Investment Banking 2.0 Says “Hello World!?”

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/EqJOU1YQaqY/

Positive thinking

While a lot has been said and written on the merits of Positive thinking, I found a very good article on the merits of Positive thinking in this article on the Next Web.

http://thenextweb.com/lifehacks/2014/08/11/positive-thinking/

Apart from the usual, the merits of positive thinking, in my opinion, allows the brain to think in a multidimensional way, paving the path for innovation. If you continue to work in a silo, the brain behaves in the "secure thy self" mode which hinders constructive growth.

Article: The Internet of Things Is the Hackers’ New Playground

The Internet of Things Is the Hackers' New Playground
Along with a lot of updates that the IoT is the next big thing in the industry, there are concerns around the security of these things. Hackers are finding vulnerabilities in these and beginning exploitation.

http://recode.net/2014/07/29/the-internet-of-things-is-the-hackers-new-playground/

Article: An iPad App To Make All Your Selfies Go 3D

An iPad App To Make All Your Selfies Go 3D
http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/21/an-ipad-app-to-make-all-your-selfies-go-3d/

Article: Twitter’s Crashlytics Answers gives developers real-time engagement metrics for their apps

This tool has really helped us get some good answers to problems but the new feature promises to take it to the next level.

Twitter's Crashlytics Answers gives developers real-time engagement metrics for their apps
http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2014/07/15/crashlytics-answers/

Article: Novartis Joins With Google to Develop Contact Lens to Monitor Blood Sugar

Another evidence of a great IoT application that can really help the world..

Novartis Joins With Google to Develop Contact Lens to Monitor Blood Sugar
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/business/international/novartis-joins-with-google-to-develop-contact-lens-to-monitor-blood-sugar.html

Article: How CIOs can adapt to embrace developer-led innovation

As the world explodes with new age developers and brimming energies for using emerging technologies there is a need to harness this limitless energy into useful platforms and methodologies...

How CIOs can adapt to embrace developer-led innovation
http://thenextweb.com/dd/2014/07/06/cios-can-adapt-embrace-developer-led-innovation/

Article: Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin: We Will Make Machines That 'Can Reason, Think, And Do Things Better Than We Can'

It is only a matter of time before this science fiction like headline will become a reality. We already have simulated the human brain like capability in labs and POCs. Time now to take it to the next level..

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin: We Will Make Machines That 'Can Reason, Think, And Do Things Better Than We Can'
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-on-artifical-intelligence-2014-7?op=1

Azure based MongoDB and Node.js web service

In this excellent article on Azure based Node.js and MongoDB web service, Tejaswi describes how this can be created and exposed.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dn754378.aspx

A very nice refresher in all 3 areas :)

Article: Microsoft’s Smart Fitting Room Is Like A Robo-Shop Clerk

As technology around this application matures, personalized shopping and clothing can bring forth a bunch of new areas..
Microsoft's Smart Fitting Room Is Like A Robo-Shop Clerk
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3031689/microsofts-smart-fitting-room-is-like-a-robo-shop-clerk

Article: 6 small changes in Android L that make a big difference

6 small changes in Android L that make a big difference
http://www.androidauthority.com/android-l-small-changes-398560/

Article: Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2014 in one handy list

Google announced some really cool features in the I/O conference ..a summary..

Everything Google announced at Google I/O 2014 in one handy list
http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/06/25/everything-google-announced-google-io-2014/

Article: Microsoft Is Adding Machine Learning to Azure

As machine learning becomes increasingly popular, Microsoft is working on adding this capability to Azure. This will be an interesting space to watch.

Microsoft Is Adding Machine Learning to Azure
http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2014/06/16/microsoft-adding-machine-learning-azure-cloud-platform/

Article: Facebook just made its boldest moves yet to become the Google of mobile apps

Looking at the latest F8 conference updates, looks like FB has finally come off age as a company understanding the Mobile ecosystem.

If you look at the announcements in the Conference:

• Move to develop their own mobile advertising network
• Audience Network
• Committing to two-year API stability for its core developer platforms
• Handful of other improvements such as anonymous log-in that lets consumers try an app before having to fork over their personal info and deep linking.

Doesn’t look like it is doing an OS or any Mobile Phone yet, but its strategic moves in the past couple of yrs should make people, sit up and take notice. They had missed the boat early but have caught up I think. They could serve as a bridge between the AAPL and GOOG ecosystem.

Thoughts ?

Facebook just made its boldest moves yet to become the Google of mobile apps
http://qz.com/204805/facebook-just-made-its-clearest-moves-yet-to-becoming-the-google-of-mobile-apps/

Article: Google Helps You Find Your Parked Car

Like all other apps, that Google brings out to simplify day to day difficulties of people, this simple car finder in a parking lot Android app can go a long way ...

Google Helps You Find Your Parked Car
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2014/05/02/google-helps-you-find-your-parked-car/

Cloud usage patterns

Recently on all our projects, I am seeing a trend in Cloud usage that conforms with the below article:

http://research.gigaom.com/2013/11/three-emerging-cloud-computing-trends-for-2014/

Cloud data integration and loading has been a consistent theme in the last 3 months and have a solid roadmap for the next year. This is an area which will see a lot of action but does not have enough governance and best practices defined at this point in time.

Storm

I recently tried Storm (http://storm.incubator.apache.org/), a very nice distributed realtime computation system. Use cases for Storm include  realtime analytics, online machine learning, continuous computation, distributed RPC and ETL. I was impressed with the way it could do analysis of data streams in complex ways and get results..

Article: Here’s everything you need to know about the Heartbleed web security flaw

A newly found issue that could affect 2/3rd of the internet transactions using SSL
Here's everything you need to know about the Heartbleed web security flaw
http://gigaom.com/2014/04/08/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-heartbleed-web-security-flaw/

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How GOOG picks its people

A nice article on how GOOG picks the best talent that really differentiates it from the rest in the industry.
Some of these traits are seemingly contradictory but it is very much possible to have them in the same person. How we get them combined in the same person is an interesting case study.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2014/04/07/how-google-picks-new-employees-hint-its-not-about-your-degree/

Article: Meet Philadelphia's Top IT Pros

Congrats to LiquidHub CTO Rajul Rana for being named in Philly Top IT professional. 
Meet Philadelphia's Top IT Pros
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2014/03/24/meet-philadelphias-top-it-pros.html