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http://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2016/01/20/how-big-data-is-disrupting-law-firms-and-the-legal-profession/2/#2715e4857a0b2f6742e65954

I found this article especially interesting since it has to do with something that most people don’t usually think of when they think of Big Data. In terms of growth, I think that data can help propel the legal field forward light years. Most of the time Lawyers spend their time preparing and researching cases, with the help of data and programs it could help make lawyers lives a lot easier and more efficient.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogertrapp/2016/01/20/with-so-much-data-at-hand-why-are-leaders-so-confused-and-badly-informed/#2715e4857a0b2fdb54c927e4

I found this article very interesting because many businesses use statistics and data to make profit. However, some of them are not confident enough to use the data they have gathered, so their businesses start to decline. They pay all of these data analysis people money to gather and analyze the data that they do not use. If they used the data the experts have gathered, then they will have a better shot a earning more money.

http://www.cbronline.com/news/verticals/finance/how-barclays-is-cashing-in-on-big-data-hadoop-to-stay-ahead-in-fintech-4785259

This article was interesting because it shows how banks can use big data to their benefit and get an edge over their competitors. For example, Barclays is beginning to realize that this specific data is “not only for the IT department but it can be used as a customer assets that can treat effectively as a business.” If other Banks and financial planners use data and big data to their advantage, then they can gain the advantage of their competitors and excel at growing.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-tech-companies-bring-encryption-battle-to-davos-1453320950

This article was interesting because the request for more data and more surveillance is causing tensions between different governments and technology companies. Governments want U.S. technology companies to give them more information, however the U.S. can’t really do that. These governments, such as the European government, want more data on people’s devices to help combat terrorism. It is difficult for the U.S. to give out more information due to a law that is in place, only limited personal information can be turned over to the other governments.

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/datas-new-home-your-companys-balance-sheet/

This article is interesting because it points out how data is now the new question mark for the accounting departments and corporations as a whole. Data is an asset that could amount to trillions in value; it can be depreciated, exchanged and used to make predictions and/or insight; and there is also a cost in maintenance and safekeeping of data. However, it’s hard to manage what you can’t measure; and so companies have to find a way to monetize the costs and benefits of data if they want to stay relevant in the era of digital business.

http://profusion.com/2016/01/14/how-data-will-shape-finance-in-2016/
I found interest in this article because it mentioned how some of the big banks are integrating Apple payment systems. I known Apple for their ipods, iphones, and ipads, but for them to be making a leap into the world of banking is pretty impressive. At the same time I feel like Apple should stay in its lane and continue to dominate the cellular industry. Another thing is that all Apple products run together and by them getting involved in banking it can only make you think that cyber theft and ID theft will become an easier task for even the average person to do.

http://ww2.cfo.com/management-accounting/2014/03/accountings-big-data-problem/
I found this article interesting because it connected what we will be learning in this course with my accounting major. The article explains how Big Data can enhance an accountant’s skills. I now know ways that Data Science will be beneficial to me in my career path.

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-millionaire-odds/

This was in interesting article from the Bloomberg business report. It collected a lot of data on the basis of how likely you are to become a millionaire. It shows really cool graphs and charts visualizing the chance you’ll become a millionaire. It takes into consideration your age, race, and education level. I found this interesting and relate-able because, well, who doesn’t want to be a millionaire.

U.S. Markets Won’t Necessarily Follow China Into The Abyss

This article, titled “US Markets Won’t Necessarily Follow China into the Abyss”, commented on the mini market meltdown of US Stock Markets the morning of January 20, 2016. It asked the question whether China’s volatile markets and economy caused the mini meltdown, and if this pattern would continue in the future. Recently, China’s stock markets have dropped over 40% since last June, and there is some correlation between the Shanghai Composite and the U.S. Stock Market. However, this correlation has only been consistent since mid 2014.

The Most Ominous Snow Forecasts For New York City Were Right

Having lived in Manhattan for 7 years, this article caught my eye. It talks about and compares the city’s storm forecast for this weekend with that from last January when New York was supposed to get hit with almost 2 feet of snow. In reality, we barely got anything close to that amount last year, and I’m sure as a result this year many New Yorkers were far more skeptical. The article says how this year the forecasts gave such a wide range of possibilities, with actual data minimums and maximums for snowfall (from less than an inch to 23 inches), that it made it hard to know what to expect. Ironically, the city is close to hitting the forecasters’ maximum prediction of 23 inches (whereas last year it only snowed a few inches, contradicting forecasts of over a foot and half).

