Mike Wheatley
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Google Maps continues to be the most popular mapping service around, but what with increased competition from the likes of OpenStreetMap, the internet giant clearly feels that it needs to do more to entice users to stick with its offering. To do …
BigQuery Gets Bigger and Better with Batch Processing and Excel Integration
Google’s BigQuery has just received a major new update with not one, but two new features that add more functionality to the popular data set analysis tool. The updates include a new batch-processing feature that allows users to schedule queries that are …
Researchers Develop Method for Making Atomic Electronics
Electrical engineers have already achieved some pretty amazing feats. The integrated circuits used in everything from computers to coffee makers are incredibly slim these days, allowing us to develop a new breed of electronic gadgets that includes everything from every day smartphones, …
The Absurdity of Patent Trolls
Seriously, when will all of this patent BS end? Notwithstanding all the Apple-Samsung nonsense lately, Gigaom.com is now reporting news of yet another troll hoping to capitalize on America’s nonsensical patent laws to extort millions of dollars from some of the country’s …
Craigslist Gets With The Picture; Adds OpenStreetMap To Real Estate Listings
Craigslist has just been given a cartographic facelift of sorts; it’s now embedding maps to help users easily locate real estate listings on its Portland, Oregon and San Francisco websites. Unsurprisingly, the new maps are not Craigslist’s own creations. A quick look …
Using Social Media To Spot A Killer
Psychopaths aren’t that easy to spot. Those with a taste for committing violence against others are often extremely intelligent people, and on the face of it they will come across as being friendly, you might even say charming, the first time you …
Rackspace Acquires Mailgun For OpenStack Integration
Hot on the heels of a number of advances for the OpenStack community, including the news that VMware is all set to join up with the foundation and the release of Piston Cloud’s new, simplified version of the open source platform, Rackspace …
Big Data Wars: Using Predictive Analytics in Afghanistan’s War Zones
If ever there’s an argument in favor of Julian Assange releasing thousands of highly classified US documents onto the web, then surely this it. By using previously secret data supplied by WikiLeaks, a team of researchers has taken predictive analytics into a …
China’s Dating App Momo Proves Attractive To Investors
Dating is a serious game in China, with social and cultural factors dictating that, for the most part, women place equal if not more importance on material gain rather than good, old fashioned romance. But as the country modernizes and embraces western …
Big Data Tells You What To Do In A Hurricane
If you happen to live in Louisiana, Alabama or Mississippi, you could be forgiven for waking up slightly alarmed this morning at the news that Tropical Storm Isaac is heading your way, with experts predicting it will become a full-blown hurricane when …