Data Services Life in the Future, With Data: Livestreaming O'Reilly's Strata Conference "Big data enables new ways to create value, it's going to change the basis of competition," Michael Chui of the McKinsey Global Institute said this morning to kick off O'Reilly's big data conference, the Strata Summit. The next two days are all about the rise of information that has to be dealt with on scale, big data, and its consequences. "It… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Events Category Theory for Breakfast at Strange Loop Keynotes are often viewed skeptically by technical audiences. Far too often conference keynotes are all style and no substance. Larger conferences can be worse – where keynotes are pay to play and audiences are expected to sit through glorified sales pitches. The Strange Loop conference today in St. Louis, Missouri avoided that problem pretty… Joe Brockmeier View comments
Apps Two New Ways to Share Vids Online Two companies have launched notable video sharing services this week: WeVideo.com and Klip.com. Both have somewhat different approaches but enhance the overall online video experience, especially for mobile users. Mobile David Strom View comments
Big data Hilary Mason Wants To Get You Started With Big Data I spent part of this week with Hilary Mason, one of the smartest people that I know in Big Data. She works as the Chief Scientist for Bit.ly and has a wealth of skills at her fingertips that bridge computer science and mathematics. Plus, she is used to facing largely male audiences and just being the smartest person in the room. She was speaking at… Hack David Strom View comments
Analysis Did Daily Deal Sites Jump the Shark? [Infographic] It's tough to be a startup in the daily deals space these days. To quantify some of this, CB Insights has released a report covering valuation multiples for both M&A and venture financing for daily deal startups. It's not a pretty picture as valuation multiples of both price per subscriber and price per voucher are dropping quickly. Yesterday… Sean Ammirati View comments