Zynga was created in 2007 with the idea that “play — like search, share and shop — would become one of the core activities on the internet.” Just 5 years later, the company has about 150 million monthly unique users in 166 countries, and has just filed for what could become one of the most […]

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Say what you will about about the constant appearance of cloud computing as the buzz phrase of the moment in tech circles. For all its vaunted simplification of corporate computing environments that lead to billions in cost savings, here’s a metric that trumps them all: Saving five lives. I learned today about a complicated five-way […]

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An IT manager in Tokyo, Appirio’s Jason Park is accustomed to feeling the ground shake from time to time, but it was soon apparent to him that Friday’s Sendai earthquake was a big one. “Helicopter news footage on TV showed waves crushing cars, plowing through farms, and overturning buildings and houses,” Park wrote. “The northern […]

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