Foursquare is still making gains in users and check-ins, with the company reporting in December of last year that it had reached 45 million registered users and surpassed 5 billion check-ins. That’s up from January 2013, when Foursquare had 30 million registered users, a 50% gain in just under one year. (Foursquare did not say how many of those registered […]
A surprise weaker-than-expected US jobs report left investors wary about betting big on equities; thus leading the benchmarks to end on a mixed note. While the Dow ended in the red, S&P 500 and Nasdaq managed some gains, aided by certain defensive stocks. The drop in the blue-chip index was also consistent with weekly numbers, as only the S&P 500 […]
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January 10, 2014
Why Watson’s in Jeopardy in the Big Data Game
Watson: From TV star to business mogul
IBM yesterday announced a three-pronged initiative to establish its Watson cognitive computing services as a player […]
The speed in which information is created and put up on the Web is staggering. It will only get faster as sensors and devices, people, better tools and automation combine to move us further into the Zetabyte Era (22 figure numbers).While the information being created can help us better understand if our efforts to connect with customers and prospects are […]
Major indices ended flat on Thursday after investors hesitated from placing big bets ahead of the Friday’s non-farm payroll data. Non-farm payroll numbers may provide some indication about whether the Fed will announce any further cuts in its massive bond buying program during its upcoming meeting. Meanwhile, the number of Americans filing for the unemployment benefits declined in the previous […]
As the internet of things takes off, companies like Ford, MetLife and McLaren are using big data to transform the way consumers interact with their products and the way products interact with consumers. Our Structure Data speakers show how big data permeates a wide array of businesses.Big data is a lot more than great graphics.In his first post about the […]
Markets ended mostly in the red yesterday after Fed minutes raised concerns about fading gains from the bond purchase program. The reaction to the Fed minutes dragged Dow and S&P 500 lower, but Nasdaq managed some gains. Even the positive private jobs report failed to provide sufficient impetus. In fact, the positive numbers was a concern since such data might […]
The year started with indices settling in the red on Thursday as investors chose to book profits. Incidentally, after the benchmarks’ record multi-year annual gains in 2013, they started a year in the red for the first time since 2008. The drop came despite a fall in initial claims number, which further underscored economic strength. Tech bellwether Apple was a […]
What’s next for Big Data? Maybe a little thinning down of the industry and a little more focus.In fact, it may be underway. Google Trends shows searches of the term “Big Data” peaked in October, ending a nearly ceaseless climb that began three years earlier. Google doesn’t offer absolute numbers, but in that time there was a hundredfold increase in […]