FiveThirtyEight’s Guide To Predicting The Oscars

All movie watchers love watching the oscars to see which of their favorite actors will win film making’s biggest award. FiveThirtyEight.com developed an “election model” to predict which actors and actresses are most likely to win an award for the category that they are nominated. Their model is created by taking the data from previous awards that actors/actresses have won. They then test to see if that award has any correlation with who will win the Oscar. Depending on the award they’ve won, they are given points based on how likely the winner of that award is to win an Oscar. The person or movie with the most points will be most likely to win an award at the Oscars.

http://news.mit.edu/2016/quantum-approach-big-data-0125

This article is interesting because it addresses some of the problems with analyzing data that we have discussed in class. MIT has developed an algorithm that assesses data based on topology, which means that data collected, such as the amount of something or how many parts of it are connected, remains the same no matter what way the rest of the data can be stretched. The algorithm can be used to make decisions based on factors like these to minimize error in the way data is collected and analyzed.

http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/01/14/privacy-and-information-sharing/
What sparked my interest in regards to the subject matter on this article is how it closely relates to the discussions we were having in class on privacy and personal information being put online for both public and private personal use. As the article points out many internet users choose how they share their personal information based on the context in which it is used, often using their discretion on how much they share based on the benefits that they yield from the type of service that is provided using their personal information. These range from services such as sharing health information which is vital to street surveillance camera’s which depending on the individual would deem the use of their personal information acceptable or not.

http://memeburn.com/2016/01/five-big-data-trends-that-will-impact-south-africa-in-2016/ Five big data trends that will impact South Africa in 2016

I am a MIS major. This is my first MIS class, so I really do not know much about it. However, I always be excited about information and data. Big data is now being offered at universities in South Africa, and I am so happy for them. This article also mentions that we are a part of it and we can make money from it. As a business major, I agree that this article said “Big Data to truly understand their customers in order to offer them tailor made solutions.” This is so true.

https://ijnet.org/en/blog/how-italian-data-journalism-collaboration-investigated-dark-money-across-europe

An Italian newspaper and 18 websites owned by the same publisher published a series revealing multiple assets that were stolen from the Italian citizens by the Mafia. Titled “Confiscati Bene,” or “Well Confiscated,” the series was completed in three steps. The first was scraping data from an agency database that held a records of all the stolen assets. They then extracted and curated their content from “some 3,000 pages of documents.” After “Confiscati Bene” was published, it was uploaded to a data catalog and the data continues to be updated.

http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2016/01/11/datawatch-graduates-in-work/?Authorised=false&_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.ft.com%2Fftdata%2F2016%2F01%2F11%2Fdatawatch-graduates-in-work%2F&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.ft.com%2Fftdata%2F&classification=conditional_standard&iab=barrier-app

This article is of interest to me because it discusses the percentages of young college graduates who are currently working. As a college student, this data is very helpful and really gives students an idea of how important a degree is in today’s world. In the U.S. right now, about 80% of young college graduates are working. Finally, this data goes to show us that earning a degree doesn’t guarantee anything. I will continue to follow the data concerning these percentages and hope the amount of graduates working increases as I grow closer to graduation.

http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20160114/NEWS/160119475
I am currently an undeclared business major, but I am particularly interested in the long-term effects that concussions have on individuals. The data driven analysis in this article relates to myself personally because of my history with concussions. I have suffered 5 concussions and frequently research articles similar to this. This article demonstrates data based on the amount of young kids and teens who are suffering from concussions, the physical shape they are in, and how they recover. It also explains the patterns of sports related concussion injuries.

Spurs-Warriors Is The Best Defense-Offense Clash In NBA History

This article is about the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs basketball game tonight. I am a huge basketball fan so reading this wasn’t even like homework. The two teams are off to a historic start and very rarely does one see such teams play during the regular season. The article from fivethirtyeight dove into the data behind it which made it even more interesting. It went all throughout the history of the league and compared the statistics of great teams playing against each other. It’s prediction is the better defense usually comes out on top that would be the Spurs then.

The Stock Market Is Not The Economy

This article is titled “The Stock Market is not the Economy”.

I liked a few things about this article. First off the overall picture, which a lot of people tend to feel otherwise, is that the stock market truly isnt the economy. I am an economics major, and finance is just a sector of economics and many people seem to not understand that. I am not saying that it doesn’t play a role to the health of the economy, because it does. However there are many other factors in play as well. Also, I really enjoyed the wealth inequality statistics that were in the article. When you research this data (which I have done before), it tends to be misleading and somewhat biased to the feelings of the purpose publishing the data. A great example from the article is the data which he states “Americans have more money, but also more debt.”

Are We Headed For Another Recession?

