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Three Trends in Data Science Jobs You Should Know
If you are a Data Scientist wondering what companies could have the most career opportunities or an employer looking to hire the best data science talent but aren’t sure what titles to use in your job listings — a recent report using Diffbot’s Knowledge Graph could hold some answers for

Citymaps Picks Up $6m in Series A Funding to Makes Maps More Exciting
NYC-based social mapping platform Citymaps announced a new series A1 equity financing yesterday, to the tune of $6 million. The announcement also coincided with the latest update to their proprietary platform, which allows users and communities to build collections of social maps. “Citymaps 2.0 is our most significant update and

Apple Goes Green with €1.7B Investment in European Data Centres Running on Renewable Energy
Apple has announced an investment of €1.7 billion to establish two data centers, one each in Ireland and Denmark, running completely on renewable energy and will support its services iTunes Store, App Store, iMessage, Maps and Siri in Europe. Marking Apple’s biggest such investment in Europe, the data centers will

Creators of Siri Snap Up $12.5m for Viv- An AI That Can Teach Itself
Viv Labs, a stealthy startup founded by the team that created Siri, has secured $12.5 million in Series B funding, in order to carry out its vision of an advanced AI. If reports are to be believed, the round was led by the Silicon Valley’s elite Iconiq Capital along with

Am I Going Down? Uses Flight Data to Calculate Odds of Your Next Flight Crashing
A new iOS app Am I Going Down? refutes the claim that there’s a “one in a million chance” of your plane crashing. In fact, if you’re on a Boeing 747-700 flight from San Francisco to Dallas, there’s a 1 in 4,593,011 chance you’ll crash. A Boeing 777 Cathay Pacific

Over 200,000 Self- Serve Appliances to Accept Apple Pay
Since its launch in October last year, Apple Pay has been steadily growing in popularity. However, self- serving hardware seem to be one of the last few places to accept only cash or cards. USA Technologies (NASDAQ: USAT), a leader of wireless, cashless payment and M2M/IoT solutions for small-ticket, self-serve

Apple Snaps Up Media Analytics Semetric, and their Big Data
Semetric, the provider of business intelligence and data driven products for the entertainment industry has been acquired by tech giant Apple. “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plan,” Apple told Music Ally which first broke the news earlier

First Suite of IBM MobileFirst for iOS Apps to Assist Enterprise Apple Customers
Apple and IBM have together deployed the first in a series of a new class of made-for-business apps and supporting cloud services providing iPhone and iPad users in the enterprise with IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities. “What we’re delivering aims directly at the new quest of business—smart technologies that

Could Artificial Intelligence Take Over?
Friends of mine sometimes accuse me of facilitating the rise of the machines, Terminator style, in my calling to assist the best Big Data talent in their career moves. Arnold Schwarzenegger would be coming back from the future to destroy me. It all started with you Matt. I then go

How Safe is the New iPhone?
From larger screens to a new way to make purchases, the Apple faithful have a lot to be excited for when it comes to the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. Despite the higher definition display and new features, Apple users do need to be aware of a few