Stories Tagged as
Big data
The numbers for October 28, 2014
by
Tony Wagner
Oct 28, 2014
Quantitative easing has gone on much longer than expected, but it'll end soon.
The numbers for October 17, 2014
by
Tony Wagner
Oct 17, 2014
The UN's trust fund to fight Ebola has only raised $100,000. Let's do the numbers.
A farmers market at your front door
by
Molly Wood
Oct 8, 2014
A startup that bridges the gap between local farmers and customers.
LinkedIn gives college ratings a big data twist
by
Queena Kim
Oct 7, 2014
LinkedIn makes a foray into university rankings by looking at "desirable" jobs.
Your phone knows where you are. So do marketers
by
Sam Harnett
Sep 30, 2014
Companies can use your mobile location data to learn what you do and what you buy.
Do you know what your college is doing with your data?
by
Jonah Newman
Sep 25, 2014
Schools collect loads of student data, but it's not always clear where it goes.
Four ways the web is helping TV advertising
by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 16, 2014
Big data isn't killing TV ads, it's making them more targeted and less annoying
For public good, not for profit.
How to sell your private data - if you really want to
by
Sam Harnett
Aug 27, 2014
There are a bunch of new ways you can sell your own data for profit.
To prevent crime, predict it
by
Molly Wood
Aug 27, 2014
How looking at data to predict crime trends can help -- or harm -- citizens.