Lessons from Yahoo’s chart buttonsThe news today is that the stock market is up! It’s hitting new record highs! Look at the chart! Here’s what the market did today:It opened up, thanks to the morning’s excellent jobs report, and then it kept on rising, and closed the half-day session with a gain of 0.55%.A gain of 0.55% is pretty normal […]
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In this video clip, Marlon Bailey, Lead Software Architect for Hosted Systems at SmartBear Software, explains why the science behind big data isn’t quite as new as everyone makes it seem, and why he doesn’t necessarily buy into the hyperbole that surrounds the buzzword itself.See also:Hearts for Carts: Join the fight against shopping cart abandonment
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Dear Lifehacker,I’ve been hearing more and more about “big data.” What is it, and is it something I should be worried about? Is this another way companies harvest my data and sell it? Sincerely,Bewitched by BuzzwordsDear Bewitched by Buzzwords,”Big data” is the latest tech industry buzz-phrase. Depending on who you ask, it either represents a threat to personal privacy, or […]
Proof the Stock Market Is Being RiggedBy Bill Bonner, Chairman, Bonner & Partners on June 18, 2014We are still reeling.Yesterday, we reported that central banks are major buyers of stocks.Their policy of suppressing yields on bonds has pushed them to stretch for higher returns in the stock market. A recent report by a central bank research and advisory group called […]
Come along with me on a journey through the Big Data Archipelago. It involves “visiting” a series of islands – an archipelago if you will – that each present a different opportunity to find value in big data.Big data is arguably one of the most overhyped buzzwords in business today, yet we can’t call it a mere “buzzword” because it’s […]
Over the last several years, many of the traditional tools and economic assumptions used for understanding the financial system have been slowly replaced by more powerful tools originally developed by physicists, biologists, or even engineers.Dr. Hamid Benbrahim, a data scientist and expert in finance, machine learning, and robotics, explains how the financial system is a complex adaptive system and that […]
Big Data Veracity and the Value of Doubt
by David Lawson | Jun 11, 2014 | Big Data, Cognitive Computing, knowledge, Relationships, Veractiy |
The fourth V of Big Data – Veracity – is not talked about a lot perhaps because it brings up the uncomfortable reality of the inherent uncertainty of data, especially Big Data. The more data sources you […]
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Originally published June 9, 2014 at 6:27 AM | Page modified June 9, 2014 at 11:02 PM
NEW YORK — Call it the ho-hum market. Another day, another record high.News of a handful of corporate deals sent some stocks jumping Monday. And Family Dollar climbed following news that investor Carl Icahn has taken a stake in the company.With […]
