Technology
Google Lends Its Data Center Block List To Industry Anti-Fraud Effort (AdExchanger)
The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), which is uniting industry players around a common goal to root out criminal activity in digital advertising, has unveiled a pilot progra... More
Data Visualization: Do It Right, But Only If You Need To (Forbes)
Personalization is one thing organizations will pay for. In 2010 Bill Shander did an interactive graphic for BCG and the World Economic Form (think Davos) to demonstrate the econom... More
Welcome to Smarter Basketball (The Atlantic)
The rise of big data is pitting the old school against the new school as the NBA undergoes its analytics revolution. Last week’s NBA Finals may have offered the naysayers the str... More
IBM and Box Team Up to Target Global Data-Storage Market (NYT)
IBM, the technology giant, and Box, a Silicon Valley online file-storage company, are combining their products, technology and marketing to try to smarten and streamline the work d... More
Cannes Lions Festival Shifts Focus Toward Ad Technology (New York Times)
This year, there will be more emphasis on advertising technology, which is fundamentally changing how advertising is created, bought and sold. Underpinning many of the panels and s... More
Microsoft Edge Enables Superior Interoperability for Web Developers (WinBeta)
The team behind Microsoft Edge has been working hard to make sure their new browser engine will be able to properly, reliably, and quickly render web pages as best as possible. Ove... More
The Connected Car Beats Smart Metering to Emerge the Most Lucrative Segment within M2M/IoT (The Fast Mode)
The machine-to-machine(M2M) technology, the building block for the Internet-of-Things (IoT), is one that draws a lot of interest simply because it sounds really hi-tech, and at the... More
Analysts Predict Smart Home Slow Down (LightReading)
The future looks a little rocky for the smart home market. According to a new report by Argus Insights, consumer demand for connected home devices like smart thermostats and door l... More
PITCHf/x Stays in Play as Sportvision and MLB Advanced Media Ink New Baseball Data Deal (Sportscaster)
PITCHf/x and its derivative data will be in play at all 30 MLB ballparks as Sportvision and MLB Advanced Media renew their deal for the pitch tracking system. It seems people just ... More
Apple Music Has Got the Beat But Not the Algorithm
By Paul Sweeting Apple is thinking different about music streaming. As Apple prepares to take on Spotify, Pandora and their many rivals in the streaming media sweepstakes with th... More
Why Graph Technology Is Ready For Its Close Up In 2016 (Forbes)
As the graph market matures, [Emil] Eifrem thinks data professionals won’t pigeonhole graphs as “just for social” use cases. Because graphs are so adept at showing recommenda... More
Civolution’s Audio Watermarking Unit Acquired by Kantar Media (S3)
Civolution has reached agreement to transfer its audio watermarking unit to Kantar Media, a world leader in audience measurement. This transaction, which is scheduled to close in Q... More
