Posts tagged: big data

Do 50% of publishers really not care about sharing?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jane Tappuni
Futurebook research showing whether publishers can attribute book sales to social media promotion

Unless you’ve been living on a desert island for the past five years, it can’t have escaped your notice that social media is extremely big business. Facebook is on track for gaining a billion members and launching one of the … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 30 March 2012

Posted on March 30, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week on the Semantic Web Barak Obama backs “big data”, Wiki gets wiser and Kevin Lee delves deeper into Google’s semantic transformation. We also report on the launch of the Semantic University which aims to be the most accessible and complete place … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 16 March 2012

Posted on March 16, 2012 by publishingtechnology

While Bryan Yurcan of Bank Tech, reports on  financial institutions accumulating  unstructured data at an increasingly rapid pace, and George Wright reveals the ever increasing difficulties of machine traffic, organiser of the Open-data Cities Conference, Greg Hadfield, gives his tips on emerging open-data technologies. … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 02 March 2012

Posted on March 2, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week Tonya Garcia raises questions about Google’s new privacy policy, Roger du Mars discusses the pivotal roles of SQL and NoSQL in the handling of unstructured and big data, and Tim Greene looks at the early reviews of Microsoft’s next-generation OS. Lastly, … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 24 Feb 2012

Posted on February 24, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week on the blog we look at how the semantic web will help us transcend borders; data processing algorithms beyond the world of maths, the European Commission to launch e-Government cross-border services and the evolution of Network technologies. Also, BloomReach reveals its big data … Continue reading →

This week on the Semantic Web – 10th Feb

Posted on February 10, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week on the semantic web, we look at the new Wolfram Alpha Pro release and why the semantic explosion could be a big business opportunity for security firms. Meanwhile, Luca Scagliarini makes a case for thinking of Big Data … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 03 Feb 2012

Posted on February 3, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week on the blog, Seth Grimes provides an answer to the age-old question “What does semantic content enrichment mean?” We find out how husband-and-wife team Carl and Sally Greyling plan to ‘reinvent search.’ The BBC shows off its technology … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 27 Jan 2012

Posted on January 27, 2012 by publishingtechnology

We round up the last week of January continuing as we began, with a selection of the finest 2012 countdowns and predictions for the year ahead. This week Dion Hinchcliffe takes a retrospective look at Big Data, Steve Hamby gets sentimental about … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 20 Jan 2012

Posted on January 20, 2012 by publishingtechnology

This week Sir Tim Bernes-Lee speaks about the intelligent web and the Obama attempts to smarten up its campaign using text analytic technology. Meanwhile, we report on the state of database technology and Robert Cringely makes some Siri-ous claims. Each week we bring … Continue reading →

This Week on the Semantic Web – 13 Jan 2012

Posted on January 13, 2012 by publishingtechnology

We have barely settled into 2012 and Google are already causing semantic tidal waves. We take a glimpse at Google’s latest revelation ‘Search, Plus Your World’ in the same week that Hendler, co-founder of the Semantic Web, is selected as … Continue reading →