Tag: Twitter
Twitter open sources its stream processing engine Heron
Twitter has released the code of Heron, a stream-processing engine that succeeded Apache Storm. Licensed under Apache v2.0, the distributed stream computation system has...
Analyse and gather Twitter data using Apache Flume
Apache Flume is a service for streaming logs into Hadoop. It is a distributed and reliable service for efficiently collecting, aggregating and moving large...
Android malware uses Twitter to stealthily infect devices
A new Android malware has emerged that leverages Twitter accounts to infect devices. Called Android/Twitoor, the malware is active since July this year and...
Ubuntu 12.04 Review: An LTS Done More or Less Precisely
Ubuntu 12.04 is the fourth LTS release from Canonical that came out about a month back, and the first LTS with the revamped user...
Group Micro-blogging Using WordPress
To all the Net savvy social animals out there with a Twitter, Facebook, G+ and a whole lot of StumbleUpon accounts, here is a...
NewSQL — The New Way to Handle Big Data
Big data, big data, big data! This term has been dominating information management for a while, leading to enhancements in systems, primarily databases, to...
A Letter to Foxy Developers
A look at what makes Mozilla Firefox the most developer friendly browser around, and how you can get the most out of the community-developed...
10 WordPress Plugins for Power Blogging
The power of WordPress lies in its many plugins, which can greatly enhance its functionality. Understanding the plugin infrastructure and equipping your WordPress site...
FreedomYUG: The Mockery of Freedom — Angry Birds v/s Free Birds...
They are taking away freedom from our consciousness. All we're left with is a clenched fist holding on to our mobile devices. That, and...
Databases in the Era of Cloud Computing and Big Data
We take a look at the directions in which databases are evolving, driven by the twin factors of the "Cloud" and "Big Data". Let's...