Massachusetts to Tackle Big Data With MIT, Intel
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With several big data initiatives announced Wednesday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Governor Deval Patrick said he wants to make the state a hub for big data research.
The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT announced a new program called bigdata@CSAIL, which will make more sense of vast amounts of data generated by the financial, medical, social media and security industries.
"We'll organize the resources at MIT to advance research and train the next generation of data scientists," Patrick said.
Intel announced that it will establish the new Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Big Data at CSAIL.
"We are witnessing an unprecedente[...]
Continue ReadingThe Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT announced a new program called bigdata@CSAIL, which will make more sense of vast amounts of data generated by the financial, medical, social media and security industries.
"We'll organize the resources at MIT to advance research and train the next generation of data scientists," Patrick said.
Intel announced that it will establish the new Intel Science and Technology Center (ISTC) for Big Data at CSAIL.
"We are witnessing an unprecedente[...]
Y Combinator’s Harj Taggar On Bad Pitches, Learning To Code, And The Power Of Hacker News [TCTV]
Posted by TechCrunch
Paul Graham may be the most public face of Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator, but as the firm has grown so has its managing team. One of the first people to join YC as a partner besides its founders was Harjeet Taggar, an Oxford-educated entrepreneur who first came on the startup scene as the co-founder of Auctomatic, a company in YC’s 2007 class that went on to be acquired by Live Current Media in 2008.
Though he’s relatively young, once you hear Taggar speak for a few minutes you get why YC snapped him up as a partner — he’s got a great balance between being very smart and savvy while also having the humility to be curious and willing to learn above all[...]
Continue ReadingThough he’s relatively young, once you hear Taggar speak for a few minutes you get why YC snapped him up as a partner — he’s got a great balance between being very smart and savvy while also having the humility to be curious and willing to learn above all[...]
Larry Ellison Has Learned To Embrace Cloud Computing, Not Convinced It’s An “Incredible New Thing”
Posted by TechCrunch
Oracle’s Larry Ellison has acquired a reputation as a cloud computing opponent — after all, he famously called the term “complete gibberish” a few years ago. Today, however, he said, “I’m no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.”
In fact, Ellison made it sound like he doesn’t get enough credit for starting the trend: “NetSuite was my idea. I called up Evan Goldberg and said, ‘We’re going to do ERP on the Internet.’” That, he said, was an early example of software-as-a-service, and Salesforce.com co-founder Marc Benioff (who has worked to tie his company’s identity to the cloud) copied the idea a few mon[...]
Continue ReadingIn fact, Ellison made it sound like he doesn’t get enough credit for starting the trend: “NetSuite was my idea. I called up Evan Goldberg and said, ‘We’re going to do ERP on the Internet.’” That, he said, was an early example of software-as-a-service, and Salesforce.com co-founder Marc Benioff (who has worked to tie his company’s identity to the cloud) copied the idea a few mon[...]
You built it but they didn’t come: 8 tricks for marketing your mobile app
Posted by VentureBeat
If a tree falls in the forest, does anyone hear it? And if your app joins the 50 bajillion other apps already on the market, will anyone notice?
I’ve had the privilege of building apps with hundreds of thousands of downloads, but sadly, the default answer is a big, bold no. In fact, a recent study revealed that 60 percent of apps don’t make money. You, however, want to be in the 40 percent. Don’t leave it up to luck, take action.
In a roughly descending order of importance, here are some ways to beat the odds:
I know it’s shocking, but great apps are going to sell better than crappy apps. So make sure you’re working on something great!
That could be a tot[...]
Meeker data: Mobile web growing fast, but monetization is piss poor
Posted by VentureBeat
Of all the eye-opening stats that analyst and VC Mary Meeker dropped today with her annual Internet Trends report, one of the scariest for marketers and publishers was just how poorly mobile usage is being monetized.
In a world that is rapidly adopting smartphones, tablets, and everything in between, there is a serious disconnect between making money from users of those devices versus users of desktops and laptops. Frankly, it’s a little scary for those who make a living from the web.
First, the good news: People are rapidly adopting mobile devices and mobile Internet traffic is growing quickly. The total amount of Internet traffic coming from mobile now sits at about 10 percent versus[...]
Continue ReadingIn a world that is rapidly adopting smartphones, tablets, and everything in between, there is a serious disconnect between making money from users of those devices versus users of desktops and laptops. Frankly, it’s a little scary for those who make a living from the web.
First, the good news: People are rapidly adopting mobile devices and mobile Internet traffic is growing quickly. The total amount of Internet traffic coming from mobile now sits at about 10 percent versus[...]
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