I found this article interesting because it was seeming that the economy was starting to patch up a bit. This article proves other wise stating how the Stock Market had the worst start of all time. Our economy only seems strong on the surface. Showing how big data like what Obama said in the State of the Union talking about all the upsides of economy he is working toward that when further researched may call for the near down fall. This is not necessarily related to my major but, if there was another recession my major would not be top of priority job wise. Just having a job during a down time such as a recession is as good as it could get.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/07/05/best-practices-for-managing-big-data/#41a2d895ef02

I found this article interesting because many business use data to make profit. However, some of them are not familiar with the data they have gathered, and that makes their business decline. If they use the data they will earn more money.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/964643.html

I find this article very interesting because this article shows what should happen If anyone leads a side for a long long time. Readers can found in this article the performance and captaincy skill of M S dhoni of his early years of captaincy and now. Ian Chappel has nicely stated why the indian cricket team is fail to find the success in the recent past under Dhoni’s captaincy. He also give the solution to BCCI to get rid of current bad patch.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/01/21/how-urbanspoon-collects-data/#21f549612b5d
I found this article interesting because it introduces my favorite mobile app, Urban Spoon. I’ve been using Urban Spoon for months, and I’ve been wondering the way it collects data and the difference between the data sources of Urban Spoon and the data sources of Yelp. After reading this article, I found Urban Spoon uses data from users, magazines and newspapers, while Yelp only collects data from users’ reviews. I think adding data of public media to the database is really a smart move in the rating app market.

Everyone Is Freaking Out About The $1.5 Billion Powerball, And The Stats Agree

I chose this article about the lottery because at my part-time job I am a lottery clerk. I witnessed first hand the Powerball craze when the jackpot hit one billion dollars. In addition, I am an accounting major, so naturally I am interested in numbers, and the few sentences that it mentioned the after-tax jackpot. I found the statistics about the Powerball interesting. I was curious as to how many tickets were sold. I found some of the things that the article stated were shocking. Specifically, where it suggested not to play the Powerball with the intention of making money. I found this a little funny because most people play the lottery to try to get rich.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2016/01/26/waze-to-scoop-up-more-data-through-new-partnerships/

This article is about how waze is partnering with other companies to help improve their data. They are partnering with a company that is meant for ambulances in order to keep people updated as to where ambulances are, and keep ambulances updated as to where accidents and backups are. It’s interesting that even partnering with a couple of new companies can greatly improve and increase a companies data.

http://skift.com/2016/01/26/new-skift-trends-report-the-future-of-hotel-loyalty-2016/

As a Tourism and Hospitality Management major and avid traveler, I always want to know I’m getting or giving a good deal when it comes to traveling, especially within hotels. At almost any hotel now, you can sign up for some type of rewards or loyalty program, which encourages guests to continue to come back to the company or specific hotel. In this analysis, loyalty programs are stacked against each other in an era when many hotel chains are merging and buying more products – this may cause some devaluation of the products and services provided by these hotel chains.

http://www.stats.com/data-feeds/
This site is great for anyone who is interested in any aspects of sports weather it is the stats about the players/games themselves, fantasy sports predictions, and predictions for the games possible outcomes. this website is great for people who love daily fantasy sports so they can construct the best possible team to win a large prize.

http://diginomica.com/2016/01/25/what-we-should-really-be-watching-financeaccounting/#.VqfxNlMrLow
This article is interesting to me, because although I’m currently an Undecided Business major, I’ve been leaning towards Accounting. It talks about different types of analytic tools that Accountants have been developing in order to help track data which in the long run will be able to help business firms and accountants maximize their profits. It discusses how businesses are able to gather data from consumers in order to take advantage of that information in order to reimagine their business in the long run.

The Panthers’ First-Half Blowouts Are Unprecedented

This article discusses the success that the Carolina Panthers have had this season on their way the Super Bowl 50. This is interesting to me because I am a huge football fan and it was interesting to look at the data and their conclusions in this article. This article explains how the Panthers have managed to score a lot of points quickly during games. It shows that this Carolina Panthers football team has had the fastest playoff starts in NFL history. They’ve managed to end the first quarters of their playoff games with a 91% win probability. However, the article goes on to state that their success in the first two playoff games doesn’t have any correlation with success in the Super Bowl. The article also states that the top six teams based on winning percentage possibility in the playoffs have failed to win the Super Bowl.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/outside-voices-davos-importance-to-marketers-grows-in-turbulent-times-1453407649
This article was interesting because I never really thought of how important data would be in marketing. Now that I actually sit here and think about it I can come up with a lot of ways it would be used but I just never paid any attention to that aspect. This article focused a lot on how companies will have to learn how to collaborate to help push forward with the marketing industry due to data and technology advances. Stating that no one can have the answers to all the problems which actually makes a lot of sense.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chunkamui/2016/01/22/thinking-big-about-big-data-in-insurance/#4c24247b3377

I found this article interesting because I am an actuarial science major about to enter the insurance industry. This article summarizes the importance of data in the industry and emphasizes the need to be able to work with that data. I also found it interesting that a big insurance company like AIG actually has a “Chief Data Officer”. I think it just proves the growing role of data.

