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Big picture, Big Data and big ideas: TripAdvisor on where mobile …

Joost Schreve, vice president of mobile at TripAdvisor, probably has one of the best jobs in the travel industry.The former-CEO of Everytrail (the company was bought by TripAdvisor in February 2011) doesn’t really have to get involved in sales or the direct commercial activities of TripAdvisor’s products – instead, he oversees the company’s development of mobile products and gets to […]

Big data is making small biz smarter via ThriveHive's marketing-in-a …

How can you leverage mobile to increase profitability for your company? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat’s 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. There are only a few tickets left!Big data meets small business?Two years ago almost to the day, ThriveHive closed a $1.5 million seed round. Now the company’s everything-in-a-box small business […]

FuturePerfect Ventures Is A Small Fund Launched To Back …

Looking to harness the flood of data streaming from every networked and sensor-enabled smart device, computer, and machine that circumscribe our modern world, FuturePerfect Ventures has launched a small venture fund to focus on the bedeviling problem of big data.Founded by Jalak Jobanputra, the former director of mobile investments for the Omidyar Network, and previously senior vice president of the […]

Couchbase Adds $60 Million As Big Data Demands Loom …

As the need for new computing infrastructure tools accelerates, thanks to the demands of distributed computing and the proliferation of mobile devices, startups focused on new data management and data processing technologies are raising big rounds to propel the next generation of computing.Couchbase, which has raised $60 million in new financing from new investors WestSummit and Accel Growth Fund, is […]

This new mobile app uses big data to analyze your face – VentureBeat

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The prescription for popularity: big data analytics offer a cure for TV …

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Twitter's $100 Million Big Data Business – Business Insider

Jim Edwards / BITwitter CEO Dick CostoloSee AlsoHere’s How Retailers Are Really Using Social Media To Boost SalesMost People On Twitter Don’t Actually TweetTwitter Engineer Denies Rape ChargesTwitter today acquired Gnip, a company that had access to Twitter’s “firehose” of data and packaged it for resale to other companies that want to slice and dice it.
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Driving Big Data: Why Your Car Is the Next Media Frontier / Say Daily

Driving Big Data: Why Your Car Is the Next Media FrontierApr. 4, 2014 in Home Page, Media Insight, Mobile, The Week in VennData is the next Intel Inside.- Tim O’ReillyThe highway and the information superhighway have literally merged and your car is becoming the center of your connected universe, churning out an amazing amount of big data (and media) […]