Tag Archives: data

  • Fitbit data shared to fight coronavirus

    Fitbit is sharing its wealth of health data with the scientific community to boost the fight against Covid-19 coronavirus. James Park, CEO & co-founder of Fitbit, has written to users to tell them that the health data gathered from Fitbit users has been shown to improve the prediction of influenza-like illness. “Our mission has always […]

  • Shining a light on dark data

    The business world is flooded with data. It’s estimated that the aggregate amount of data, which grows twice in size every two years, measures 4.4 zettabytes (trillion gigabytes) and is likely to reach a massive 44 zettabytes by 2020. The internet is at the heart of this data tsunami. In every minute, internet users share […]