Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. Perhaps the greatest challenge confronting today’s “big data” era lies ...

Companies have used geographic information for years to help decide which ZIP codes to target in a mailing, which sites to pick for new stores and how to plan delivery routes. The geographic ...

Working on a new project that will have at the center of its functionality geolocation functionality - i.e. querying for users that are within a set distance from an event location. I haven't done any ...