New Internet Monitor Report: “Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests”October 02, 2014Internet Monitor is delighted to announce the publication of “Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests,” the fourth in a series of special reports that focus on key events and new developments in Internet controls and online activity.The […]
Editor’s note: Navin Chaddha is managing director of Mayfield, an early-stage venture capital firm. Some of the companies he is currently championing include Gigya, Elastica, Lyft, MapR and Poshmark.As we enter the second half of 2014, it would be fair to say that big data has gone mainstream, attracting coffee table books, multiple industry landscapes, consumer applications, and large amounts of […]
A few days ago we posted an updated look at the Nasdaq Internet group, which tanked in March and April but has found its footing over the last few months. Below we take a look at the 30 largest components of the Internet group by running them through our trading range screen. (Give us a call at 914-315-1248 to learn […]
12:07p ET Monday, August 25, 2014Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Gold market letter writer Toby Connor’s latest commentary acknowledges that technical analysis doesn’t work with the price of gold anymore because of heavy manipulation by “the powers in the paper market.” Connor’s commentary is headlined “Manipulation Is Still Alive and Well in the Gold Market” and it’s posted at his […]
Gartner’s Hype Cycle: Big Data’s on the slippery slope Mike Wheatley | August 19thREAD MOREGartner has just released its annual Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, and it shows some interesting moves for two of the most important enterprise technologies – Big Data and the cloud. Organizations that make use of these technologies might therefore need to brace themselves as their […]
There’s big bucks in Big Data, but will we be left poorer for it? Mike Wheatley | August 13thREAD MOREWe see stories about how Big Data’s potential to change the world almost every day, especially where big business is concerned. But few people discussed the negatives it could have, such as its potential to disrupt the academic world in a […]
Wanna know what the most popular movies, albums and video games are? Ask the internet. But don’t Google it. Check what other people Googled. That’s the theory behind Google Flu Trends—which crunches search data to forecast flu prevalence. With admittedly mixed results.Nevertheless, researchers have applied the idea to the stock market. They found that when searches related to business and […]
Walking in a data-wonderland: Big Data meets virtual reality Mike Wheatley | August 12thREAD MOREOne of the biggest challenges with Big Data is that the human mind is just too feeble to comprehend such vast amounts of information. Our brains just become overwhelmed when you’re talking petabytes upon petabytes of data, but EU researchers think they’ve hit upon a way […]
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The Vikings topped the Raiders in a pre-season game that was sloppy, which we expe–SHUTUP AND TELL ME HOW TEDDY LOOKEDThere’s a lot of good and bad to take away from pre-season games, especially the first one. For one, we’re so happy football is back, we tend over over analyze things. There’s an air of optimism about the Vikings among […]
