FinTech & Design Reads Issue 4
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Can the Bloomberg Terminal be “Toppled”? In the eye of some entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, the Bloomberg terminal is a bit of an anomaly, perhaps even an anachronism.  In the era of free information on the Internet and open…
Is the U.S. stock market rigged? The following script is from “Rigged” which aired on March 30, 2014. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Draggan Mihailovich, producer.This month marks the fifth anniversary of the current bull market…
Automating Layouts Bring Flipboard’s Magazine Style To Web And Windows Good layout design frames a story and impacts how you are informed by the content. For example, in the hallways of Sports Illustrated, editors hang up every page of the print edition to be reviewed…
Internet Census 2012 Hilbert map of the 420 Million IP addresses that responded to ICMP ping requests at least two times between June and October 2012. The IP space is mapped to a 2-dimensional Hilbert Curve as inspired
In A Changing Financial World, Thinknum Wants To Democratize Financial Analysis One of the most important functions of any modern financial institution is conducting valuations. On Wall Street, this means developing financial models – projections of how a company…
8 Maps that will change the way you look at Africa You already know that Africa isn’t a country. But what else? Check out these maps and put the continent’s population, income, growth, and potential into context.
This Innovative, On-Demand Radio App Could Change News News radio is quickly becoming old-fashioned. At a time when video, music, and print are all evolving, audio broadcast news has largely stood still. An innovative new app from a legacy media company…
War Games Remembering the visualizations from this great 80’s film with feltron
Famo.us: required reading before launch In this second installment of the Famo.us FAQ, CEO Steve Newcomb gathered the toughest, snarkiest, and best level-setting questions that we’ve received over the last two years.
The Evolution of a Software Engineer via Ray L.
Facebook acquires Oculus VR for approximately $2 billion Facebook today announced plans to acquire virtual reality technology firm Oculus VR for approximately $2 billion. The price includes $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook common…
Capital One Delivers 85% Of Software Through Agile Agile software development methods have reduced delivery times to three to six months while cutting costs significantly. Tags: Agile Development, Capital One, Innovation April 01, 2014 In its efforts…
The Languages of Twitter Users Twitter styles itself as the “global town square” for public conversations — a place for fans to gossip about an actress falling at the Academy Awards and for critics of…
Cyberthreat Real-Time Map, via Phil R.
One on One with a Hacker In early March 2014, he used some social engineering techniques and fake US federal…
Computers That Know What You Need, Before You Ask We’re already giving voice instructions to virtual personal assistants, like Apple’s Siri. But artificial intelligence is getting even smarter.
How Facebook’s Machines Got So Good At Recognizing Your Face The ability to recognize human faces has always been a benchmark for artificial intelligence. Facebook’s new facial recognition technology–called DeepFace–comes astonishingly close to human…