Google's big vision was to organize the world's information. Eric Warnke just wants to move it.
Editor's Pick The appeal of "big data" has made data scientists a hot item. But perhaps a better term would be "data artists," befitting the artfulness that goes into interpreting and illustrating big datasets.
Who cares about good design or bad design, Ben Huh of the wildly successful Cheezburger network of comedy sites said today at GROW 2012. According to Huh, you don't need great design to have a successful design. "We have one of the worst-looking sites on the planet," Huh admitted.
Neil Patel didn't start web analytics company KISSmetrics because he loved the product, or the idea, or the customers. Very simply, he wanted to make money, as he told the crowd here at GROW 2012 yesterday. After revealing his motivation, Patel proceeded to reveal the methods behind his madness -- the metrics he measures that have driven KISSmetrics to 100 percent year-over-year growth.
The site is rebranding itself as "LinkedIn for college students."
A new update to the social network's developer policies that shows that, while Facebook certainly does love developers, it loves data just a little bit more.
London 2012 starts today, and many of us will be glued to screens both large and small for the next 16 days. But while we’re watching, we’re probably also tweeting: cheering our teams and our stars.
And while NBC might …
I’m told that getting the exact right shade of makeup can be more than a little difficult. In fact, according to beauty industry giant Sephora, it takes the average woman seven tries to find the perfect foundation. With the cost …
Secure collaboration firm WatchDox just released the results of a document security study by the Ponemon Institute. And the consensus is that we suck at security.
Surveying more than 600 IT and security pros with an average 11 years of …
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Imagine a functional, live, operational database living on separate servers scattered around the globe in say, San Francisco, London, Dubai, Moscow, and Johannesburg, simultaneously. Not synced, replicated, or cloned — but a single database without a single location.
Now …
Dan Johnson, the economics professor known for his remarkably accurate sports predictions, is at it again. Today, the Colorado College professor released his prognostications for the 2012 Olympics Games in London.
Each year, Johnson punches numbers into a computer and …
Three cheers, apartment hunters! PadMapper creator Eric DeMenthon found a “legally kosher” way to reinstate Craigslist data on his rental-finding website after Craigslist blocked the site from using its content last month.
PadMapper takes data on apartments for rent from …
It’s been a rough night for T-Mobile customers, as the carrier confirmed that it experienced a nationwide data outage across its network. (Update: T-Mobile now says data service has been restored.)
We’ve been seeing reports from T-Mobile customers experiencing …
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The hottest megatrend in enterprise computing today is Big Data – the use of massive computational ability to solve problems that were previously unfathomable. According to August Capital partner David Hornik, “Big Data is not a thing in and of …
Web application monitoring service New Relic is adding a new site speed index to its product line-up, offering website and web application managers new insights into how they rank compared to similar sites … even competitors.
New Relic calls it …
Big data often means big complexity. But CloudMine, the backend-as-a-service infrastructure for apps, just launched this weekend to take the pain out of data management for app developers.
CloudMine started out as a business-to-business big data service, but quickly pivoted …
Openet, a mobile network transaction software company, announced a fourth round of funding, for $21 million, Wednesday. Openet manages network engagement, insights, and control of a mobile network. AT&T, Verizon, and Vodafone use its software to keep tabs on their …
The data on a company that would take you two days to compile, at your fingertips in two minutes. That’s the promise of InfoArmy, a new startup from Jim Fowler.
Jim Fowler knows a thing or two about crowdsourcing and …
Data hogs, meet your Holy Grail.
Verizon is adding a major new option for its high-speed FiOS fiber customers: a 300 megabits-per-second data service for households with heavy Internet habits. Using the new level, customers can download a 1.5-gigabyte file …
Looks like it pays to be in big data. Data analysis company Palantir has raised $56 million in its latest round of funding through two undisclosed investors, according to an SEC filing today.
Palantir seems to have been very successful …
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