The Business of Predicting and Winning Elections
How data brokers and cutting-edge social science have reshaped the modern political campaign.
Law and Government
Visa and Mastercard are LOSING fast to Indian alternatives
With the aggressive push towards UPI and Rupay by the Indian Government, global giants Visa and Mastercard are losing their dominance as Digital Payments Ecosystem in India proliferates.
Silicon Valley’s Secretive Big Data Unicorn
Backed by In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm, is this company making all of the right relationships to succeed in the big data world?
FiveThirtyEight and the Big Data Fail: Election 2016
Statistics junkie Nate Silver uses data to predict everything from internet slang to Oscar winners to the US Presidential election.
Mark 43: Redefining Law Enforcement in a Mobile World
Mark43, a police force SaaS platform, shows that software can eat the government, too.
White House Petitions: “We the People” gone wrong
The White House petition platform has been largely ineffective in raising legitimate issues and generates significantly more attention for outlandish requests, such as the creation of a Death Star.
Ravel Law: Unraveling Justice Through Big Data
Ravel Law has employed digital tools to brilliantly upset the status quo of a digital-phobic industry.
Politico: A sharp focus on digital audience
Few industries have been disrupted more brutally in the last ten years than the news industry. More people are reading and sharing news stories than ever before, but few of the companies that create those news stories are in a position to capture the value they create. […]