Mark Daley, Daley is Associate Professor & SHARCNET Research Chair at Western UniversityBy Mark DaleyThe tools and methodologies of “Big Data” provide us with new – necessarily automated – ways to boil down vast quantities of data into a form that is easier to digest. Critical tools include algorithms for dimensionality reduction, machine learning and large-scale visualization.Beyond Big Data, many […]
Facebook (FB) started its life as a publicly traded company with disappointment. FB stock crashed about 50% in the four months after its 2012 IPO.But in 2013, Facebook stock has found new life. The social media giant is up over 60% year-to-date.However, it’s impossible to overlook the past problems at Facebook and the recent softness in FB stock after a […]
Facebook (FB) has been on quite a run in 2013, up 100% from its summer lows. But after peaking at almost $55 a share in October, FB stock is fading fast.And given some of the sentiment lately, Facebook stock could remain under pressure for some time.On the sentiment front, big-time investors are starting to sour on this social media giant. […]
