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RapidMiner Gains $5 Million To Better Serve PayPal, Pepsi And Other Major Clients
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 5:22pm | 474Read More...Advanced analytics provider RapidMiner has received $5 million in a Series A round led by Earlybird Venture Capital and Open Ocean Capital. Formerly known as Rapid-I, the company made the decision to officially change its title to RapidMiner after releasing a successful product with the same name...
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Microsoft Bing Is Growing Market Share (MSFT)
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 12:20pm | 646Read More...Not everybody “Googles” every time they perform an Internet search. According to comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) in July, almost 18 percent of searches were conducted using Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)’s Bing. While it’s true Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) retained its sizable lead with 67 percent, Bing’s gain over...
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Coke Wins Unofficial Taste Test Against Pepsi
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 1:47pm | 139Read More...It has been said that the greatest votes are the ones that consumers cast with their wallets. The same could also be said for the votes consumers cast when they choose one of two free items. During the press preview at the 2013 North American International Auto Show, members of the media could...
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iPod Owners Receive Unexpected E-mail That Could Be Worth....
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 10:18am | 899Read More...It sounds like spam, but this revealing e-mail might actually be worth a read. Assuming you'd like a few extra bucks, of course. You do like money, right? Those who purchased an iPod between September 12, 2006 and March 31, 2009 could be entitled to a portion of a win or settlement -- assuming one...
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Will Google Use Indoor Maps to Stalk You?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 1:09pm | 686Read More...Google's ad business may get a lot stronger, and it's all thanks to you, the willful consumer. Earlier this year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) got into trouble for recording users' location data in their iOS devices. A few months later, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was accused of doing the same thing. Why...
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The Ultimate Vending Machine
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 10:19am | 313Read More...This is far from your everyday Coke (NYSE: KO) or Pepsi (NYSE: PEP) dispensary. In France, one clever baker has created a vending machine with an item we never saw coming: freshly baked bread. Jean-Louis Hecht, a baker from Hombourg-Haut, has launched two vending machines in order to provide his...
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Who is the Anti-Facebook?
Monday, July 25, 2011 - 6:59pm | 749Read More...Facebook and Google+ (NASDAQ: GOOG), say hello to a social network that is truly private. Chattertree.com, a new site whose mission is to promote “positive synergy within the core of the modern family,” isn't technically a social network. It has all the components of one – the ability to...
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New Pepsi ‘Social Vending System' Lets You Buy Drinks for Friends
Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 2:02pm | 278Read More...PepsiCo announced yesterday the launch of a new vending machine that lets people buy drinks for friends or strangers using a social media-inspired system. The so-called “Social Vending System” uses digital technology to allow any user to gift a friend a PepsiCo beverage by entering the recipient...
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SodaStream: A Smarter Way To Enjoy Soda?
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 11:57am | 242Read More...At SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA), the company believes that it has found a smarter way for consumers to enjoy soda. But is it really any better than Coke (NYSE: KO) or Pepsi (NYSE: PEP)? “With SodaStream, you can transform ordinary tap water into soda in seconds,” Daniel Birnbaum,...
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Goldman Sachs Maintains Buy on Hansen Natural (HANS)
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 12:20pm | 139Read More...Goldman Sachs maintains a Buy rating for Hansen Natural Corp (NASDAQ: HANS) in a research report with a $50 price target. This came after receiving the convenience store sales for energy drinks for the four weeks ending September 4. According to the report, Hansen saw overall sales growth of 16%;...
