Data Mining articles

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  Google asks for permission to publish FISA data, says 'misleading' reports hurt the company

  By Adi Robertson on June 18, 2013 04:59 pm + 54 comments

  Since The Guardian and The Washington Post published a series of leaked documents, companies named Continue reading…

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  Is data mining company Palantir's software behind PRISM surveillance? Palantir says no

  By Adi Robertson on June 7, 2013 01:44 pm + 36 comments

  Earlier today, Talking Points Memo surfaced a new theory about the NSA and FBI's PRISM surveillance Continue reading…

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  Actress loses lawsuit against IMDb for publishing her age online

  By Adi Robertson on April 12, 2013 09:57 am + 60 comments

  A jury has determined that IMDb was in the right when it published the real age of actress Junie Continue reading…

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  Using public tweets / a developer finds art / in hidden haikus

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 18, 2013 12:10 pm + 24 comments

  One developer has found the perfect way to take advantage of Twitter's new support for line breaks: Continue reading…

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  Researchers want to predict disasters by mining New York Times archives

  By Adi Robertson on February 1, 2013 03:21 pm + 7 comments

  Online news has made finding current events easier than ever — but what if it could be used to Continue reading…

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  Verizon Wireless to begin using mobile usage data for new targeted ad service

  By Justin Rubio on December 4, 2012 06:30 pm + 55 comments

  Verizon Wireless has announced that it is launching a marketing initiative that will send customers Continue reading…

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  Killer fail: how Romney's broken Orca app cost him thousands of votes

  By Adi Robertson on November 9, 2012 06:00 pm + 245 comments

  A few days before the presidential election, Mitt Romney’s campaign announced what it hoped would Continue reading…

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  Aggregating Twitter data to answer the age-old question: soda or pop?

  By Adi Robertson on July 9, 2012 08:44 am + 107 comments

  As more people move their conversations online and into the public eye via social networks, Continue reading…

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  How an Android app could transmit your personal data without any permissions

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 13, 2012 05:15 pm + 179 comments

  The CoolIris Android gallery, the stock gallery app used in many devices running Android 2.1 - 2.3, Continue reading…

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  Microsoft's Lifebrowser learns what's important so you can browse through personal milestones

  By Andrew Webster on March 16, 2012 04:13 pm + 14 comments

  Your computer contains a lot of personal information, from photos and email to calendar appointments Continue reading…