How an Indian startup is using Big Data to go after the global trucking market, which is 20x the size of global cab revenues.
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Rent the Runway – High fashion, Affordable prices?
Rent the Runway offers high-end fashion to the masses for renting instead of purchasing. Can they leverage their data to turn a profit?
Moneyball^2: How the Houston Astros are Using Statcast to Generate Wins and Profits
Jeff Luhnow and crew's algorithm-based roster building turns heads in the industry and in the bleachers.
The Drone Buzz: How Kespry Transforms Physical Jobsites into Big Data Sets
What happens when you give a miner, construction worker, and roof inspector a drone?
Digitally enabled policing: redefining incident identification, response, and prediction
Digital technology is changing the world of policing. The Boston Police Department (BPD), like its peers throughout the US and the world, is adapting its operating model to leverage new digital tools and approaches in traditional policing contexts and to prepare for new policing contexts which will be created by digital technology (e.g., cybercrime). While the BPD is close to the leading edge of this adaptation, there is more that it could be doing.
Bean Counters in Space: How Orbital Insights Sees the World
Orbital Insights is applying machine learning to a vast amount of satellite imagery to help hedge funds and governments quantify the world.
American Express and The Shift To Digital Payments
What the digital revolution and the rise of mobile payments mean for American Express
McDigital or McDoomed?
When it comes to food, customers want more customization and more variety and we want it faster than ever before. Faced with declining sales and industry headwinds, can McDonalds use data and digital innovation to drive customer value?
Optum-izing Healthcare Delivery & Service
Optum: Leveraging data, technology, and analytics to make the heath-care system work better for everyone – patients, providers, insurance plans, and governments.
Football on your phone
How the NFL is digitizing itself to stay relevant for millennials