Tag: data
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Cash, Paranoia Fuel Tech Giants’ Buying Binge
Nice pice on disruption fear driven tech M&A: From messaging to watches and thermostats, Facebook and Google, along with Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc., each want to own the digital platform where people communicate, shop and seek entertainment. The competition is driven by their ability to pay—their combined market capitalization exceeds $1 trillion—and long memories…
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Developers gorging on speed and data
I like how Alex sums up the current, overriding approach to development in passing: Speed is the differentiator in almost any market that is getting disrupted by online services. In turn, online providers need faster ways to serve their customers. For example, a physical retailer will have to increasingly find new ways to minimize the…
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The link between freedom and money, data edition
Commercial services—including those used by Fortune 500 companies—outsourced to India typically consist of information technology outsourcing or business process outsourcing. For example, IBM likely employs the majority of its employees in India, where they process bank records, perform financial analyses, and write software. Chinese workers can no doubt handle these tasks, but given the reports…
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Mobile, Informed Consent, and the Permission First Web
As IBM now cleverly says Mobile isn’t a Device, Its Data… We’re heading into a beautiful, bright, future where Data is Eating The World and solving tough problems… —Mobile, Informed Consent, and the Permission First Web
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