Amazon declined to comment on how it analyzes and uses the Kindle data it gathers.
It analyzes data across sales, finance and human resources to help improve operational efficiency of companies.
The Food and Drug Administration often examines much of the raw data when it analyzes whether to approve or restrict a drug.
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It analyzes consumers' past viewing habits over a period of six months to "learn" their preferences so that it can recommend similar content.
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Twitter says it analyzes the data from its unclicked buttons to recommend other people a user might want to follow, but not for other purposes.
It collects and analyzes the cost of jet fuel at airports around the globe, suggesting the best prices.
If the user taps or claps a beat, Shimi analyzes it, scans the phone's musical library and immediately plays the song that best matches the suggestion.
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The company receives streaming location data from mobile phones in real-time, processes the data in the context of billions of historical data points, and analyzes it to better understand human activity.
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The health law notwithstanding, the Physician Compare experience suggests the public might be better served in some instances if government provides data while the private sector analyzes it and presents it electronically.
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As soon as the show is over, a team of over 20 editors analyzes it for their specialty, including fabric type, print type, and how it fits categories like active wear or lingerie.
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On Tuesday, the company said it bought Bluefin Labs, which analyzes tweets about TV shows.
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The team gathers and analyzes data, tons of it, and, after about six weeks, it presents its conclusions and recommendations to senior management.
According to CNW Marketing Research, an Oregon-based firm that analyzes the auto industry, it is a positive sign for the economy when BMW dealers notice that a lot of their shoppers start out looking for a 3 series car, but end up buying the more luxurious 5-series.
Could it be possible that the modern business woman analyzes her man like she would a new career move or a new business?
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It does this by using an algorithm that analyzes cookies and matches people based things like location, behavior, time and preferences in types of web pages.
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That was when Microsoft forced its myriad Websites to adopt a system that analyzes content according to the degree to which it contains sex, nudity, violence or obscene language.
On the registration page, you supply the link to your AdWords account and permission to access it, and in about a minute, the tool analyzes your data and runs a report comparing your behavior (such as, do you have multiple text ads running) and results to that of others in your spending bracket.
Honey detective Vaughn Bryant analyzes pollen traces left by bees in honey to determine if it's legit and where it came from.
An investment from In-Q-Tel led Hoffman's company, which makes software that analyzes foreign-language texts, to expand to Middle Eastern languages, and it now does business with a variety of federal agencies, including the NSA. He says that IQT is also well regarded in Silicon Valley because of its successful investing track record.
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