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What is a BOT ? A BOT is a software application that runs automated tasks (scripts). Typically, bots perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone. More than half of all web traffic in today’s world is made up of bots. A Few Real […]
Target can tell when its shoppers are pregnant. Facebook conducts social experiments on us to see if we are emotionally vulnerable. How? Data intelligence! All this is possible because we share detailed information about ourselves with companies in almost every aspect of our life. When we browse on the internet, we leave behind a trail […]
Netflix and its revolutionary use of Big Data When Netflix forayed into original programming by committing $100 million for two seasons of House of Cards, it did so without even watching the pilot. What made Netflix so confident that it thought this decision was a no-brainer? Big Data! Netflix is, at its core, a […]
In 2008, Google launched Google Flu Trends (GFT) to predict the spread of influenza across the US. The service was able to predict flu outbreaks one to two weeks faster than the CDC whose numbers were based on reports from doctors. Google did this not by talking to patients or doctors but by determining the […]
How Tesla is changing the world with technology Tesla is a company that takes data and technology seriously. Its highly sophisticated cars, often praised as iPads with wheels, are equipped to allow for two-way connections between the car and the manufacturer. Tesla instruments its cars to collect all kinds of data in the form […]