Cloud Computing

IBM bets $1 billion on PaaS to boost cloud apps

IBM says developers need to start building apps for the cloud

IBM buys NoSQL cloud provider Cloudant

IBM's Cloudant purchase will bring the CouchDB NoSQL database into IBM's SoftLayer global cloud

Oracle buys Blue Kai, gains massive consumer data mart

Analyst: BlueKai's mobile data management capabilities are its 'crown jewel'

Facebook rethinks what happens to your posts after you die

New changes do away with previous visibility restrictions

LinkedIn gives users the blocking feature they asked for

Blocking others will also remove them from a user's network

Microsoft Azure continues enterprise push with private on-ramps

After a slow start, Microsoft Windows Azure is finally gaining a foothold in the emerging cloud marketplace

Sidecar testing new trending tool for activity hot spots

The feature would show users heavily trafficked areas for rides

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Gmail’s ‘unsubscribe’ tool comes out of the weeds

An 'unsubscribe' link would appear prominently at the header of some emails

Study: Companies that go all-in with SaaS can save big

Computer Economics compared heavy cloud users' IT spending with industry benchmark data