Big Data


Doug Merritt, a senior VP, will take the helm.


The fine print is key, though.


Billions of songs a month means lots of information about who listened, when and where.


What do bacon, oil, tsunamis, exhaust, deluges, nuclear waste and teenage sex have in common?


The two companies are studying a plan to raise cash with an IPO of the EMC-owned big data software firm.


Big Blue will license back its weather data to the TV channel, which is not part of the deal.


Project Fi starts at $20 per month for voice and text, and then charges users $10 for each gigabyte of cellular data they need.


Unlimited data will now start at $70 per month, not including the cost of the phone. Of course, AT&T and Verizon no longer even offer such plans.


Mobile companies need to be able to serve up ads that do more than recommend other apps to install. That, says Cheetah Mobile’s CEO, demands big-data expertise.


A Google-y startup with a novel approach to big data.


A change atop the newest member of the EMC federation.


Making it easier for E.T. to phone home.


The analytics of IoT has many people salivating over the potential of what it can do, without necessarily looking at the reality of what it has actually achieved.


In a hyperautomated world, here’s a look at how your data will become your digital identity.


The company aims to make analyzing data easy.


The secret is not just “big” data, but “right” data.


The emergence of self-driving and connected cars is shaking up the pecking order between carmakers and their suppliers.


“Companies need to learn how to catch people in the act of doing something and affect the outcome.”


The cash-and-stock deal is slightly smaller than last year’s acquisition of Distimo.


Sneakernet is making a comeback with the advent of Big Data. There’s gotta be a better way.


My latest cellular speed test has made me consider something I never thought I would contemplate, after a few years of horrible service in the iPhone’s early days: Switching back to AT&T from Verizon.


Is being easily linked -- forever, to certain search engine results -- being “remembered”?


There’s no way Cloudera can do an IPO by May.


Pivotal will now be pushing Hortonworks’ version of Hadoop in most cases.


Big Red has been resistant to joining in the price-cutting trend.


This will be the year that companies start really learning from big data, Index partner Mike Volpi says.


An oddly public four-year stealth phase is coming to an end.


Netflix and Google are still disruptive companies -- but no longer primarily because of their software.


The move follows a similar offer from T-Mobile.




“I’m aware that I am a spy in the house of Pulitzer ... because I’m a statistician.”


Two big pops for companies backed by the venture capitalist Peter Fenton.


That’s because customers still have to pay to lease or buy a new phone.


On paper, the venture capitalist stands to make nearly $350 million in a single day.


Selling data has never been as invisible or sneaky as it is today.


The 4G Redmi will be around $160, with an even less expensive 3G version to follow.


The focus on heart rate has come full circle.


The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking assurances from Apple Inc that it will prevent sensitive health data collected by its upcoming smartwatch.



