Wearables a technology which aims to make life easier. With wearable technology, learning more about yourself has not only become high tech but also real time. From devices and apps that help you track heart rate and food consumption details to gadget that monitor your mood and even surrounding air. According to an April 10th press release from International Data Corporation … [Read more...] about 4 Major Ways Wearables Improve Your Life
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Your Wearable Christmas Present Is All About Big Data
Christmas is the time to give presents and according to Google this years top present will be wearables such as the Fitbit or Jawbone. Google analysed the trending gift searches for 2014 and the research revealed that wearable technology is gaining serious attention this month. Also Staples expects that wearables will be hot this year. According to them, mainstream adopters … [Read more...] about Your Wearable Christmas Present Is All About Big Data
Giving The Data Back
I am male. I live in Shoreditch. I have blue eyes. A cat called Sam. I like hot chocolate. And I am 28 years old. This is data. Data is our lives, and forms our identities. These personal details are what we relinquish when we start using free services like Facebook, Google, Amazon and Twitter. This mix of trail, data and pictures that create a disembodied digital aura that is … [Read more...] about Giving The Data Back
“The Internet of Everything” means Nothing
Possibly the most vague, all encompassing phrase is The Internet of Everything. Its ridiculous. This ambiguous term which literally harbours everything from email data capture forms to complicated algorithms which analyse and scrutinise the financial markets, has come as a result of our lack of comprehension around Big Data (another completely abstract term which frivolously … [Read more...] about “The Internet of Everything” means Nothing
How To Protect Your Privacy In The Big Data Era?
Many of us have read the book 1984, where George Orwell describes a society with omnipresent government surveillance and without privacy. The PRISM scandal revealed that the United States, and most probably many other countries, is already trying to get a grasp on the vast amounts of data being created today in order to stop terrorism and detect criminal activities. Most … [Read more...] about How To Protect Your Privacy In The Big Data Era?
