data

Data are individual units of information. A datum describes a single quality or quantity of some object or phenomenon. In analytical processes, data are represented by variables. Although the terms "data", "information" and "knowledge" are often used interchangeably, each of these terms has a distinct meaning.

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Why Data-Backed Innovation Is The Medicine Healthcare Needs

Why Data-Backed Innovation Is The Medicine Healthcare Needs
Why Data-Backed Innovation Is The Medicine Healthcare Needs
May 04, 2020  |  Healthcare

Among the more unnerving surprises of the coronavirus pandemic for most people was learning just how vulnerable and thinly stretched some areas of our healthcare...

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eBay’s Core Business And Charitable Efforts Amid The Coronavirus 
eBay’s Core Business And Charitable Efforts Amid The Coronavirus 
May 01, 2020  |  Today In Data

eBay’s Q1 earnings results detailed a series of crosscurrents in different businesses, which added up to some modest gains. Its core business was down in the U.S.,...

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Consumer Groups Ask DOJ To Look At Google’s Fitbit Acquisition
Consumer Groups Ask DOJ To Look At Google’s Fitbit Acquisition
April 30, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Public advocacy groups want the government to closer examine the acquisition of Fitbit by Google, due to the former’s potential as a rival in advertising,...

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Meeting Consumer Preferences With BNPL And Streamlined Checkouts
Meeting Consumer Preferences With BNPL And Streamlined Checkouts
April 30, 2020  |  Today In Data

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) offerings are well on their way to challenging credit cards as the payment method of choice for younger consumers. Millennials, for...

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Deep Dive: How FIs, Customers Are Navigating The Coronavirus-Inspired Spike In Digital Banking Demand
Deep Dive: How FIs, Customers Are Navigating The Coronavirus-Inspired Spike In Digital Banking Demand
April 30, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

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ISVs Must Get Merchants To ‘Virtual’ Points Of Interaction (And Payments)
ISVs Must Get Merchants To ‘Virtual’ Points Of Interaction (And Payments)
April 30, 2020  |  API

Against the larger backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, shelter-in-place orders and shuttering of businesses, people have been staying at home. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Retail’s Philanthropic And Creative Marketing Efforts Amid COVID-19
Retail’s Philanthropic And Creative Marketing Efforts Amid COVID-19
April 29, 2020  |  Today In Data

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are engaging in philanthropic activism to offer help amid the coronavirus crisis. DHVANI, in one case, aims to provide a free mask to Americans to help...

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EU Reignites Efforts To Force Big Tech Transparency
EU Reignites Efforts To Force Big Tech Transparency
April 28, 2020  |  International

EU leaders are getting ready to initiate a consultation on its Digital Services Act after pausing it in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the...

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Adjusting To The Pandemic With Loans, Apps And Biometrics
Adjusting To The Pandemic With Loans, Apps And Biometrics
April 28, 2020  |  Today In Data

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are viewed not only as a “must-have” to navigate the current challenges – they are also seen as tools that can...

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