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Blog Post: The Implications and Potential of the Internet of Things

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Mykhailo Liubarskyi is a software architect and a lead software developer at SoftServe Inc.  With over 9 years in the industry, he has extensive experience within the US and European IT markets. He is responsible for the development of management software products produced by SoftServe and has an M.Sc. in Computer Sciences from the National University in Kharkiv, Ukraine. With all the interconnected gadgets, services, and applications running worldwide, what once used to be a good script for futuristic movies, is now becoming an inevitable reality.

Tim Cook Reveals The Reason Apple Killed The iPod Classic (AAPL)

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Speaking at the WSJ.D Conference yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook finally revealed the reason why Apple chose to end production of the iPod Classic. Apple removed the iPod Classic from sale in September as the online store went down during the iPhone 6 announcement.  Despite being introduced in 2001, the original iPod retained a loyal customer base thanks to its large storage size. The largest size was 160GB, far higher than the 64GB that the iPod Touch could hold. Loyal iPod fans were upset at the death of the iPod Classic: Apple has finally discontinued the iPod classic.

Why Andreessen Horowitz invested in Waltham big data startup Cazena

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Last week, Waltham-based big data startup Cazena announced that it would launch with an infusion of $8 million in venture funding from Andreessen Horowitz and North Bridge Venture Partners.

It was the first Series A funding round ever for a Boston-area company by Andreessen Horowitz, the well-known venture firm based in Menlo Park, Calif.,and founded in part by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen.

I spoke with Peter Levine, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, about why the firm chose to invest in…

Wal-Mart Is At War Against Apple Over The New iPhone Payments System — And Apple Is Losing

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American retailers appear to have gone to war against Apple's new mobile payments system, Apple Pay, and Apple is losing. Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Rite Aid, and CVS have all said they want nothing to do with the system (or Google Wallet, for that matter). The latter pair tried it and then disabled it over the weekend. Apple is hanging on to a tiny gaggle of corporate partners. As described by the Verge, it sounds bleak: A quick look at Apple's website explaining the service highlights just 34 retail partners that support the system. Eight of those are different flavors of Foot Locker.

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