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IBM Puts Big Data in Universities: Hopes We’ll Never Run Out of Nerds
There’s a new career rising for professionals who are passionate about numbers–data scientist. In order to make the best out of the surge of data that plagues the worldwide web every day, we need more of these people. A study by McKinsey Global Institute confirms that United States will need 140,000 to 190,000 mavens in ...
April’s the Best Month to Fly: Rearden, Hadoop Make Sense of Flight Data
Big data’s predicting powers have countless possibilities, and recent studies show that it can predict house-selling markets better than real-estate analysts themselves. This time, next-generation ecommerce platform Rearden analyzes air flight factors and issues to know about.
Appcelerator Extends Titanium Platform with Cocoafish Buy
Appcelerator, the maker of the Titanium mobile app development platform, has acquired Cocoafish in the latest move to expand the functionality of its offering. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cocoafish offers developers 25 cloud-based features they can add to their apps via APIs. These include things such as a status updates engine for ...
Springcoin Launches Automated Debt Relief Program: where Data Meets Human Expertise
Credit cards are handy-- but that’s also the exact reason why they can cause you a whole lot of mess. You just keep buying stuff till your debt bulks up and then you wonder where all that money went. Now, if you have some serious shopping problems and has been in serious debt situations a ...
schoolFeed Gets $1.7M to Connect Classmates that Missed the Facebook Boat
schoolFeed, a new classmate network launched by former RockYou CEO Lance Tokuda, announced a $1.7 million seed investment in a round of funding led by First Round Capital, with the participation of Crosslink Capital, InterWest, and SK Telecom. Since schoolFeed launched in July 2011, the networking site dedicated to connecting high school classmates has gained ...
What Happens When a PR Guy Scratches His Own Itch? Totem Launches Beta Today
It’s always interesting to see what press people come up with when they try to change their own industry. There’s often an element of self-serving product pushing that’s borne of a long-standing need for change. And as an observer and participant of the press industry, I have my own qualms with the way things currently ...
How Can Facebook Better Monetize the Video Sector?
I think this is a good topic to talk about. People have gone round and about comparing both services just because they happen to be the biggest in the online scene and this we have to accept with open arms. If it were just me, I don’t think Facebook will trump YouTube and vice versa, ...
Social Mobile’s True Value for Super Bowl 2012? Business Intelligence
Neither New York Giants nor New England Patriots will be as big of a winner as the mobile and social sector for this year’s Super Bowl. According to a recent survey by research firm Harris Interactive as commissioned by mobile marketing company Velti, fans are progressively connecting beyond their in-person friends and the game broadcast ...
Facebook IPO Reveals Network Numbers, Zuckerberg Sends a Letter to Investors
It’s finally arrived. One of the most anticipated public offerings in the past decade, Facebook’s filed its S-1 for an IPO. The massive social networking site has reached millions around the world, revolutionizing the way we communicate, manage relationships and do business. As Facebook shifts from a privately held company to a publicly-scrutinized organization, some interesting ...
Mint’s New Android Tablet App Leverages Honeycomb for Data Visualization
Android tablet users can now easily view account balances, track spending and receive alerts with Mint.com’s new personal finance app. It is available for download at the Android market. This launch is advances Mint’s mobile portfolio which now includes both smartphone and tablets app on iOS and Android, giving its 7 million web and mobile ...
