"Facebook has the advantage of social data.
And Twitter bought Gnip, a leading provider of social data.
No other company has that kind of social data".
Our algorithm for calculating what 'safe' looks like is constantly learning, as we match social data to actual claims data.
(This is another reason why Google wants its own source of social data).
But no other technology company has Facebook's treasure trove of social data.
The technology uses social data to make a personality assessment and then, judging against real claims data, analyse the risk of insuring the driver.
The rise of social media has changed the complexion and speed of social data – information about people and society – that researchers can get their hands on.
The NYT picked up on the analysis of social data partly because it did not distinguish between US and non-US citizens.
Hardware, software, interface, social, data and so on – the sheer volume of stuff out there and the rate of change can be overwhelming.
"Machine listening" was pioneered in various university settings, often by people who had the exact same problem with collaborative filtering's reliance on social data that Westergren has.