A Day In The Life Of An Iowa Family Drowning In Campaign Ads

As a marketing major, this article was very interesting to me. It gave me insight on how too much marketing and campaigning can effect society. Sometimes, all of the ads can get overwhelming and annoying. It is important to market in a way that does not make the consumers feel as if he or she is drowning in advertisements. Ads are everywhere. They are on TV, billboards, flyers, social networks and much more. Marketing professionals can easily not realize when they are”over marketing.” As a marketing professional, I will be mindful of how too much advertising can effect consumers.

Job Growth Was Great In December, But Can It Last?

This article discusses the large job growth in December and whether or not it will last heading into 2016. Employers have added 2.7 million non-agricultural jobs in 2015 which was slightly less than in 2014, but still a great amount of jobs. Also, unemployment is at a very natural rate which would help these jobs last through 2016. Wages have increased by 2.5% which is also a good sign and will help those dealing with inflation. Overall, I believe the job growth will last through 2016.

Article Published: January 25, 2016
Finance Major: Apple’s earnings
URL: http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2016/01/25/russia-gdp-iphone-sales-mmr-rates-and-a-history-of-bear-market-the-day-in-4-charts/
Why is this interesting for a finance major? The reason I chose this article is because I am interested in the stock market. By analyzing the data given from the video, I was able to conclude that Apple’s stock price may stabilize or decrease in the future. Apple’s sales never went on a decline for the first quarter since it started out and may show its first Q1 decline based on past data and an estimated 2016 fall data.

How Math, And Not A Telescope, May Have Found A New Planet

Two scientists made headlines after having reason to think they have evidence of a possible new planet. This “Planet Nine” is 5x the mass of Earth and in the densest part of the galaxy outside of the solar system. They believe this to be possible after noticing a number of icy masses moving/orbiting in the same direction, which is unusual without there being something to cause it to move that way. The two scientists created a mathematical model from the movements from the ice masses, which led them to believe “Planet Nine” may exist. I find this article interesting because I am intrigued by outer space and want to know what’s really out there in the galaxy.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2016/01/26/how-big-data-and-analytics-changing-hotels-and-the-hospitality-industry/#5021f0364b39
This article is interesting because it shows how big data is used to differentiate and value different types of guests in the hotel and hospitality industry. Being a business major and having an interest in real estate, this article has great insight on how the industry views its guests. The article also explains how big data can be use to help identify and value different types of customers and how to determine which one can add more revenue whether in the short term or the long term depending on the location of the hotel.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-data-brokers-make-money-off-your-medical-records/

This article particularly interested me because It reminded me of the box you check when you have a doctors visit which basically states whether or not you are okay with that doctor’s office or hospital using your medical information anonymously for research purposes and such. The article highlighted this as it explained how certain companies obtain medical data from hospitals and medical practices and organized it in a way that may be useful to other medical institutes who are willing to pay for such information. This was also interested as these companies were almost able to make regular medical statistics and pieces of information into a lucrative business that other businesses have probably become highly dependent on.

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-presapp0605-31.html
I am an avid follower of political events. The current presidential race is no exception. Therefore I find that this data about previous president’s approval rate so fascinating. The data was put into the form of graphs making it easy to understand. This makes look for certain trends a much simpler task. This data is useful because many hypothesis can be drawn about the rates for the next president’s term.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-accounting-data.htm

Accounting data is a very important resource in today’s society. I was very interested in this article because it explained how accounting data is used to detect and prevent fraud and embezzlement. This is particularly interesting to me because I am an accounting major looking to get into the forensic field of accounting that specializes in crimes pertaining to accounting.

A Day In The Life Of An Iowa Family Drowning In Campaign Ads

The ad that I found on fivethirtyeight.com that I thought was interesting was a piece on a day in the life of an Iowa family, who like many others are bombarded with boatloads of ad campaigns in various forms. As a marketer, it is interesting to see how many ads this family had seen before even leaving the house; 15. Along with this concept, it is interesting to see what forms of advertising each candidate is using most. Trump seemed to send actual mail the most, Jeb Bush had the most billboards and Bernie Sanders dominated social media with every other post being about him. Another thing candidates don’t think of is how the family is set up in the house. This family had split political views, and one of the advertisements could end up being volatile in such an environment. By the end of the day, the family had seen around 90 ads collectively, which is something close to 5 ads per walking hour. In a world dominated by technology and social media, this number is only going to go up in years to come. The question for marketers is how to make their ads stick out from what is now considered “white noise” to most people.

LeBron’s 3-Point Shot Has Abandoned Him

Lebron James is one of the NBA’s most dominating players. With the league changing and players shooting more three point shots than ever, it is key that he follows the trend and dominates that part of the game. However, a recent article on fivethirtyeight.com challenges Lebron’s ability to do just that. The data shows that Lebron’s three point percentage has dropped in every aspect and every angle since last season. Needless to say, if Lebron wants a shot at a championship, he has to fix his shot first.