March 21st, 2013 by zproser
BrightContext was pleased to be part of Engadget’s first ever tech conference, Expand, held at the Fort Mason center in San Francisco March 16th-17th. Expand brought together an impressive array of technology thought leaders, CEOs, hackers and inventors, along with …
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January 12th, 2013 by zproser
Real-Time Data Stream Processing Service Extends Offering With Addition of Node.js to Speed Development of High-Concurrency Applications. Arlington, VA – January 10th, 2013 — BrightContext, the real-time data stream processing platform, today announced support for Node.js, an open source server-side …
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November 29th, 2012 by zproser
Our CEO, John Funge, spoke at Variety’s Entertainment Apps Conference today in Los Angeles. The conference brought together digital distribution and marketing execs from major studios and networks, as well as technology providers, mobile developers and content creators to discuss …
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November 8th, 2012 by zproser
We attended the Internet Summit 2012 in Raleigh, North Carolina and set up a booth to demo the BrightContext platform for the hundreds of technologists, business managers and developers that attended the conference.
October 31st, 2012 by zproser
We’re excited to announce that we have been selected as one of the Coolest New API’s by Angel Hack. The Washington DC hackathon will take place on November 17th and 18th in Chevy Chase, Maryland. In addition to making our …
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October 25th, 2012 by zproser
Cory Haik: We work with vendors who create things that complement our current offerings and bring value to our readers. When we look at vendors, we consider how interesting their product is, how we would use it and how we would go about applying it on our site. Building a live experience around the presidential debates was a priority for us, and by working with BrightContext, we were able to create a turnkey news experience around real-time feedback in a matter of days.
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October 23rd, 2012 by zproser
We spent this Saturday at HAC4EDU where local hackers met to compete in an event sponsored by App4VA.org, Microsoft and BrightContext. The premise was straightforward: using data sets on education, create an app that makes insightful use of this information. …
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October 23rd, 2012 by zproser
From Forbes: The Washington Post deploys a real-time sentiment graph next to its debate feed and you click “Agree” or “Disagree” as you watch the debate. This nifty module, powered by BrightContext, is very much like a traditional dial used in focus groups, but at web scale.
From the screenshot, you can see that close to 225,000 readers were giving thumbs up or down as Biden and Ryan squared off. BrightContext CEO John Funge said the technologies that enable real-time processing of such massive amounts of data (over 100 million communication instances between web clients and servers for a 90-minute debate) either didn’t exist or were nascent in 2008, so the users are getting quite a unique experience.
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October 17th, 2012 by zproser
We’re pleased to announce our sponsorshop of Apps4VA’s HAC4EDU event. This event is comprised of four simultaneous hackathons held in Charlottesville, Blacksburg, Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia. Coders will be tasked with developing helpful apps that leverage existing data on education in …
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October 6th, 2012 by zproser
Why hasn’t Social TV come to fruition yet, and when will we see shows that allow the audience to interact through smartphones and tablets? Our co-founder John Funge recently shared our vision for second screen experiences with VentureBeat and explained …
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