Robert Scoble

Rackspace Expands Data Services With Hortonworks' Hadoop In the Cloud

Rackspace is offering Hortonworks' Apache Hadoop platform as a service. Rackspace continues to expand its Data Services, a collection of SQL and no-SQL data offerings available as a service in order to serve Big Data needs.

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/10/28/rackspace-expands-data-services-with-hortonworks-hadoop-in-the-cloud/

Senator changes tune, now is "totally opposed" to foreign leader surveillance

NSA leaks View all... Just four days ago, National Security Agency-leaker Edward Snowden issued a rare statement, forcefully arguing against the American government's line that what it does is not surveillance. In particular, it appeared that Snowden was directly challenging Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).

http://ars.to/HmMEJ5

12 apps to help you become a smarter traveler

Hermione Way works with TrekkSoft - a SaaS solution for tours and activity providers, enabling anyone to set up a tour company in under 10 minutes. Robert Scoble is startup liaison officer for Rackspace.

http://tnw.to/f0jMP

Spycraft: how do we fix a broken NSA?

Reformers are still struggling to imagine an NSA that doesn't overstep the constitution This Saturday, thousands of people took to the streets of Washington DC to protest NSA surveillance at a rally organized by the aptly named group, Stop Watching Us.

http://vrge.co/1bvVzkm