To wait or not to wait? Hopper takes the guesswork out of flight purchases
Hopper uses a huge database of historical airfare data and daily sweeps of prices across multiple sites to predict future prices.
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DeepMind: Who Needs Data to Learn?
How Alphabet may have eliminated its data advantage when it bought DeepMind.
Glow: Where Data Meets Baby-Making
You use your phone to hail rides, to order food, to fact-check the outlandish claims your friends make during dinner conversations… can your phone also help you get pregnant?
Minority Report IRL: Palantir and Predictive Policing
Palantir started as a data mining company focused on intelligence and defense, but has expanded in the past 15 years to be among the largest unicorns in the country, working in local government, financial services, and beyond
Big Data — A deal recommended for YOU
How is Big Data and Recommendation Engines shaping customers’ preferences and experiences in e-commerce?
Nest: One step closer to creating our modern-day JARVIS
With Marvel Studio’s first installment of Iron Man in 2008, I have fantasized about my very own real-life JARVIS. Google has for years taken steps that seem to be bringing us closer to our own version of that reality, most […]
AMEX – Providing Data Driven Insights for Businesses
American Express took a new step forward in data analytics in November, 2017 when they launched American Express Advance, a state of the art, predictive analytics marketing platform for business clients.
SOFI
Historically, financial institutions have relied on FICO credit scores to determine whether or not to make loans to individuals. SoFi uses customer data to personalize lending, enabling them to offer lower rates and savings for customers. SoFi was initially […]
Top Stock Market API Providers – A Guide for Investors
A review of the top-notch stock APIs in 2020-2021 for tech-savvy investors, asset managers, and software developers.
Sephora: Staying Ahead of the Amazon Threat
Sephora should consider monetizing its personalization features, powered by consumer data on beauty preferences, to maintain its competitive edge.