Weekly Roundup: Friday, 5 May, 2017
Here are some links I thought were worth sharing this week:
DATA SCIENCE
3 Million Instacart Orders, Open Sourced
Instacart announce their first public dataset release, “The Instacart Online Grocery Shopping Dataset 2017”. This anonymized dataset contains a sample of over 3 million grocery orders from more than 200,000 Instacart users.
DATA PRIVACY
People are freaking out because email decluttering service Unroll.me sold their data to Uber
What data are you allowing a service to access and what are they going to do with it?
FCC Commish: Hey, don't look at me – Congress should sort out net neutrality mess
Coverage of the recent controversial decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Congress and President Trump to kill off FCC rules over digital privacy. Now internet service providers have the right to sell users' personal data without their consent.
MEDIA
No, CNN, eBook Sales Have Not Plunged Nearly 20%
Interesting post on the statistics around ebook sales. I don't think this post fully clarifies the situation but it does highlight that the reported figures are only including traditional publishers which misses a large percentage of the full market.
Sky brings Now TV on-demand service to Ireland
Sky has launched Now TV in Ireland, it has been available in the UK since 2012. Its television, film and live sport streaming service, on the Irish market, is a further move towards on-demand viewing in Ireland. I also see that in 2018, Sky will also offer Sky Q in the UK without the need for a satellite dish.
COMPANIES
Apple
Apple Q2 2017: No records, slight growth
Apple Q2 2017 released on Tuesday.
Microsoft
Microsoft launches Windows 10 S, its Store-centric version of Windows 10
Microsoft launched Windows 10 S, at its Education event in New York City on May 2. Windows 10 S will only run Windows Store applications.
Microsoft Surface Laptop: Price, specs, availability
Microsoft announced its new Surface Laptop, at its Education event in New York City on May 2. The laptop is positioned closer to the MacBook Air starting at $999 than a Chromebook. It ships with Windows 10 S but will be upgradable to Windows 10 Pro $49.