I didn't really like the NewSQL thing either. I initially thought it must have meant transactional DBs with some first class schema-less features like Postgres

I didn't really like the NewSQL thing either. I initially thought it must have meant transactional DBs with some first class schema-less features like Postgres has. Nope, it's another one of those phrases or ideas that ReadWriteWeb, the source of the linked to NewSQL definition, is trying to turn into a "big idea". They tried that previously with the Internet of Things (still don't know what the hell that is) as well as their own name, when they referred to the Web 2.0/API hype as the Read/Write Web. I actually like RWW over TC or Mashable but sometimes I have to tune out some of their pompous prognostication.