The Social Dilemma

In episode 142 for October 12th 2020: My conversation about the pros and cons of the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma” with frequent guest, Kevin Johnson. The Social Dilemma is a popular documentary (dramamentary?) on Netflix about how social me… Continue reading The Social Dilemma

Mom, You Can’t Post Pictures of My Child—Because GDPR

A grandmother is found guilty of violating GDPR—for posting photos of her grandchild without permission.
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Couchbase raises $105M Series G funding round

Couchbase. the Santa Clara-based company behind the eponymous NoSQL cloud database service, today announced that it has raised a $105 million all-equity Series G round “to expand product development and global go-to-market capabilities.” The oversubscribed round was led by GPI Capital, with participation from existing investors Accel, Sorenson Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, Glynn Capital, […] Continue reading Couchbase raises $105M Series G funding round

Slack aims to be the most important software company in the world, says CEO

Slack discloses latest earnings, plans NYSE direct listing for June 20. Continue reading Slack aims to be the most important software company in the world, says CEO

On balance, the cloud has been a huge boon to startups

Today’s startups have a distinct advantage when it comes to launching a company because of the public cloud. You don’t have to build infrastructure or worry about what happens when you scale too quickly. The cloud vendors take care of all that for you. But last month when Pinterest announced its IPO, the company’s cloud […] Continue reading On balance, the cloud has been a huge boon to startups

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation adds etcd to its open-source stable

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), the open-source home of projects like Kubernetes and Vitess, today announced that its technical committee has voted to bring a new project on board. That project is etcd, the distributed key-value store that was first developed by CoreOS (now owned by Red Hat, which in turn will soon be […] Continue reading The Cloud Native Computing Foundation adds etcd to its open-source stable

Clarifai rolls out an on-premise visual search tool for businesses

Clarifai has traditionally been known as a web-based visual search tool that developers can integrate into their services. But as more and more businesses start to get onto the service, with their own specific demands — like getting them in-house — the… Continue reading Clarifai rolls out an on-premise visual search tool for businesses

Clarifai rolls out an on-premise visual search tool for businesses

 Clarifai has traditionally been known as a web-based visual search tool that developers can integrate into their services. But as more and more businesses start to get onto the service, with their own specific demands — like getting them in… Continue reading Clarifai rolls out an on-premise visual search tool for businesses