A significant portion of Internet content has a spatial dimension. For instance, a place name within a document or the location of a place referred to within a tweet. However, if we take a look from a geospatial standpoint at the various types of Internet resources and applications used today, there is a different and fragmented picture.
ICANN is again broadening opportunities to create new gTLDs to include sTLDs. The policy liberalizes the process for creation of new gTLDs. This brings about support and concern for an unlimited number of gTLDs and potential URLs.
Google+ has not overtaken social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, but it is turning heads. Already hundreds of Facebook users from India are on Google+ via a beta testing phase.
Several months ago, Microsoft promised us Project Crescent, code name for a new business intelligence tool designed for nontechnical users to create dynamic reports. Crescent was the centerpiece for another code-named technology, Denali, the upcoming release of SQL Server.
Times have definitely changed and it has never been more apparent than the latest news of the Pope tweeting. Yes, you read that correctly. Pope Benedict XVI tweeted for the first time today, the Vatican has confirmed.
Ignoring the Internet and social media is no longer an option for organizations. Not having a Facebook page is taboo; not having a website is unheard of; and Google better be able to find you. But in the midst of social media, how is quality and success measured? In likes, uprooting Mayors, and hashtags?
Informatica has released its flagship product designed to handle the "big data" generated by today's transaction processing and social media systems, Informatica 9.1. Big in velocity, complexity and variety; big data is the hot topic.
Epic Media Group has established the Epic Marketplace, a comprehensive, unified marketplace that combines all their multichannel digital advertising capabilities. This follows their previously released Traffic Marketplace and formally concludes its post-acquisition integration efforts.