chuckmans3

Interesting to think about how beacons intersect with other interesting things. I see a flash mob app in the near future.

Hard to read between the lines in these releeases.

Big Data is certainly in the trough of disillusionment, it feels like mostly vaporware. Although the visualization tools are pretty neat.

Considering we don't hear about problems that often, this is quite an impressive feat of engineering. You really don't think about it until we get a hiccup and half the Internet goes down.

But how much data are they collecting that we DON'T know about?

> Every call for Ballmer's ouster ignores two important points. He is the second largest shareholder. His college buddy is the largest.

This is an important point. These types of articles imply that he's running the company as an ego trip instead of a heavily-invested individual shareholder. Very key to keep in mind.