Big consulting firms are acquiring design firms for creative inspiration

Big Corporations Are Buying Design Firms in Droves Nathan Hurst, wired.com Accenture announced yesterday it will acquire design firm Fjord, making the consulting firm one of a growing list of multi-faceted companies that are integrating design into their product by buying whole studios.

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Making Visible the Invisible: Meaning, Not Content, Matters in Social Data

Making Visible the Invisible: Meaning, Not Content, Matters in Social Data
Eric Openshaw and Alexander Pentland, Vice Chairman, Deloitte and Founder/Director, MIT Connection Science and Engineering Center, allthingsd.com

There is no ques­tion that in today’s con­nect­ed world — where few activ­i­ties go untracked and undig­i­tized — social data is every­where, being gen­er­at­ed by the ter­abyte. Fast on the heels of social data are innu­mer­able ideas for…

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