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Intel unveils new Thunderbolt, will be 4X as fast as current USB 3.0
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What big data can’t do: the limits of computers and analytics
Big data is all about the software — but software has it’s limits. In a recent column, “What Data Can’t Do“, New York Times…
How Big Data is being used to record the future
“The past doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes”, reads the famous Mark Twain quote in the introduction of a research paper suitably titled Mining…
Big Data: from retrospect to prediction and back again
In the ‘50s Sci-Fi writer Isaac Asimov introduced the strange fictional science of psychohistory in his Foundation series. The story is set in the…
6 iPhone extensions to get before the world ends tomorrow
The world is not ending tomorrow. But for those who have prepared for the fake armageddon, here are six iPhone extensions you’d need if…
Minecraft: innovation in the blurry space between pixels and reality
I tend to believe that while innovation happens in times of crises, it happens best when having fun. A great example of this is…
Mindshift: how crowdsourcing allows for disruption and new ideas
In a recent Memeburn article, Preshan Segers sheds light on where ideas come from and how they are ultimately crowdsourced. But it was only…
How people are using e-learning and crowdlearning to change education
Author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has said that “big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately necessary.”…
Does democracy die when governments are enemies of the internet?
In recent months much attention has been drawn to the Indian government’s cracking down on ISPs in an attempt to disrupt the flow of…
Gangnam Style hits 90m views: Understanding the viral phenomenon
I was amazed the first time I read a post on Facebook from a friend back home in South Africa spreading the viral video…
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