Internet in India
The importance of Data is growing not just in the private sector but also in the Government. Data can help in decision making. In fact, Data not only helps the citizens but the governments too can benefit by making better-informed decisions. Let us touch on what the 3 sites do - Data.gov [US Govt], USAFacts.org [US Non-Govt … [Read more] about Digital India: What India’s Open Data Program could learn from USAFacts.org
Last November we heard a lot about 'fake news' during US elections. Twitter Bots could have played a role, and it appears both political parties used Bots but one party won this bot war. To begin with what is a bot? A bot automates many tasks for you - for e.g. picks a tweet, understands the context, automates the response. The algorithm of the … [Read more] about Twitter bots influencing voters during elections
A few days ago, we all read about how low the property tax collection rate was in Bangalore. A mere 20% paid their property tax in Bengaluru. Unacceptable for a city like Bengaluru. "#GIS #bigdata #machinelearning analysis: Bengaluru & Jaipur collect only 5% to 20% of their potential property taxes. #EcoSurvey Ch 14" Very interesting … [Read more] about How a simple idea could increase property tax collection in Bangalore
Highlights from this interesting presentation by Benedict Evans about what changes we could see with the increase of the number of smartphones around the world, Global Population (Dec 2016): 5.5 billion people over 14 years oldNumber of mobile phones (Dec 2016): 5 billionNumber of smartphones (Dec 2016): 2.5 billionSIM penetration is > 100% … [Read more] about Smartphones in 2016, moving from 2.5 billion to 5 billion
According to ad-buying agency Magna Global Ad-spending growth will see a slowdown in 2017. Few highlights from their report, The global ad business will see a slowdown to 3.6% spending growth in 2017 The global ad business growth was projected growth for 2016 was 5.7% U.S. ad sales will see 1.7% growth in 2017, compared to 6.9% growth in … [Read more] about 72% of total digital budgets will be for mobile advertising