March 27, 2014
You could say that innovating using Big Data requires looking for l
March 25, 2014
Odds are, if you’re reading this, you live in a city or its metro area. More than 80% of Americans live in cities, and urban population growth is outpacing overall U.S. population growth.
March 24, 2014
The great need for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in this country has been clear for years. From the school house to the White House, America’s leaders, businesses, and teachers have emphasized the growing skills gap that leaves U.S.
March 20, 2014
Catherine Rampell's bitingly witty new WaPo column argues that public and private sectors should b
March 13, 2014
Farming is hard work – really hard. It’s not just the backbreaking labor and long hours. Farmers are some of the private sector’s biggest risk takers.
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.
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.