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Been reading up on big data since the first mashup and found this article on big data being our generation's civil rights issue. Personalization is being touted as the future but, as this article states, is it just another word for discrimination as well?

Based on today's Mashup, an article on big data privacy invasion as a business model for companies. Our data is moving more and more out of our control.

Interesting discussion after last week's Procom Mash-Up and the discussions about Big Data. This article is looking at the positive sides of big data.

I think this is a new aspect in the reporter/journalist vs. citizen journalist debate. Really interesting how there is already a policy in place regarding live-tweeting from the athletic department at the University of Washington. "Social media has irreversibly altered the media landscape, and the power relationship between big content brands, individual reporters and fans. But the major money makers - ad-rich TV and radio, in particular - will always, or at least for the foreseeable future, remain in the control of the powerful. So it's best for them to lay off the micromanaging, and accept some bit of change."

Interesting little article offering interpretation about twitter patterns during "Superstorm" Sandy. I noticed similar patterns following the event. Even though the storm really seemed to be hitting Delaware more directly, most of the information on social media was coming from Manhattan.