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Predicting the Presidential Election: What Went Wrong? (Part 2)
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?
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.
Mobile advertising now accounts for nearly half of online ad budgets
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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Digital Tipping Point: Internet Advertising Surpassing TV Advertising in 2016
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
IDC Survey Finds IoT is All About The Data
IDC just released the results of its 3rd annual survey of IoT decision-makers (press release here and webcast with IDC Vernon Turner and Carrie MacGillivray here). The IoT market is maturing, says IDC, going beyond its initial focus on connecting … Continue reading
Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines
Under pressure to remove alleged human bias from its “Trending Topics” section, in August Facebook fired the editors who were selecting and writing headlines for the stories, explaining that this “will make the product more automated.” The results of trusting algorithms … Continue reading
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60 Startups Active in the Deep Learning Market Landscape
CB Insights: As recently as 2013, the [deep learning] space saw fewer than 10 deals. But since January 2015, deep learning startups have raised over 70 equity deals in aggregate, and over $600M in equity funding since 2012… Computer Vision: … Continue reading
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The Dell-EMC Merger and the Googlization of IT
Yes, Joe Tucci is a great salesman and Michael Dell is the ultimate entrepreneur, but it is Google that is really behind the $67 billion merger. Tucci: “The waves of change we now see in our industry are unprecedented and, … Continue reading