Year: 2013

From Machines to Crops to Animals: Big Data Turns Traditional Farming Upside Down

The agricultural industry has seen many changes in the past 100 years.…

Datafloq
8 Min Read

Geofencing: Bringing Context and Value to User Engagements

After the web 2.0 revolution, the Internet is now poised to make…

EricFullbright
4 Min Read

Rent vs. Buy? The Cloud Conundrum

  Over the long-run, is cloud computing a waste of money? Some startups…

paulbarsch
5 Min Read

Statisticians Push Back Against the “End of Theory” Problem

For years, some commentators have worried that increasing volumes of data coupled…

tkorte
3 Min Read

Using Big Data to Sell to Individuals Instead of Stereotypes

One of the weaknesses of marketing has always been overgeneralization. Marketers have…

iconicmind
7 Min Read

Chatting with Your Computer: How the iPhone’s Siri Compares with IBM’S Watson

IBM's Watson computer, which defeated the two all-time human champs on the…

EricSiegel
5 Min Read

Can We Really Trust Big Data?

There has been a lot of discussion about big data. What it…

GilAllouche
5 Min Read

Quick, Look Over There: DDoS Diversions Result in Millions Stolen from US Banks

The most recent hack on at least three major banks involved “low-powered”…

onlinetech
4 Min Read