Social Data on Chinese Microblogs and the Oscars
The annual Oscar awards was once more the focus point of many social media platforms, especially evident in the US.…
Business Analytics and Hollywood: A Match Made in Heaven?
My favorite acceptance speeches are from Oscar recipients in science and technology. In contrast to actors, directors and writers, these…
Big Data: A Natural Solution for Disaster Relief
By Mike Smitheman, VP of Marketing at GoodData By Mike Smitheman, VP of Marketing at GoodDataLast Friday, a 10,000-ton meteor sped into…
Latest News: Samsung, BlackBerry Z10, and More
Here are the top mobile news and stories of the day. Here are the top mobile news and stories of…
Votamatic Predicted the Presidential Election Results with R
While Nate Silver got a lot of the attention for correctly forecasting the US presidential election, other forecasters were just…
Mobile Browsers Failing Security Tests
Blame Screen Size: Mobile Browsers Flunk Security Tests - Georgia Tech researchers have found that 90% of mobile browsers have…
In case you missed it: October 2012 Roundup
In case you missed them, here are some articles from October of particular interest to R users. In case you…
Michigan Cyber Initiative Reports ‘People’ as Weakest Link in IT Security
Not sure where I was last year, but I somehow missed the entire Michigan Cyber Initiative launched by the State…
Infochimps’ New CEO on What’s Next in Big Data
Jim Kaskade’s crystal ball shared with him recently a list of upcoming big data acquisitions: EMC will buy MapR, Oracle will buy Cloudera, and Teradata will…
How Mobile Operators are Mining Big Data
Mobile phone operators have long mined details on voice and data transactions to measure service quality, place cellular towers in…
