Stories Tagged as
Data
Who will own the internet?
by
Queena Kim
Dec 17, 2013
Tech companies are taking ownership -- and control -- of everything from the cloud to dark fiber.
As holiday shopping ramps up, so does data tracking
Nov 26, 2013
Retailers are increasingly using data tracking to figure out what you want to buy.
What can Google do?
by
Queena Kim
Sep 9, 2013
Google says it’s going to boost its encryption efforts to better safeguard our data. It can't promise to keep us totally secure, but the effort's worth plenty of PR points.
Police can your track cellphone's location, but you knew that already...didn't you?
by
Molly Wood
Jul 31, 2013
If police want to track your movements using old calls you made on your cellphone, they can get the information from your cellphone company without a warrant.
Big Data developers nonplussed by Snowden
Jun 26, 2013
At a Big Data industry conference in London, many industry experts find Edward Snowden's information dump unsurprising.
Should the NSA send you a check when they wiretap you?
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 17, 2013
Computer scientist Jaron Lanier has a market solution for the NSA's wiretapping needs -- and it involves taking out the agency's checkbook.
Storage scores: 90% of world's data produced in last two years
Jun 3, 2013
According to the Chamber of Commerce, 90 percent of the world's data has been produced in the last two years. And that means, of course, that companies need a place to store it.
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For public good, not for profit.
How hard is it to opt out of third party data collection?
by
Jeff Tyler
May 22, 2013
A lot of businesses are buying so-called third party data to add to what they’re already collecting on you. Of course, they all say, “you can always opt out.”
Data is the economy's new oil
May 1, 2013
Consumer data is becoming a commodity like oil and, like oil, it needs refineries so that companies can profit from it. Meet the data analytics industry.
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Apps transform cellphone users into citizen scientists
by
Liyna Anwar
Jan 7, 2013
Scientists are looking to take advantage of the vast population of cellphone users to collect data.