Big data in a historical context
Tweet Excellent stuff from Alan Patrick on his Broadstuff blog, talking about the 70s, 80s and 90s versions of big data – or “data”, they were...
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Data exhaust trails
Tweet Another useful insight from Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think: A term of art has emerged to describe the digital tr...
Datafication
Tweet “Big data” as a term reminds me of “social media” a few years ago. It is in danger – through mis-use and over-use – of...
Crowdsensing: mobile data and predictive algorithms
Tweet In Pakistan, mobile data has helped the authorities predict where an epidemic will break out: Researchers working for the Pakistani government developed a...