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What "Big Data" can Learn from Dubai's Skyscrapers...
dbreunig: Suddenly, we love data. It’s the hero in our TV shows, saves our baseball teams, generates our art, and is the topic of the moment at Davos. Our obsession borders on religion: we believe data is infallible, containing a single, emergent truth (the Guardian’s Datablog’s subtitle is “Facts are Sacred”). If our businesses or institutions are failing we say they need more data. But when...
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Jon Stewart Crushes Fox News In The 2011 Ratings →
The reason why Fox News feels so threatened by Jon Stewart is because his program is more popular than anything not named Bill O’Reilly on the network. Not only is Stewart popular, but he is popular with the coveted young demographics that Fox News struggles with. The average Fox News viewer is 65 years old. For years, the Fox News model of success has been powered by viewers literally aging in...
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parislemon: Dear HBO →
parislemon: First and foremost, I love your content. You’ve produced several of my favorite shows over the years, and the hits keep on coming. I’d love to watch Game of Thrones now, but I can’t. You see, the only way to get your service is to be a cable subscriber, and several months ago I cut the cord. …
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“Indian cell phone subscribers, of which there are 900 million accounts, have a...”
– In India, the “missed call” as a means of communication and interaction has developed into a cultural and business norm. Also: Missed calls are being incorporated into mobile apps and services as a standard type of messaging like a text or an answered call itself. For example, an Indian cloud...
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“The study rated every U.S. county for their manufacturers’ exposure to...”
– [A new study by David Autor, Gordon Hanson, and David Dorn](a new study from David Autor, Gordon Hanson, and David Dorn) confirms common sense. It’s a vicious feedback loop: we demand WalMart prices, which puts pressure on corporations to outsource US jobs to cheaper regions, cutting our own...
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Did you know that the Japanese Shinkansen train... →
parislemon: connectedtravelling: In 2004, due to typhoons, the Shinkansen total annual delays were 42 seconds. It was a disgrace to Japan. (source) If a train were to be late for 5 minutes, everyone receives a free journey and an apology from the conductor. If a train is delayed 10 minutes, it would be in the newspaper. So to say train delays are serious business would be an...
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Netflix Secures Streaming Deal With DreamWorks →
parislemon: While the cable companies may not be directly involved here, they should be really worried about deals like this. These types of deals will keep coming, and over time, the value of cable television service will continue to fall. I just wonder how long it will be until HBO goes direct? That is, how long until you can buy it for a monthly fee without needing cable service at all?...
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