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Naturally, when we started learning about the United issue, hacker theories started popping across the Web - and why not? The truth is, we're all expecting something to happen. Then, when the NYSE shut down trading due to a technical issue, conspiracy theorists were in their glory, especially when the WSJ site also went down. The Morning After, sung by Maureen McGovern, sums up best yesterday's computer glitches that grounded the entire United Airlines (UAL) fleet for two hours, halted trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for almost four hours, and took down the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for about an hour. The 4K Ultra HD market is developing faster than anyone thought that it would-with TV shipments escalating, more and more content availability and advances being made in compatible home set-top boxes. That said, there are certain arenas that still need to follow suit with adaptability and preparedness for this expanding space, like content security, and delivery mechanisms that can address 4K bandwidth requirements. I'm not surprising anyone by mentioning that we are in an era of unprecedented data creation which, in turn, creates an equally unprecedented need for storage. Long gone are the days of megabyte-based capacities; once-large gigabyte ranges are being replaced by multi-terabyte size drives, and even those are being superseded by massive petabyte drives in many cases. Exabyte drives won't be far off as mobile data and video usage continues to climb. According to reports, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) suspended trading today at 11:32am ET due to a technology glitch. Investors can still perform trades, just not on the NYSE. At the time of the market shutdown, the Dow was down about 1 percent, or 175 points. As viewers shift their allegiance from the television set to other devices, television's undisputed popularity as the go-to entertainment device is waning. Amazon, the online buying and selling behemoth that originated as online bookstore and subsequently became one of the Internet's largest marketplaces, is celebrating its 20th birthday later this month. The fateful day is July 16, and to celebrate, Amazon is declaring that day Prime Day. Microsoft's entry into the smartphone market, some believe, was troubled from its earliest stages. That belief was somewhat borne out today in the form of job cuts, and a hefty number of them. The company will be slicing as many as 7,800 jobs-roughly six percent of its total operations-and will also be taking a major accounting charge in the process. As opposed to TV's channel-surfing-friendly programming presentation, online and mobile video has always been seen as more of a foraging experience when it comes to content discovery. As in, users generally need to be knowledgeable about what content they want to watch and where they could find it. But new user interfaces and personalization initiatives are evolving digital distribution from a lean forward experience into more of a traditional TV look and feel. As a result, viewer engagement is growing exponentially in the mobile environment, opening up fresh video monetization opportunities. That awkward moment when you talk to an acquaintance or friend, only to find out later that it's their birthday and you said absolutely nothing about it. It happens to the best of us, sometimes even when you know they have a birthday coming up. Nowadays I rely on Facebook to let me know when it is someone's big day, thankful for the notification that today is this friend's (and most likely six other people's) birthday. Google launched its crack at a ride-sharing service in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv Monday, aiming at supplementing traditional taxi services and transportation start-ups like Uber and Lyft. The service is hosted on the Waze app, the crowd-source traffic and navigation application that Google purchased in 2013, or can be used through a standalone app called RideWith for those who do not use Waze. As our camera technology improves, so do our means of shooting videos. You can Snapchat a video of a basketball game, Instagram a video of your cousin's wedding, film your surfing vacation with a GoPro, or you can even resort to the archaic task of taking videos on an actual camera. The point is, video is everywhere these days, and it has never been easier. Where do these videos usually end up? Facebook and Youtube - both of which are making waves in the market and introducing new features.
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