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Nate Silver: How a math geek used big data to predict the US elections
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The US election as seen on Instagram [Photos]
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Foursquare intensifies recommendation with ratings
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IBM taking a seriously big interest in Africa [Tech4Africa]
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Trick or Treat: Happy Halloween from Google
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Zynga’s not so shitty third quarter: Farmville 2 to the rescue
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Facebook’s Q3: Some losses, mobile is going to be big
The world’s largest social network, Facebook, released its third quarterly earnings for 2012 revealing that despite its stock’s plummeting trajectory, the company isn’t doing…
Yahoo’s third quarter a little meh but there is hope
Yahoo has reported its third quarterly earnings for 2012 and its first since former Google top female exec, Marissa Mayer, took over. The company…
Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo: A tech company or a media company?
A few months ago Google’s top female executive, Marissa Mayer, jumped ship to take the helm at Yahoo!. Back then people speculated about what…
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