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DreamHost Readies Wider OpenStack Rollout

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DreamHost was named one of the "hottest products" by industry publication at the show, and apparently is getting set for general availability of the service this summer. Pricing on the cloud-based service has not been announced yet, but the release will further bolster the cloud offerings from DreamHost. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Gil Elbaz, Factual

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Gil Elbaz: What we have been working on, and what we offer now, is a platform where anyone can share and mash open data. That data can be on any subject--we're a horizontal platform--and a few of the examples you see on our site are a list of restaurants, things in the health space, and other partnerships. Is this similar?

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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When we talk about cloud computing we have to be careful to differentiate between open cloud (services the are provided solely to for the economic purpose of building a cloud business) and the “platform cloud&# where certain service providers offer cloud services wrapped around their core product. These are very different.

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The Business of Gaming | REACH Games Event Recap

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Inside Sony had a “booth” showing off their latest Vaio products for people to test and preview. Indiegogo, “the world’s funding platform”, was also in attendance. Verizon Wireless displayed a slew of new innovative technologies such as the VGO Robotic Telepresence. One last shout out for free tacos!

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

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Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. As President of Game Development and Operations at SGN, a leading cross platform game developer and distributor, Josh Yguado is responsible for development, marketing, and operations for all games.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so. Why did Twitter emerge despite Facebook’s dominance?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. 18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API.