Sherpa, a New “Predictive” Personal Assistant App, Stays One Step Ahead of You

Can Sherpa stand out from the personal assistant app pack?
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Jawbone “Acqhires” Data and Digital Design Firms Massive Health, Visere

Jawbone looks to boost the software behind the Up, as more health and fitness devices come to market.
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Trifacta Aims to Make Big Data Useful, Lands $4.3 Million From Accel Partners

The biggest of big-data problems lies not in computing, but with a shortage of people who can interpret what the data says.
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Here Come the Tweets: Gnip Offers Access to Full Twitter Archive (For a Price)

Studying the science of Twitter data just got a whole lot more interesting.
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Google Tablet Analysis Points to Thin Margins

It’s not surprising that the first tablet to carry Google’s brand would attract attention from hardware analysts. Nor is one of their key conclusions much of a shock — the $199 price tag on the new Nexus 7 doesn’t leave Google much of a profit margin.

Salesforce.com Gets Access to Twitter’s Fire Hose

Radian6 customers will have direct access to the “firehose” of 400 million Tweets sent every day.
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News Byte

Cisco to Acquire Network Analysis Firm Truviso

Cisco Systems said it had reached a deal to acquire Truviso, a privately held company that provides real-time network data analysis and reporting software. The deal is aimed at boosting Cisco’s offerings in helping its customers analyze what’s happening on their networks, and how to make them run better. Financial terms were not disclosed.

IBM Adds Canada’s Varicent to Its Analytics Lineup

Big Blue has kicked its deal-making up a few notches this year.
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Here’s Dan Loeb’s Letter to Investors About the Value of Yahoo’s Alibaba Stake

China is emperor at Yahoo, says activist shareholder.
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