At the core of digital transformation lies data democratization, the practice of making data accessible throughout all departments of a business, not simply the C-suite and IT team. Datasets are ...

You may not be aware, but Uber offers an open source version of the data visualization framework it uses internally, called deck.gl. The tool was made available to ...

Most data are subject to uncertainty: the possibility that the true values may be different from our estimates. The unknown is especially difficult to escape in forecasts — of the weather, economic ...

Geoff McGhee is a journalist and data visualizer at Stanford University's Bill Lane Center for the American West. Data Points is a new series that explores the world of data visualization, information ...

Flip through ten pages of this issue of Nature, and your eyes will be drawn to headlines and images. In our information-thick, data-supported world, optimal representation is key. Yet many scientists ...

Imagine tapping into a raw data feed from a distributed network of IoT devices in a logistics center. The center is full of robots, employee work stations, and shipping and receiving docks. The data ...

Kylin is an avid user of Android products and has been writing on Android hardware and software for over 5 years. He enjoys helping others learn new things that can help them get the most out of their ...

The table below shows my favorite go-to R packages for data import, wrangling, visualization and analysis — plus a few miscellaneous tasks tossed in. The package names in the table are clickable if ...

Apple quietly acquired San Francisco startup Mapsense last week for a reported $25 million to $30 million, adding yet another firm to a growing arsenal of mapping data IP and personnel assets. The ...

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