Big Data – Fighting Pirates (on the High Seas) and Graffiti

Big Data is having a significant and wide-reaching impact on our lives. And, it can be found in quite unexpected places. Nate Silver’s prediction of 2012 US Election has been making headlines on the web for quite some time. The accuracy is surprising, using Big Data to achieve it, probably not so much. However, following are two scenarios where Big Data’s application is less obvious. The first one shows how Big Data analytics has been used and the second one demonstrates the potential of Big Data for dealing with minor urban crime and benefitting…