Category: Information Visualization

  • The data factory is the next industrial revolution

    Sequoia’s Sir Michael Moritz: The ‘data factory’ is the next Industrial Revolution Jolie O’Dell, venturebeat.com Early Bird Tick­ets on Sale SAN FRAN­CIS­CO — Com­pu­ta­tion power, appli­ca­tions, device and ser­vices costs, and stor­age are expe­ri­enc­ing a dra­mat­ic upheaval not unlike the Indus­tri­al Rev­o­lu­tion of cen­turies past. All that adds … http://flip.it/T6dGj Related articles Sequoia’s Sir Michael…

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  • The economic benefits of a tiny house

    Cramming Into A Tiny House May Not Be So Bad Lily Hay Newman, gizmodo.com Between crippling recessions and human environmental impact things have gotten complicated, and frankly kind of negative. That may be why the small house movement is so appealing. Downsizing everything means less stuff to buy and maintain.… http://flip.it/CsudH Related articles At First,…

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  • Karma low cost wifi hotspot

    (via Karma Review: Finally, A Wi-Fi Hotspot That Isn’t Trying To Screw You | Popular Science) Related articles ‘Your social hotspot’: Karma wants to change mobile data (nextlevelofnews.com) Do Karma and FreedomPop use the same wireless network(s)? (ask.metafilter.com)

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  • Microsoft Nokia deal proves Apple was right all along

    Microsoft-Nokia Deal Proves Apple Was Right All Along Pete Pachal, mashable.com Microsoft has gone ahead and made it official by slipping a $7.2 billion ring on Nokia’s finger to acquire the Finnish company’s phone business. The deal, which had been rumored for some time, puts that last big piece into place for Microsoft to h……

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  • 9 mobile app KPIs

    9 Mobile App KPIs to Know Lauren Drell, mashable.com Carl asks,What metrics are most important to my mobile app business?Great question, Carl — this is both an easy and difficult question to answer. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all set of key performance indicators (KPIs), but what follows is a prime… http://flip.it/0MSzR Related articles Take Your Business…

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  • LinkedIn University Pages are a case study in building big data apps the right way

    LinkedIn University Pages are a case study in building big data apps the right way Derrick Harris, gigaom.com Pro­fes­sion­al net­work LinkedIn rolled out its new Uni­ver­si­ty Pages fea­ture last week to much fan­fare, but the pages are as much as a mat­ter of smart engi­neer­ing as they are of smart busi­ness strat­e­gy. On Mon­day, LinkedIn…

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  • The STEM Crisis Is a Myth

    The STEM Crisis Is a Myth Robert N. Charette, ieee.org Photo: Justin Lewis/Getty Images You must have seen the warning a thousand times: Too few young people study scientific or technical subjects, businesses can’t find enough workers in those fields, and the country’s competitive edge is… http://flip.it/U4f0l Related articles The STEM Crisis Is a Myth…

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  • Why Are Apple, Google, Microsoft, And Samsung Interested In Best Buy?

    Why Are Apple, Google, Microsoft, And Samsung Interested In Best Buy? Ken Yeung, thenextweb.com Shop­ping is dead. Long live shop­ping. Okay, so maybe we should clar­i­fy that a bit. Brick-and-mortar stores are becom­ing a tad bit passé. Cus­tomers are flock­ing to sites like Ama­zon, eBay, and other online retail­ers to get what they want… http://flip.it/JCfjP…

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  • 15 Steps to Start your Own Tech Business

    15 Steps to Start your Own Tech Business: Part 1 Christian Reber, thenextweb.com Edi­tor’s note: This is a guest post by Chris­t­ian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wun­derkinder. Today he begins a series, cross-posted from his own blog, in which he draws on his expe­ri­ence to offer advice for aspir­ing… http://flip.it/WJpfr Related articles How…

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  • Airbnb: Bootstrappers’ Secret Weapon?

    Airbnb: Bootstrappers’ Secret Weapon? | Inc.com. Related articles Airbnb: Bootstrappers’ Secret Weapon? (inc.com) Rent a Bit of History: Basquiat’s Loft for Rent on Airbnb (design-milk.com) How Do Bootstrappers Market: The Core Principles of ‘Bootstrap Marketing’ (bootstrappist.com) World Economic Forum names YC alums Airbnb and Codecademy as 2013 Technology Pioneers (ycombinator.com)

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  • Adapt or Die: The New Technology Landscape

    Adapt or Die: The New Technology Landscape | Inc.com. Related articles Inc. Magazine Recognizes IT Services Company Oxford Consulting Group on the 2013 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies (virtual-strategy.com) 5 Ways to Get and Keep Motivated (business.time.com)

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