Tumblr Porn, Tim Cook and the Problem With Big Data — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week

The week in AllThingsD, in one convenient post. You’re welcome!
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Analytics Is Not a Strategy

The key is not to blindly apply the strategies that have been made famous through popular books and movies.
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Customer Service Is Next Job for IBM’s Watson

Keeping track of what consumers like and dislike is a beefy computing problem.
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In Media, Big Data Is Booming but Big Results Are Lacking

Nobody wants to use the data.
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Will Bloomberg Disclose How Heavily Reporters Mined Customer Data? (It Watches Them, Too.)

Bloomberg tracks its employees as much as it does its clients. It probably knows exactly how many times a controversial function was used by its reporters.
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Actian to Acquire Big-Data Startup ParAccel

Actian rolls up its third acquisition in five months.
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Big Data’s Usability Problem

In a wide sea of data, a few lines of code can be very easy to overlook.
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Tableau Software Plots Latest Big Data IPO

The next “big data” and “cloud” plays are teeing up for IPOs.

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“Big Data” for Cancer Care

A major oncology group is launching an ambitious project to collect data on the care of hundreds of thousands of cancer patients and use it to help guide treatment of other patients across the health-care system.

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Tracking Sensors Invade the Workplace

As Big Data becomes a fixture of office life, companies are turning to tracking devices to gather real-time information on how teams of employees work and interact.

Twitter Takes Big Data to School