Cambridge Analytica vs Beacon – Facebook Australia Quantium

Cambridge Analytica vs Beacon – Facebook Australia Quantium

Ancient history? From Beacon to Cambridge Analytica, and Quantium. How Facebook and Twitter work with big data companies in Australia and beyond. In 2007 Facebook got into trouble for Beacon – I wrote about it at the time – a service that reported on your behaviours online and offline for “personalisation” purposes. From Beacon to Cambridge…

Social Media is Dead, Long Live Big Data
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Social Media is Dead, Long Live Big Data

Social Media has trained artificial intelligence and now Big Data is taking over. Scary, illuminating, real. Welcome to the Matrix/Minority Report. No wonder Woolworths don’t bother with a Twitter account. That’s for low level customer service stuff. They are focussing on the DATA behind social media. Viva La Big Data. I’ve been giving some keynote…

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