Last month, Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, made an announcement …
Bitcoin: Deciphering the Crypto-currency
It is very difficult to know what the future of Bitcoin is going to be …
Big Data for Better Health
Dacadoo can give anyone a health score by taking their weight, height gender and age and wrapping it around data from their social life and mobility, says Peter Ohnemus. Healthcare is about prevention and prevention can be achieved by making it visible and relevant. Apps on smartphones combined with biosensors will provide the big data […]
NSA’s Indiscriminate Spying Crosses the Line
The NSA spying scandal has brought to light the dark side of big data now that personal information can be accessed and processed in such enormous quantities. IESE Professor Sandra Sieber says that, while there are legitimate arguments on both the security and privacy sides of the debate, the real issue is one of transparency. […]
