I've tried many news feed applications in the past years, but I usually stick with Google Reader for the convenience and consistency, since I use Google everything. But I heard some whispers about the app Feedly, and I saw this Lifehacker post about its recent upgrade, so I decided to check it out and analyze the way it organizes its news articles.
To combat new drugs, such as “Bath Salts”, specific new laws are being passed that contain catalogs of molecular compounds that are now banned in the US. As soon as a new law is passed, chemist are able to change the compounds to be a different on a molecular level, but still have the same psychopharmaceutical role. The assumption is that this new compound will eventually get added to the banned list, however the scope of these derivative compounds are huge, from the hundreds to the thousands depending on the compound.
As the President Obama won the 2008's election by tapping into social media and analyzing social data, experts emphasize analytics of big data in the coming presidential election. During the 08's election, the Obama team dived into various online social channels such as Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, and collected user data to develop online campaign strategy. The result proved the effectiveness of the data efforts.
Facebook’s “Timeline” feature which was introduced in December 2011 has now been made mandatory. This feature allows the users to highlight photos, events and posts from the past on their profiles and create a story that represents their life in the way they want to share it with the world.
Network Medicine is a network based approach to decode complex diseases.
Everyone talks about the possibilities of exploiting the goldmine of personal information that Facebook has collected over the years. Many mobile and web apps dig into the pool of their users' information, but Wolfram Alpha's new Facebook Report function, as briefly explained in CNN Tech's article.