WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation
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Facebook can predict when you fall in love and when your relationship starts #scary #bigData @TheAtlantic 

Facebook can predict when you fall in love and when your relationship starts #scary #bigData @TheAtlantic  | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
“During the 100 days before the relationship starts, we observe a slow but steady increase in the number of timeline posts shared between the future couple.”
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We are just starting to scratch the surface of what we can learn when we analyze the personal data from social media. When everything is connected with Internet of things products and when we measure everything we do using wearables and quantified-self technologies, the insights will be even greater. Companies should prepare to analyze this massive data rush and us all should start to think about our information privacy more carefully...

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European map of obesity via @withings

European map of obesity via @withings | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
A higher prevalence of obesity in Northern and Eastern Europe United Kingdom, Iceland and Scandinavian countries, except for Sweden, are in the group of the countries most concerned with overweight and obesity issues. Is it because of the climate or due to eating habits? Some of them are among the wealthiest countries. With a prevalence …
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Data gathered with a simple device - the withings connected scale - can provide evidence of obesity and where it is most prevalent in Europe.

BEHM Théophile's curator insight, November 26, 2019 12:52 PM
Interesting map of European obesity
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What one million people sleep patterns tell us about the impact of major events during the year via @jawbone

What one million people sleep patterns tell us about the impact of major events during the year via @jawbone | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
Instead of staying up binging on House of Cards, celebrate sleep week by pledging to go to bed early. It'll help your body and mind get the sleep it needs.
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fascinating what data from many people can tell us.

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The effects of end of year festivities on health habits via @withings

The effects of end of year festivities on health habits via @withings | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
An overview of the impact of the end of year festivities on health: sleep, weight and physical activity
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No surprise in the data: people go to bed late on xmas and new year and wake up later the next morning. But the difference in each country seems to demonstrate that Americans don't party a lot and that French party more than many others. Here again, no surprise... ;-)

Farid Mheir's comment, June 2, 2015 5:16 PM
thank you @Hany Aly @Vandana Verma. Feel free to recommend my topic
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Just 0.5% of the Worlds Massive Trove of Online Data is Being Analyzed via @IDC

Just 0.5% of the Worlds Massive Trove of Online Data is Being Analyzed via @IDC | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
The amount of data being generated on a daily basis by people and machines (the "digital universe") is expanding at a rapid rate, providing a mass of Big Data potential,
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Interesting raw data. As we get closer to industrial internet, MDM, quantified self, etc. there is going to become an even more important data flood...

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