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]]>Sign up for our weekly newsletters, and you’ll get the latest insights from our Dylan’s Desk and DeanBeat columns before they’re published on VentureBeat.Two days at VentureBeat’s DataBeat conference this week have convinced me that “big data” is real and potentially transformative — but, […]

RavenPack Sentiment News: The Challenges of Social Media …

As we expand RavenPack’s coverage from regular news sources to social media, including Twitter, we face several complex challenges, including the unique language used by microbloggers; the problem of source reputation; issues related to security and abuse of accounts and, lastly, whether news actually breaks on Twitter versus news sites.

These challenges were some of the topics I discussed at a […]

OLSET Raises $1.1 Million To Personalize Your Business Travel …

OLSET wants to make travel better for the business workers tasked with planning their own trips through online travel sites. And to do so, it’s just raised $1.1 million in seed funding.The company was founded to provide a platform that enables business travelers to search for accommodations, and match them up with the three most highly ranked hotels based on […]

TVB gauges viewer sentiment with social media analytics SaaS …

Tag: big data analyticsentertainmentIBMsocial mediaTVBHong Kong’s TV broadcaster Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) has adopted a cloud-based social media analytics solution to gain insights from audience feedback made on social media platforms.Using IBM’s Social Media Analytics solution, TVB is now able to gauge audience attitudes, expressed through comments posted across a wide range of social networks and online forums.Being the first […]

Sentiment Analysis Innovation Summit 2014: Day 1 Highlights

Highlights from the presentations by opinion mining experts from Twitter, eBay and Samsung on Day 1 of Sentiment Analysis Innovation Summit 2014 in San Francisco. By Anmol Rajpurohit (@hey_anmol), May 14, 2014.Sentiment Analysis Innovation Summit 2014 (May 1-2, 2014) held in San Francisco, CA was organized by the Innovation Enterprise. The summit brought together experts from industry and academia for […]

FB Stock – The Biggest Threats to Facebook Right Now – The Slant

Unlikable

Facebook (FB) is everywhere, with nearly 1.3 billion users according to its last earnings report. That’s means by this math, 1 out of every 6 people in the world use Facebook!But here’s the thing: Just because the service is everywhere doesn’t mean that Facebook as a company or FB stock as an investment are destined to succeed.Plenty of products with wide reach struggle […]

The Negative Sentiment On Twitter Is Temporary – Seeking Alpha

SummaryThe stock is selling off based on textbook supply and demand economics. High volume selling is likely to continue over the short term.

Audience metrics grew in key categories, and since the business has high profit margins, the incremental revenue growth adds significant value.
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Mobile And Social Drive Big Data's Potential – Business Insider

BI IntelligenceThe world is awash in data.
The advent of smartphone-based computing had led to much more internet-based activity, as well as new opportunities to collect location data. The consumer stampede into social media means that the tastes, preferences, and frustrations of billions are shared online. In a couple of recent reports from BI Intelligence, we take stock of how […]

Daily State Of The Markets: History Doesn't Suggest Major …

The question of the day is relatively straightforward at this time: Will we see a meaningful decline (defined as a loss of -10 percent or more) on the S&P 500 in the near term or not?From the bears’ perspective, the answer is an unequivocal “yes.” Our furry friends cite the ongoing mo-mo meltdown [Social Media (SOCL), Internet (FDN), and Biotech […]

Social media sentiment analysis on 24 – Live Another Day: Are you …

Analysis of people’s
perception on 24 – Live Another Day
It
takes Mr Holmes several days to
finish the job. Batman took years to do it. But this guy, he only needs
24
hours and the job is done. Yes, Jack Bauer. Is there really anything
that this
guy can’t do? He has already surpassed the likes of Chuck Norris,
Arnold etc.Are
you really up for this
marathon? He has […]