The rapid growth of the digital economy has created a wealth of opportunities for the media and entertainment industry. Content creators benefit from easier access to distribution, allowing them to reach global audiences much more easily than was previously possible. ...
The Big Deal about Big Data and the Big Payoff
There is a lot of speculation about ‘big data’ and what exactly it is. It’s gigabits of information, many may find un-excitable. But in reality it is the staple of the 21st century and the reason businesses thrive. This is ...
Explaining Hole-Punch Clouds
Researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado have discovered how airplanes create hole-punch clouds when flying under specific atmospheric conditions and how their creation can temporarily change local weather conditions. These clouds – so called ...
Boot Up in Seconds with gOS Cloud
The software company Good OS recently announced its upcoming operating system called “Cloud” that can boot into a Google, Yahoo!, or Live browser in seconds. The company, which is known for its gOS Linux which debuted on Wal-Mart computers, revealed ...
Telescopes Record New Babies on Orion
This magnificent picture is a composite of infrared and visible-light images taken from NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes and shows stars being created 1,500 light-years away from Earth in a cosmic cloud called the Orion nebula. The Orion nebula ...