March 12, 2014
In the latest Bloomberg Businessweek, we see Big Data politics come full circle. Before 2012, it was the private sector’s ideas fueling data-driven campaigning.
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February 18, 2014
Open Data Now is the first complete book on Open Data. For that fact alone author Joel Gurin has offered a tremendous resource on this fast-growing field.
February 10, 2014
You’ve been robbed. Your great-grandmother’s wedding ring that has been in your family for four generations is gone and your brand new flat-screen television is missing.
February 6, 2014
On the quiet corner of a small Texas strip mall this past month, a local Chinese eatery became the setting for a groundbreaking use of an everyday tool.
January 22, 2014
When this emergency medical team looked at its data on heart attacks, they couldn't believe what they'd found.
January 9, 2014
Data fuels America’s economic engine, but few of us ever look under the hood. We’re usually content to leave its detailed workings alone while we go on consuming and producing endless streams of information.
January 6, 2014
Understanding the Big Data revolution through a new, must-read book.
January 2, 2014
Do zoning laws and permitting work too well?
December 16, 2013
What are the rites that mark a person’s passage from journeyman to master in a field?
November 15, 2013
We all hate traffic, especially the gridlock that simply appears out of nowhere.