Big Data Startup Clustrix Raises $6.75 Million From Sequoia And Others To Build Scalable Databases

Big data is becoming big business. Pretty much everyone is chasing after the opportunity to take a shit-ton of unstructured data, and well, structure it. That means taking huge databases and making them searchable. Which is exactly the business that Clustrix is in. The company was founded in 2005 and

Time Warner Cable tests voluntary tiered broadband

Whenever we talk about tiered data plans, broadband caps, and the death of unlimited service, the standard tone to take is to look at high data users as victims. But there is an entirely other side to the coin, which is users who don’t access a whole lot of data and are paying way more Read The

Google+ Hangouts Get Closed Captioning, Transcripts

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Top Trends of 2012: The Continuing Rapid Growth of Mobile

In our half-yearly review of the top Internet trends of 2012, there’s been a common theme: mobile is the main driver for all of them. The Visual Web (Instagram, Pinterest and similar image-focused apps), the Consumer Cloud (Evernote, Dropbox, iCloud and others), social video apps (Socialcam and Viddy)

Samsung expects record earnings for Q2 thanks to all those Galaxy phone sales

Samsung’s complete earnings results for the April – June 2012 period won’t come out until July 27th, but Reuters reports its early guidance to investors estimates the company’s profit at a record 6.7 trillion won ($5.9 billion). That’s mostly due to strong sales of the ever-expanding (and increasingly

Social traffic app Waze reaches 20 million users

Waze has passed the 20 million user mark. If you haven’t heard of Waze, and you drive any sort of vehicle at all, then you should get on board. It’s a unique ‘social GPS’ platform that allows drivers to share data about things like traffic congestion, speed traps, accidents, gas prices, and all sorts

Archos Unveils 97 Carbon — an iPad-sized Android Tablet for $250

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Nielsen: Digital Music Sales Up 14% So Far This Year, On Pace To Set New Sales Record

Nielsen today announced its 2012 mid-year SoundScan numbers for the U.S. and the trends look pretty familiar: digital album sales were up 14% compared to the same time period last year and digital track sales were up 6%. Overall, music sales were up 6%, though overall album sales were down a little bit

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: July 5, 2012

Happy Thursday, everyone. Yes, it’s back to the normal grind after yesterday’s holiday, but there is a weekend coming up. And while you’re still getting back into the groove of things, let’s check out today’s top stories. First things first – Apple iTunes app crashes

Fab.com For The Mass Market: NoMoreRack Sees $46M In 2012 Revenue With No Outside Funding

While many flash sales sites focus on luxury products and/or fashion, NYC-based startup NoMoreRack is finding success by bringing consumers the stuff they need in everyday life at significantly-reduced prices — by focusing on variety and affordability. Co-founder Melina Ash tells us that she envisions