With Personal Data, Predictive Apps Stay a Step Ahead
Apps that proactively help people with their lives represent a significant departure from earlier approaches to software.
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Logging Life with a Lapel Camera
A startup believes people will want a photographic record of their lives, taken at 30-second intervals.
Stephen Wolfram on Personal Analytics
The creator of the Wolfram Alpha search engine explains why he thinks your life should be measured, analyzed, and improved.
Has Big Data Made Anonymity Impossible?
As the amount of data expands exponentially, nearly all of it carries someone’s digital fingerprints.
The Data Made Me Do It
The next frontier for big data is the individual.
Energy Department Backs New Way to Make Diesel from Corn
A novel chemical pathway could address the high cost of transporting cellulosic materials to make diesel fuel.
Software Predicts Which Companies Are an Easy Sell
A former Yahoo search engineer raises funds to bring sophisticated data mining and modeling to the business world.
Wanted: A Print Button for 3-D Objects
A lack of accessible design tools is holding back 3-D printing.
Why Big Companies Are Investing in a Service that Listens to Phone Calls
A startup that converts conversations to text so it can offer instant information gets financing from Telefónica, Samsung, and Intel.
In a Data Deluge, Companies Seek to Fill a New Role
A job invented in Silicon Valley is going mainstream as more industries try to gain an edge from big data.
