There’s little hard data on the size of the largely private Hadoop market yet, but you can get a clue from looking at what’s going on inside Silicon Valley. The money changing hands and the sizes of the largest players in the space alone are enough to paint a telling picture of a market that’s growing fast in uncharted territory. I’ve collected some of the insights I’ve gleaned over the past few m

Lawdingo Makes It Easy To Find And Instantly Consult A Lawyer Online Companies like LegalZoom try to replace the basic services offered by attorneys, but sometimes you still need to talk to a real, live lawyer. So a startup called Lawdingo makes it easier to find one. When you visit the Lawdingo site, you search the site based on your legal situation and your location. Then you get a list of appli

Facebook is experimenting with a way to help its members branch off in multiple conversation threads. Facebook is experimenting with a way to help its members branch off in multiple conversation threads, the social network confirmed to VentureBeat. “We are testing a new way to add comments to a post on Facebook. With this test you will be able to reply to another comment as well as the original po

As revenues decline for traditional forms of online advertising, video is emerging as a bright spot for many media companies. It offers an opportunity for long engagement and hefty ad rates — but also a challenge to make it work. A new study reports that faster internet connections have made viewers more impatient, and that people begin abandoning videos if they don’t load within two seconds. Ever

We’ve written previously about Harvard marketing guru John Quelch’s research into how companies deliberately create an “illusion of scarcity” to elevate product successes and profits. See, How to use the ‘Scarcity Illusion’ to boost your launch. For a while now people have been writing about the perceived scarcity of iPhones. Earlier this week Om conducted a reportorial gut check, and determined–o

“The bottom line is that the game has changed … and there is a lot of digital exhaust out there,” said Chris Farmer, a partner at General Catalyst, which is considered one of the more progressive of the older VC firms. Just as the renegade general manager of the Oakland A’s flouted assumptions about baseball and replaced gut feelings and outdated statistics with more effective quantitative analysi

We’ve written previously about Harvard marketing guru John Quelch’s research into how companies deliberately create an “illusion of scarcity” to elevate product successes and profits. See, How to use the ‘Scarcity Illusion’ to boost your launch. For a while now people have been writing about the perceived scarcity of iPhones. Earlier this week Om conducted a reportorial gut check, and determined–o

We’ve written previously about Harvard marketing guru John Quelch’s research into how companies deliberately create an “illusion of scarcity” to elevate product successes and profits. See, How to use the ‘Scarcity Illusion’ to boost your launch. For a while now people have been writing about the perceived scarcity of iPhones. Earlier this week Om conducted a reportorial gut check, and determined–o