Long before capitalism and big corporations ruled the world, we used to survive using different tactics: sharing. Bartering, sharing skills, and helping one another in order to feed ourselves and keep sheltered was simply a necessity. These days, were starting to shift back to those roots with the sharing economya concept that would not be possible in modern times without the … [Read more...] about How Big Data Makes the Sharing Economy Possible
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How Blockchain Could Help End Poverty in All Its Forms
Technological advancements have reduced global poverty significantly in the past 100 years. Although many people have been able to leave poverty due to this, however, still more than 1.3 billion people live in extreme poverty. Extreme poverty is defined as having less than $1.25 to spend every day. There are a wide variety of causes for poverty, which differ per country, but in … [Read more...] about How Blockchain Could Help End Poverty in All Its Forms
5 Steps to Winning in the Data Economy
2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day (source: IBM). In addition to legacy modes of data generation, new behaviours like social media posts, digital pictures and videos, activity tracker usage, and IoT sensor measurements have accelerated the pace of data generation. The astounding amount of data generated is hard to comprehend, let alone understand how to put to … [Read more...] about 5 Steps to Winning in the Data Economy
Big Data Impacts Society, But What Will Be The Impact Of Society On Big Data?
Since McKinsey wrote a well-known report about Big Data in May 2011 and called it the next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity, we have come a long way. In the past year 12% of organisations have developed a Big Data strategy, while 70% of the respondents of a SAS survey said that they were planning or already started a Big Data project. More interesting … [Read more...] about Big Data Impacts Society, But What Will Be The Impact Of Society On Big Data?
