Big data in a historical context
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
Another useful insight from Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think: A term of art has emerged to …
Datafication
“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
In Pakistan, mobile data has helped the authorities predict where an epidemic will break out: Researchers working for the Pakistani government developed an early epidemic …