Modelling: Big Data & Society – UCL CoMPLEX Annual Conference …

The UCL CoMPLEX Annual Conference continued the theme of Big Data, which has figured quite prominently in conferences this year. The speakers at this year’s CoMPLEX annual conference, Dr David Weston (Birkbeck), Dr Drew Purves (Microsoft Research), Professor Gesine Reinert (Oxford), Dr Peter White (Imperial, Public Health England), Professor Michael Stumpf (Imperial) and Professor Chris Gilligan (Cambridge, newly announced Chair of […]

Brand New Site Design Launched Today – Stock Trading To Go

Welcome to the all new StockTradingToGo (STTG).Over the past month I have been working with Emily from Emily White Designs to give STTG a face lift. There were three primary goals:Make the site 100% responsive. Finally, no matter what device you are using to access the site (phone, tablet, PC, etc), you will have a smooth experience.
Speed things up. WordPress coupled with Genesis […]

Big data companies collect, mine and sell 75k personal details on …

Big data companies collect, mine and sell 75k personal details on each customer
Published time: May 14, 2014 17:55  […]

So what if the stock market is rigged? – – MSN Money

There have been claims about the market being rigged for institutions and against individual investors for years, but they have become much louder since the release of Michael Lewis’s best-selling book “Flash Boys,” which details how high-frequency traders have wormed their way into the market, developing an information edge that gives them a window of milliseconds where they can front-run […]

Big Data analysis from the White House: understanding the debate …

Danah boyd, founder of the critical Big Data think/do tank Data and Society, writes about the work she did with the White House on Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values [PDF]. Boyd and her team convened a conference called The Social, Cultural & Ethical Dimensions of “Big Data” (read the proceedings here), and fed the conclusions from that event back […]

Summary of White House Big Data Privacy Report: 'Give Feds More …

Credit: JD Hancock / photo on flickrIn January, the Obama
administration put together a “working group” to analyze how huge
swaths of Americans’ data are being gathered and stored and what
sort of privacy issues need to be addressed. The group’s report was
just released this week.Before you ask: No, it’s not about the National Security Agency
(NSA) sweeping up huge amounts of metadata from […]

FACT SHEET: Big Data and Privacy Working Group Review | The …

The White HouseOffice of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 01, 2014 FACT SHEET: Big Data and Privacy […]

Bank of America Corp (BAC) news: Stock Market Myopia: Why …

SummaryBank of America is still struggling with legacy issues, but most of its operations have been stabilized.

Many investors are mostly focused on the legacy issues, but they are neglecting the bank’s asset base.

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The Beginner's Guide to Social Media Metrics: Sentiment

Social media can be an incredibly important tool for your business. But it can also be overwhelming. You’re following what’s being said about your industry and brand, your team is trying to produce and share great content, you’re interacting with customers, finding prospects and you’re trying to make sense of it all. The biggest question you’re most likely trying to […]