43 posts and columns on analysis
Greylock Leads $12 Million Round for Big-Data Startup Trifacta
If Big Data is going to be really big, it also has to be useful.News Byte
DataSift Signs Deal With Tumblr
DataSift, an analytics company that combs and analyzes social data from companies such as Twitter and Facebook, announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with Yahoo owner Tumblr. That means DataSift will analyze both real-time and archived Tumblr-post data, allowing DataSift customers to gain insights and run sentiment analysis on the interactions occurring across the Tumblr service.Yahoo Acquires Social Data Analysis Startup Ztelic
Acquisition number 19 under Marissa Mayer, to be exact.News Byte
Dataminr Closes $30 Million Round
Dataminr, one of the more noteworthy startups to comb through and analyze Twitter data, raised $30 million in its third venture round, the company announced. The round, led by Venrock and Institutional Venture Partners, brings Dataminr’s total funds raised to $46.5 million. Dataminr scans the hundreds of millions of tweets sent daily, using algorithms to pinpoint new, noteworthy and otherwise important tweets from influential sources. The company services clients ranging from finance firms on Wall Street to government agencies, among others.Sherpa, a New “Predictive” Personal Assistant App, Stays One Step Ahead of You
Can Sherpa stand out from the personal assistant app pack?Jawbone “Acqhires” Data and Digital Design Firms Massive Health, Visere
Jawbone looks to boost the software behind the Up, as more health and fitness devices come to market.Trifacta Aims to Make Big Data Useful, Lands $4.3 Million From Accel Partners
The biggest of big-data problems lies not in computing, but with a shortage of people who can interpret what the data says.Here Come the Tweets: Gnip Offers Access to Full Twitter Archive (For a Price)
Studying the science of Twitter data just got a whole lot more interesting.Voices