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CIA’s big data mission: ‘Collect everything and hang onto it forever’
Speaking to a crowd of technology professionals Wednesday at GigaOM’s Structure:Data conference in New York City, the Central Intelligence Agency’s chief technology officer explained that the CIA is so infatuated with big data that it tries “to collect everything and hang onto it forever.” During his nearly half-hour talk, CIA…
‘Draw Something’ becomes an iPhone and Android games phenomenon
Stuart Dredge, guardian.co.uk US firm OMGPOP is the latest independent developer to spark a mobile gaming craze, with its Draw Something social game racing to more than 30m downloads on iOS and Android just six weeks after its release. The game takes its inspiration from Pictionary, and wraps Words With…
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