data

Data are individual units of information. A datum describes a single quality or quantity of some object or phenomenon. In analytical processes, data are represented by variables. Although the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge" are often used interchangeably, each of these terms has a distinct meaning.

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Facebook’s API Shows How It Shares Ad Data
Facebook’s API Shows How It Shares Ad Data
June 03, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook is providing more insight into how it shares advertising data, with the launch of its Ads Archive application programming interface (API). The “Ads Archive”...

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Promoting Faster Payments In The Face Of Trade Uncertainty
Promoting Faster Payments In The Face Of Trade Uncertainty
May 30, 2019  |  Today In Data

Financial institutions (FIs) and service providers are promoting offerings for rapid, cross-border transactions in the face of trade uncertainties. On another note, over half of all...

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Three People Sue Apple Over iTunes Privacy Issues
Three People Sue Apple Over iTunes Privacy Issues
May 28, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Three Apple customers have sued the tech company over what they say are privacy violations, claiming that Apple allegedly shared their listening habits with third...

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App Defect May Have Exposed First American Financial Customers’ Data
App Defect May Have Exposed First American Financial Customers’ Data
May 26, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

First American Financial, the real estate title insurance company, may have provided unauthorized access to the financial information of its customers. According to a report...

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Insuring A 10-Minute eScooter Ride? There’s An App For That
Insuring A 10-Minute eScooter Ride? There’s An App For That
May 22, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Many of us have seem them, and many of us have likely had the same reaction — those eScooters zipping along on sidewalks and streets,...

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Paving Mobile Banking’s Path To Success
Paving Mobile Banking’s Path To Success
May 22, 2019  |  Banking

The customer journey in banking begins with offering a wealth of data when opening an account. As Jim Priestley, chief revenue officer at Feedzai, tells...

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AI-Driven Sales Startup People.ai Raises $60M In Funding Round
AI-Driven Sales Startup People.ai Raises $60M In Funding Round
May 21, 2019  |  Investments

An artificial intelligence (AI)-driven predictive sales startup called People.ai has raised $60 million in a funding round, and has attracted some of the biggest-name investors...

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Deep Dive: Social Media Sites, Tech Firms And PSD2, GDPR
Deep Dive: Social Media Sites, Tech Firms And PSD2, GDPR
May 20, 2019  |  Regulation

PSD2 and GDPR are changing all the rules when it comes to payments, presenting a unique opportunity for social media and technology companies to access...

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Tim Berners-Lee On Building A New Web
Tim Berners-Lee On Building A New Web
May 20, 2019  |  Merchant Innovation

For Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing and giving away the World Wide Web protocol that shaped the internet as we know it...

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