DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Report: DirecTV Has Won the Hulu Bidding War

Several sources with knowledge of the ongoing Hulu acquisition talks tell PandoDaily that a deal is imminent and that DirecTV is the likely victor. The acquisition price will be written with a “B,” according to our sources, but just barely. It’s no secret that Hulu’s owners are seeking an acquirer for the premium streaming video on demand (SVOD) platform. Over the last several months reports have surfaced of bids from DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, Yahoo, KKR, Guggenheim Digital, The Chernin Group in partnership with AT&T;, and Silverlake Partners in partnership with William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. To further muddy the waters, the company is being advised by Guggenheim Partners, a sister company to the above mentioned bidder. The latest round of negotiations have ranged in price from half a billion to more than a billion dollars, with various deal structures, ter... (more)

RankDr Launches Its Website and Will Offer Fort Myers and Naples SEO Services

Fort Myers, FL, November 07, 2013 --(PR.com)-- RankDr recently introduced its internet site and this established company will offer SEO services to help regional companies get higher placing online for their site. The services offered by RankDr will benefit local businesses in numerous ways. RankDr will assist companies to get much better positions on search engines by several means. RankDr is a Ft Myers SEO company which is focused on offering services to all neighborhood company owners in Fort Myers, Naples, Cape Coral and surrounding locations. RankDr offers various services which include SEO, neighborhood Google Maps ranking, WordPress website design, create and place videos, keyword study and create and update Fanpages on Facebook. RankDr likewise provides other services such as rival research and social networks exposure. SEO and other RankDr services are tailor... (more)

MSN.ca Launches in Canada

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 08/31/09 -- Microsoft Canada Co. today announced the launch of MSN.ca, a new and exciting bilingual Web destination for Canadians. Publicly available September 1, 2009, MSN.ca will deliver relevant and timely news and information from across Canada and around the world. Trusted content partners and high-profile journalists will engage Canadians and provide a unique perspective on events that shape our lives. After five successful years managing and operating the number one most-visited online portal in Canada(i) in connection with Bell Sympatico, Microsoft has announced the launch of MSN.ca - a portal owned and operated exclusively by Microsoft Corporation. "Microsoft is focused on delivering the best consumer experiences and innovations across the PC, online and mobile. Microsoft's goal for MSN.ca is to give Canadians the best on... (more)

Himfr.com Compares Three Kinds of Smartphones

BEIJING, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, compares three kinds of smartphones which sell well on the internet. The three kinds of operating systems for smartphones are Apple's iPhone OS, Google's Android and Palm's webOS. With the arrival of the three operating systems, smartphones have developed very quickly, and various new models have emerged. The iPhone 3GS, the HTC Hero and the Palm Pre are currently the most representative models for these three platforms. The iPhone OS, Android, and webOS all are from strong companies, which lays a foundation for outstanding performance. Due to all having adopted multi-touch capacity and the same core browser, the three are very similar with regards to interface operation and access to the Internet. No doubt, this will be the... (more)

Clearwire Introduces CLEAR™ 4G Mobile Internet Service to Milledgeville, Georgia

Clearwire Communications, LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), announced today that it has officially rolled out CLEAR’s super fast mobile Internet service to Milledgeville. Now, consumers and businesses can access the Internet wirelessly, at true broadband speeds ─ at home, in the office, and on the go anywhere in the CLEAR coverage area. “CLEAR is excited to bring to Milledgeville residents and the students at Georgia College & State University the super fast mobile Internet experience they’re used to having at home or the office, anywhere around town or on the go,” said Marc Brachman, General Manager, Atlanta. “We’re pleased to provide this community a valuable new category of Internet service designed to make people’s lives more enjoyable and more productive, wherever they happen to be in our coverage area.” A CLEAR Difference ... (more)

CPC Strategy Releases Q3 2009 Rankings of the Top 10 Comparison Shopping Engines in the U.S. Comparison Shopping Marketplace

SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/07/09 -- CPC Strategy LLC, a full service comparison shopping and data feed management agency released its third quarter rankings of the U.S. comparison shopping marketplace. Comparison Shopping websites like Microsoft's Bing Cashback, Google's Product Search, eBay's Shopping.com and Experian's Pricegrabber.com have become important tools used by online shoppers to compare product prices and merchant feedback from different online retailers. With the holiday season rapidly approaching, retailers turn towards these online comparison outlets to help bring attention to their inventory. Q3 2009 Comparison Shopping Rankings 1. Google Base 2. Shopzilla 3. NexTag 4. Shopping 5. Pricegrabber 6. Live.com 7. Become 8. Smarter.com 9. Yahoo Shopping 10. Pronto "Our clients have been very happy with the recent sales volume from Bing Cashback... (more)

Watch the Golden Globes Live With Collecta

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/15/10 -- Don't want to miss a second of action from the 67th Golden Globe Awards? Collecta.com puts you in the front row, so you can follow everything that happens at the Globes live -- from the red carpet to the awards ceremony and parties. The streaming real-time search platform provides a uniquely comprehensive and instantaneous glimpse into every comment, reaction, trend, and image from across the web. Collecta's new 'Hot Now' feature will portray a rich snapshot of the Golden Globes -- displaying the most representative sampling of stories, photos, comments, and tweets. Additionally, by leaving a streaming search running throughout the Globes, people can watch the stories as they unfold. Collecta scours both social media, such as Twitter and WordPress, and established news sources in real time. Collecta's broad content netw... (more)

Android Porn: Major Mobile Porn Company Pink Visual Backs Droid as the Viewing Device of the Future

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/20/10 -- Pink Visual, the adult studio behind mobile porn sites like iPinkVisual.com, iPornoPass.com, FapMapper.com and iMaleSpectrumPass.com, has announced a version of their flagship site entirely focused on bringing mobile porn to phones running the Android OS: dPinkVisual.com. "We've been watching the Android-based phones since they first hit the market," said Liam Colins, Director of Special Projects for Pink Visual. "We think they are great devices, and truthfully all of our 'iPhone' oriented sites have always worked well on them. The idea behind dPinkVisual.com was to give Android users the kind of respect and attention we have always given to the iPhone, by having a site branded for their devices. Releasing a free mobile porn site for the Android is essentially a vote of confidence in the platform." With the media thro... (more)

Connecting Family Trees: Do You Think You Are Related to Royalty?

Genealogy, or the pursuit of your family history, is a tremendously popular hobby. It’s fun to find out if you have heroes, villains or royalty in your family tree. OneGreatFamily.com (www.onegreatfamily.com) will help you. For tips on how to uncover your own ancestry, visit the Genealogy Learning Center at the site. OneGreatFamily.com hosts a gigantic, interconnected family tree with more than 200 million names that have been submitted by genealogy enthusiasts in their own family trees. Using the site, you can potentially uncover and connect information about multiple generations to yourself. Family History Successes User Charlotte Kendrick recently said, “Thank you for all the families you have connected for me! I am so grateful, as I now have over 80,000 names in my family tree! I found so many royal lines; it is all so overwhelming!” Another customer, Gary Rom... (more)

Xpshou.com: Apple Exceeded Hewlett-Packard to Become the Largest Mobile PC Maker in Q2

Beijing, Aug 19, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - According to the recent research of Xpshou.com, driven by the demand of iPad, in the second quarter of this year Apple exceeded Hewlett-Packard to become the largest mobile PC vendor.In the second quarter, Apple shipped 16 million mobile PC, an increase of 136%. The market share was over 21%. Xpshou.com (http://www.xpshou.com/wholesaler/) reports that mobile PC is defined to include notebook computers, the netbooks and tablet PCs. However, some people do not agree with this definition. But,according to this definition, iPad provides an advantage for Apple. Xpshou.com analyzes that IPad accounted for 80% of the Apple's mobile PC shipments. Apple's shipments of iPad in the second quarter were 10.7 million units, an increase of 107%.In contrast, HP's second-quarter shipments of mobile PC were 9.7 million units, accounting for 15% ... (more)