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Heroku Forces Customer Upgrade To Fix Critical PostgreSQL Security Hole

April 1, 2013
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Heroku customers are getting first access to a critical update to the PostgreSQL database system that will patch a major security hole. The overall PostgreSQL community will get access to an update on Thursday. Here’s the statement from Heroku: Heroku Postgres databases will be undergoing a brief but important update between today Monday (April 1st)…

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TechStars Cloud standout: Cloudability could save your company thousands of dollars

April 11, 2012
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Throughout the day I’ve watched some extremely interesting demos of products that have either been conceived or sharpened during the inaugural TechStars Cloud class in San Antonio. A few of those companies stood out, but none shined quite as brightly as Cloudability, a service to manage all of your cloud spending in one place. As…

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UPDATE 1-India court rejects appeals in telecom licence dispute

April 4, 2012
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UPDATE 1-India court rejects appeals in telecom licence dispute

Wed Apr 4, 2012 6:20pm BST * Companies had sought review of court order revoking permits * Court says judgment does not warrant reconsideration * Further legal recourse open to telcos (Adds details) By Devidutta Tripathy NEW DELHI, April 4 (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected appeals to overturn an order cancelling telecom…

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Nokia thinks that it’s a good idea to get a tattoo that can tell you who’s calling

March 16, 2012
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I’m all for cutting edge technology, and if you read this piece about The Next Web staffers, you know that I’m a fan of tattoos as well. However, mobile technology company Nokia might be taking things a bit too far with a patent that it registered recently according to UnwiredView. Nokia is looking into technology…

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Korea’s FTC slaps a $40 million fine on Samsung, LG and operators over mobile price fixing

March 15, 2012
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Finding the biggest domestic mobile manufacturers and operators guilty of colluding to fix prices and defraud consumers, South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped Samsung, LG and the country’s operators with a combined fine of 45.3 billion won (US$40.1 million), reports Yonhap News. The companies involved were found to be working together to raise the…

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I would personally like to thank Apple for explaining what the “cloud” is to my mom

March 4, 2012
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When it comes to technology and products that excite me personally, I have what I call the “mom test”. Put simply, if my mom can’t figure something out it’s not worth spending a lot of time checking out or using. My mom is pretty tech savvy as most of you learned from reading “Facts you…

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SocialChorus launches as a toolkit for managing your entire social media campaign

February 24, 2012
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The advertising world has drastically shifted over the past few years, tossing aside decades of one-way marketing campaigns in favor of direct, two-way dialog. This is all, of course, thanks to the explosion of social media and the creation of what many call an influencer; users that lie somewhere in-between the average Joe and an online celebrity. You’ve…

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