Data News

Foursquare has just launched a new "Best of" page that makes use of nearly 3 billion check-ins from over 30 million users worldwide. The Best of Foursquare page breaks down the top...

Foursquare Partners with Voice Media Group for More Local Data

Foursquare is looking to give users access to even more information about locations in some of the country's biggest markets. Today, they've announced a "strategic data syndication...

Instagram Adds Facebook Data Sharing to Privacy Policy (Without a Meaningless Vote)

Earlier this month, Facebook held its third and final Site Governance vote. Facebook's Site Governance system allowed users to vote on proposed changes to their terms and data us...

Facebook Officially Kills the User Vote

Yesterday the voting period ended on Facebook's third and final Site Governance vote, and we told you that the results overwhelmingly supported keeping the current SSR and Data Use...

Facebook Just Eliminated Voting That Doesn’t Matter with a Vote That Didn’t Matter

And with that, Facebook's tepid attempt at democracy comes to a close. Voting is over in Facebook's third (and final)...

Facebook Site Governance Vote on Pace to Break One Million Participants

The third-ever Facebook Site Governance vote is on pace to shatter previous rec...

Everyone Is Voting Against Facebook’s Policy Changes and It Doesn’t Matter in the Slightest

You probably know that Facebook just opened up its third-ever Site Governance Vote...

Facebook Opens Up Site Governance Vote on Voting

Starting today, you have a week to cast your vote in what will most likely be the last Facebook Site Governance vote ever. The company has announced the opening of the latest vote...

WiFox, a “Traffic Cop for Data,” Said to Improve Wi-Fi Performance by up to 700%

Anyone who has connected to public Wi-Fi knows that it can be painfully slow at times. Depending on the amount of users on the Wi-Fi access point, users can experience varying lev...

Hurricane Sandy Request from FEMA: Text and Facebook, Don’t Talk

As "Frankenstorm" Hurricane Sandy is set to begin its assault on the east coast, millions of people are preparing for what is likely to be a huge weather event with far-reaching co...

Google Opens Up Its Data Centers for the First Time [PHOTOS]

If you ever wanted to look inside the guts of Google, its data centers, to see "where the internet lives," here's your chance. For the first time, Google is giving us a look insid...

Americans Are Consuming A Lot Of Mobile Data

Americans live in a consumer driven culture. Throughout the years, our society has been compelled to consume via text, radio, television, and now, the Internet. The methods of cons...

Apple Maps Apparently Use Much Less Data Than Google Maps, So There’s That

Ever since Apple abandoned Google Maps for their own maps in iOS 6, well, it hasn't been good (to say the least). There have been...

Facebook Is Tracking What You Buy to Provide Marketers Better Ad Analytics

Facebook's already tenuous relationship with its users over privacy and the sharing of personal information has a new wrinkle, as it looks like Facebook has waded into the retail s...

Wolfram Alpha Shows You A Whole Lot Of Personalized Facebook Data

Wolfram Alpha announced the launch of a pretty cool new personal Facebook analytics tool. All you have to do is type "facebook report" into Wolfram Alpha. Just click the button tha...

Tag: Data

Ready to get started?