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Microsoft buys Revolution Analytics increasing momentum for popular R programming language

By John Furrier Jan 23, 2015

Microsoft has reached an agreement to acquire Revolution Analytics, the leading commercial provider of software and services for R, the world’s most widely used programming language for statistical computing and predictive analytics. R has been popularized…

These familiar brands are geekifying your cities

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 23, 2015

This week’s Smart City roundup features a list of smart city big players and a partnership between countries to countries further smart city efforts. . Top smart city suppliers Navigant Research predicts that global…

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Goldman Sachs bets $56 million on Antuit to tap Asia’s appetite for analytics

By Maria Deutscher Jan 23, 2015

The analytics craze is under way in Asia, with help from one of the most powerful names in Wall Street. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. led a hefty $56 million funding round in a low-key…

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Metamarkets aims to ease marketing analytics with visualization engine

By Maria Deutscher Jan 23, 2015

Metamarkets Inc. is attempting to solve one of the biggest challenges facing marketers who are actively incorporating data into their work with a new visualization engine for dissecting multi-dimensional information. The company, which specializes…

Dota banned in a district in the Philippines due to violent fans

By Eric David Jan 23, 2015

Of all the games that people might expect be banned for inciting violent behavior in players, Defense of the Ancients (Dota) would be pretty far down the list, but that is exactly what has happened in a…

Winklevoss twins to launch NASDAQ for Bitcoin

By Mellisa Tolentino Jan 23, 2015

Winklevoss twins Tyler and Cameron, are looking to launch the first regulated Bitcoin exchange for American customers. Reports state the twins have hired engineers from top hedge funds, enlisted a bank and engaged regulators…

2.5 hours. That’s how long the Apple Watch battery will last with ‘heavy’ use

By Collen Kriel Jan 23, 2015

With Apple Inc. still on track to ship their watch by the end of March, questions and rumors continue to crop up. The latest rumor about the Apple Watch to emerge is regarding the…

What we know about Office for Windows 10, and what we don’t know about Office 2016

By James Farrell Jan 23, 2015

Following Microsoft’s Windows preview event for consumers Julia White, general manager for the Office Product Management team, gave a little bit more away in an Office blog post on Thursday as to what we…

Twitter asks power users to stop sharing Instagram pics

By Eric David Jan 23, 2015

Twitter Inc. is getting tired of users sharing Instagram photos instead of using Twitter’s image features, so it is pleading with the most popular “verified” users to stop. The prompt went out to actors,…

Snapchat hires journos in push to become an original content publisher

By Duncan Riley Jan 22, 2015

Snapchat Inc. is entering the publishing space after hiring an unspecified number of journalists to create original content. The chat app is to direct the content to its new Discover feature at the end of…