FINIF mini review: Part 2
7th March 2012

In Part 1 of this review, we looked at the basic premise behind FINIF, a financial informatics platform.

FINIF is not only unique in that it is one of a very few in the financial sentiment analysis niche...

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New login features
6th March 2012

Enabling easier access to full-text articles, product reviews and other premium content has been a priority for FreePint. Following development work based on subscriber feedback, we're now able to do so.

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Categories: What's your pleasure?
6th March 2012

Making relevant information visible is essential for any business, and FreePint is no exception. We've recently introduced categories of content, designed to help readers quickly identify and access the FreePint Family articles that are most useful to them.

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FINIF mini review: Part 1
6th March 2012

FINIF bills itself as an informatics platform that specialises in financial sentiment analysis and market chatter. The technology provides the capability to analyse financial data, news and opinion from sources such as Twitter, reputable news providers and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

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Privacy - American carrot or European stick?
6th March 2012

The US government prepares to set out its data privacy principles while Europe sees problems in its own more advanced policy. Meanwhile individuals are deciding for themselves about who has access to their own personal online data.

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Social media - normalised, crisis or chaos?
2nd March 2012

While social media platforms are increasingly being used in routine aspects of corporate life, many companies do not understand the legal obligations regarding the status of tweets, posts or blogs. The situation seems as similarly unmanageable as email did 10 years ago.

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Big data; big con?
2nd March 2012

"Big data" is the latest buzzword in IT and "enterprise search" is making a comeback but do these terms actually offer anything other than neat phraseology for what information professionals have been doing for years?

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Where did I see that photo? Try Gale or Factiva
2nd March 2012

Images and pictures are becoming increasingly important in the digital age and companies need to take note. More than 100 years of the National Geographic magazine will be archived in a fully searchable interface, and Factiva is also adding 1.2 million images to its  database.

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Medical apps - don't get burnt
1st March 2012

The first medical app was registered as a medical device in the UK in January 2012. With more Smartphone apps becoming available for diagnosing and treating medical conditions the need for regulation is critical.

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Innovation: light bulb or due diligence?
1st March 2012

Innovation is key to start-up companies, but is it more to do with what customers want or what they cannot solve for themselves? How can companies ensure that they have what it takes to ensure success in this field?

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