Stories Tagged as
Data
Hospitals are sharing data to save lives
Feb 14, 2014
Sharing data and best practices have caused dramatic savings
Could AT&T’s 'sponsored data' plans kill public radio?
Jan 7, 2014
Or will it just drive consumers nuts with invasive ads?
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.
For public good, not for profit.
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.
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.”