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

B2B Software Startups: The SaaS Platform Dilemma

SaaS has considerably reduced B2B software development costs. Think about ten years…

ThomasOriol
8 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

What Really Is Big Data? And Why It Will Change the World

Big Data is THE biggest buzzword around at the moment, and I…

Bernard Marr
13 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