In this video, Crowley discusses how Foursquare has grown to 35 million users who have shared 4 billion check-ins, which are helping to power the startup’s increasingly popular search engine. Its location data are also powering a number of third-party services, from Path to Instagram to Uber. By Austin Carr of Fast Company Read More…
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3 Big Trends in Data Visualization
The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. —John W. Tukey. Exploratory Data Analysis. 1977. Data Visualization is powerful for storytelling and here are the latest 3 Trends by Jorge Garcia Read More…”
How New Satellite Data Can Predict Crop Output and Stop Famine
Remote sensing of the world’s agricultural output isn’t new, but improved software and sensors are raising this form of information gathering to new heights.
Satellite data is now used not just to monitor crop yields but also to predict them weeks in advance. This helps traders in international markets set reasonable pricing. More important, it has the potential to drastically change how food shortages are dealt with in some of the poorer parts of the world. Read More…