Graph databases and graph-processing applications have been popping up all over the place lately, and now they're starting to go commercial. On Tuesday, popular open source project GraphLab joined the ranks of graph startups.
The latest estimates about human trafficking, which include individuals held against their will in the sex trade and forced laborers in agricultural, industrial, and manufacturing settings, are that at least 21 million people on the planet are currently in slavery. Show More Summary
As process nodes shrink, the need for better quality control and wafer-level monitoring grows ever more acute. Applied Materials' new TechEdge Prizm solution is designed to significantly improve the data gathering and comparison process across multiple generations of tools.
LONDON (Reuters) - Central bank intervention, the euro zone crisis and China's rise have expanded the list of data that moves markets, but surprises in measures such as PMIs and U.S. jobs numbers still pack the biggest punch.
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Google on Monday announced a change to how it offers free cloud storage to its users: 15GB will now be shared across Google Drive, Gmail and Google+. Show More Summary
ByIAEResearch: Every day consumers and enterprises create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data. In fact, 90 percent of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years. The sheer volume of the data coupled with the exponential...Show More Summary
Twitter on Monday announced the acquisition of big data analytics firm Lucky Sort. Lucky Sort is a firm that focuses on natural language data-mining and visualization tools that are used by various online partners. The company StockTwits is powered in large part by the data provided from the Lucky Sort system. Lucky Sort will begin [...]
Today's funding announcements were all over the board, from big data to e-commerce to online education to a teensy little to-do-app-done-good.
Twitter is continuing it march towards big data dominance with today’s acquisition of Lucky Sort. Lucky Sort is a natural language data-mining and visualization platform which offers various tools for analysis purposes. For example, the company powers the market intelligence visualizations for StockTwits. Based in Portland, Oregon the team at Lucky Sort will begin to [...]
Twitter has acquired the big data company Lucky Sort, the second big data company it has bought in recent weeks.
Portland, Oregon-based Lucky Sort built natural language data-mining and -visualization tools. The company partnered with...Show More Summary
While Big Data is the buzzword du jour and every agency and brand is trying to get a handle on it, there are still those who believe the big idea will always trump the "biggest" data. Amusement Park's Jimmy Smith who is a Branded Entertainment Juror for the Clios is one such person. Show More Summary
Twitter has acquired data analysis firm Lucky Sort, which will be shutting down in the coming months, said the company on its website. Lucky Sort is a visualization and navigation... Keep reading ?
Lucky Sort, a Portland, Oregon-based startup behind a visualization and navigation engine called TopicWatch that helped to discover patterns in live data streams, has been acquired by Twitter. Terms of the deal were not immediately available,...Show More Summary
The big data world is a confusing place. We’re no longer in a market dominated mostly by relational databases, and the alternatives have multiplied in a baby boom of diversity. These child prodigies of the data scene show great promise …
If the big data era is really going to revolutionize our world, visualizations that let more people make sense of data will be critical. Here are six startups trying to change how we interact with and look at our data.
Last month, during a trip to London, HP CEO Meg Whitman praised Autonomy's big data tech, calling it "almost magical" and declaring HP was "committed to Autonomy." Turns out, that commitment may have come after HP had floated Autonomy...Show More Summary
Securities lending data indicates big drop in shares borrowed, but any stumbles could bring back the shorts.
Big data startup LucidWorks has raised $10 million to help enterprise companies "turn multi-structured data into business gold."
A new centralized database being developed by the American Wind Wildlife Institute will help wind energy developers minimize the impact of future projects on wildlife.
Last week SAP introduced a cloud-based version of its in-memory database, two major Big Data vendors entered a partnership, and Russian ad specialist Tinkoff Digital adopted NoSQL to realize efficiencies across the board. On Wednesday SAP pulled the curtains back … Continue reading ?