Robert Scoble

Data Elite

Our team has Experience from: Up to now, the barrier of entry for the big data startups field was extraordinarily high. Founders with solid technology background struggled to transform their knowledge into useful product, and finding product-market fit in the Big Data space is challenging.

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Budget battle's bite out of the economy will be in the billions

If the goal of the government shutdown was to help taxpayers by curbing government spending and boosting the economy, supporters of the idea got it all wrong. As the dust settles, economists are adding up the collateral damage.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/budget-battles-bite-out-economy-will-be-billions-8C11409508

Twitter's Theoretically Temporary URL Messaging Ban Due To Massive Wave Of DM Spam

Late yesterday afternoon many Twitter users began to notice that they could no longer send Direct Messages containing URLs. The complaints about the issue gained steam late into the night, when we reported that Twitter said a 'technical issue' was behind the problem with DMs. Well, it turns out that the technical issue may have been referring to the handling of Direct Message spam, not with the sending of URLs.

http://wp.me/p1FaB8-3MlV

NSA director Keith Alexander and deputy expected to depart in early 2014

The director of the National Security Agency and his deputy are expected to depart in the coming months, US officials said on Wednesday, in a development that could give President Obama a chance to reshape the eavesdropping agency.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/16/nsa-director-keith-alexander-depart

Foursquare check-ins show the pulse of London

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