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Big Data News of the Week: Sexy and Social Data Scientists Gil Press, forbes.com In a week when tech vendors traditionally go on a news hiatus, the people who actually do big data came to the fore. InformationWeek reported on the gathering of nearly three dozen data scientists from academia and… http://flpbd.it/qnGXj Related articles Big…
Cyber Corps program trains spies for the digital age By Ken Dilanian, Washington Bureau, latimes.com NATION At the University of Tulsa school, students learn to write computer viruses, hack digital networks and mine data from broken cellphones. Many graduates head to the CIA or NSA. TULSA, Okla. — Jim Thavisay is secretly stalking one of…
Major Utilities Adopt Opower’s New Energy Engagement Platform Beth Buczynski, earthtechling.com Until more national governments adopt aggressive strategies to speed clean energy development, conservation remains the simplest and most effective carbon reduction tactic. The question that remains is how? Utilities and… http://flpbd.it/WVHAu Related articles Opower Voted Best Potential Investment at Conference (blogs.wsj.com) A Little Guilt,…
CrashPlan offers Carbonite users a free year of cloud backup | Marketplace Blog – CNET Reviews. Related articles Fastest backup solution for your digital life (technorati.com) How to set up CrashPlan Cloud Backup headless on a Synology NAS – Backup Strategies (hanselman.com) Carbonite Ranked 51st Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2012 Technology…
How I learned a language in 22 hours Joshua Foer, guardian.co.uk He’s never been good with languages, so can Joshua Foer really hope to learn Lingala in a day? “What do you know about where I come from?” That was one of the first questions I ever asked Bosco Mongousso, an Mbendjele pygmy who lives…
Obama’s data geeks add up to four more years John Naughton, guardian.co.uk Mastery of the numbers game meant the president’s team was able to exploit its database more effectively than Romney, reeling in £1bn in donations Some years ago I went to a lecture given by Professor David MacKay, who in addition to being a……
Turn Your Smartphone Camera into a Pocketable Photographic Memory Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com Several apps exist to help you remember the many things you’d otherwise forget, but perhaps none are quite as useful and efficient as your camera. Typing takes time. Snapping a photo only takes a moment, and there are so many ways you ……
The Wealth & Health of Nations tumblr.com An interactive graphic on “The Wealth and Health of Nations” by Mike Bostock, the graphics editor at the New York Times and creator of the D3 JavaScript Data Visualization Library. This is a recreation of the famous GapMinder… http://flpbd.it/66nDz Related articles Comparing the Perception of Wealth Inequality in…
Mapping Racist Tweets in Response to President Obama’s Re-election Matthew Zook, floatingsheep.org Note: for questions about the methodology/approach of this post, see the FAQ (added 16:20 EST 11/9/2012). Note: as of 11:00 EST 11/10/2012, we have disabled commenting on this post. During the day after the 2012… http://flpbd.it/nZi5W Related articles Judge who sent racist email…
This Week in God Steve Benen, msnbc.com First up from the God Machine this week is a look at the 2012 presidential election, and the differences along religious lines. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life published a report this week based on exit polling data, and I put… http://flpbd.it/uLnnb
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