23andme: The power of genetic correlations
Science brings you far, a ton of data brings you farther.
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Legendary Pictures: Using Data to Make and Market Movies
Legendary Pictures uses data to better target audiences and to minimize the risk of new film projects.
Real-life ‘Minority Report’
PredPol, crime prediction service
Zynga: Big Data Company Disgused as Gaming Company?
Zynga is a social casual gaming company that uses petabytes of data to create value in its products.
The Business of Hillary vs. Trump
Data aggregation and cleaning – what we can learn from the US presidential elections.
Palantir- A Secretive Unicorn
On December 14th, 2016 President-Elect Donald Trump met with the leaders of the largest tech firms in the US. Seated directly across from Mr. Trump was a relatively unknown 49 year Ph.D. named Alex Karp-CEO of Palantir Technologies.
Starbucks — Grinding Data
Coffee giant Starbucks has mounds of data, and they're putting it to good use marketing to customers and locating new stores.
Google AlphaGo: How a recreational program will change the world
AlphaGo program shocked the world by defeating Lee Sedol, the world champion in Go. This post talks about how Google used data and algorithms to achieve this and how a seemingly recreational program will create and capture value for Google
Tableau Software – Unlocking Insights in Data
In a world with no shortage of data, Tableau Software offers an incredible product to quickly analyze large data sets and rapidly produce high-quality visualizations.
Self-Driving Ships?
Rolls-Royce is using Big Data to make ships smarter and eventually drive themselves