, it’s 1024 gigabytes. Now we’re talking – everyone knows that a gigabyte is 1,073,741,824… Continue reading Projections show a zettabyte of annual data transfers by 2016
Cisco buys Meraki for $1.2 billion
There was a time not too long ago when billion dollar purchases of tech companies didn’t happen all the time. There was a time not too long ago when billion dollar purchases were never done completely with cash. Those days are behind us with the latest billion dollar acquisition being happening with Cisco buying Meraki,… Continue reading Cisco buys Meraki for $1.2 billion