Author Archives: GilPress

About GilPress

I'm Managing Partner at gPress, a marketing, publishing, research and education consultancy. Also a Senior Contributor forbes.com/sites/gilpress/. Previously, I held senior marketing and research management positions at NORC, DEC and EMC. Most recently, I was Senior Director, Thought Leadership Marketing at EMC, where I launched the Big Data conversation with the “How Much Information?” study (2000 with UC Berkeley) and the Digital Universe study (2007 with IDC). Twitter: @GilPress

50 Years of Augmented and Virtual Reality

Posted on November 14, 2016 by GilPress
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Predicting the Presidential Election: What Went Wrong? (Part 2)

Posted on November 11, 2016 by GilPress

Wall Street Journal: When asked about what qualities matter most, about four in 10 people picked the ability to bring about change, and Mr. Trump won more than 80% of their votes. Mrs. Clinton was heavily favored by voters who … Continue reading →

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Predicting the Presidential Election: What Went Wrong?

Posted on November 10, 2016 by GilPress

KDnuggets: …a good lesson for Data Scientists is to question their assumptions and to be especially skeptical when predicting a rare event with limited history using human behavior.

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Machine Learning and AI Market Landscape, 2016

Posted on November 9, 2016 by GilPress

Shivon Zilis and James Cham, O’Reilly: For the first time, a “one stop shop” of the machine intelligence stack is coming into view—even if it’s a year or two off from being neatly formalized. The maturing of that stack might explain why … Continue reading →

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Country Ranking of IoT Preparedness

Posted on November 8, 2016 by GilPress

IDC: [This is an] updated index ranking the Group of 20 (G20) nations on their preparedness for Internet of Things (IoT) development. The original index was first published in 2013 but this updated index is now comprised of 13 criteria … Continue reading →

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Mobile advertising now accounts for nearly half of online ad budgets

Posted on November 4, 2016 by GilPress

Financial Times: Spending on mobile advertising in the US soared 89 per cent to $15.5bn in the first half of the year, taking up nearly half of online ad budgets, new data show. Mobile makes up 47 per cent of … Continue reading →

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9 Categories of Data Scientists

Posted on November 3, 2016 by GilPress

DataViz: Those strong in statistics: they sometimes develop new statistical theories for big data, that even traditional statisticians are not aware of. They are expert in statistical modeling, experimental design, sampling, clustering, data reduction, confidence intervals, testing, modeling, predictive modeling … Continue reading →

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Fintech Financing Worldwide 2010-2015

Posted on November 2, 2016 by GilPress
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Updated Laws of Robotics

Posted on November 1, 2016 by GilPress
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Digital Tipping Point: Internet Advertising Surpassing TV Advertising in 2016

Posted on October 27, 2016 by GilPress

On October 27, 1994, HotWired, the first commercial Web magazine, gave birth to the first Web banner ad and the Internet advertising industry. PwC predicts that Internet advertising revenues worldwide will surpass TV advertising in 2016 and reach $260.4 billion in … Continue reading →

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