Big Data Being Used to Find Flight 370

Sensors in Cars From Smart Data Collective: General Motors uses Onstar, which is a subsidiary of General Motors. Onstar Corporation provides subscription-based in-vehicle security, communication and remote diagnostics. These real-time diagnostics can check the health of the most important systems within cars, even while driving. This data is send back to the carmakers, which uses…

I was just reading an article on the use of data analytics to determine the sentences meted out to offenders in certain parts of the US. Criminal justice systems there use software models to predict the chances of the individual being a repeat offender and to subsequently suggest the severity of the sentence. Models can…

Our regular study of Big Data unearthed this entertaining infographic that encapsulates the state of the discipline. View it, be entertained and informed! (click on it if you need to enlarge) Via: Wikibon Big Data     Technorati Tags: big data,data analytics

Ever wondered how much employees with your job title in competing firms are earning?(will certainly come in handy if you want to change jobs!). Well, wonder no longer: it’s been anonymously put online by people working for the competitor. For instance, to see how much a Software Development Engineer II earns at Amazon USA? Do…

There’s a very nice report published by TDWI mentioning these practices. Their identity is in the table of contents, which is: 1 Introduction 2 Worst Practice 1: Buying What Analysts Want Without Considering Other Users 4 Worst Practice 2: Buying New Data Discovery Tools Without Changing the Excel Mindset 6 Worst Practice 3: Making a…

The airbnb website puts together travellers with people who have space to rent. The spaces, according to airbnb, can be anything from “futons on the floor to castles on the hilltop.” Airbnb noticed over time that some space listings attracted more clicks than others for very similar spaces. airbnb wanted to make all their listings…