Rivva. So.cl. Truthy. OneRiot.com – Realtime Search for the Realtime Web. A few weeks ago, a small team from @WalmartLabs visited the offices of OneRiot in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. OneRiot has developed some pretty nifty technology that analyzes social media signals from popular networks like Twitter and Facebook to deliver ads that are relevant to consumers’ interests.
As our teams debated the finer points of Big Data, Fast Data, and machine learning technologies, it became clear to us that we could find no better colleagues than the guys at OneRiot. As a part of Walmart, we're continuing to work with the intensity of a technology startup. Today I’m pumped to share the news that, within 30 days of that first meeting, we have closed a transaction to acquire the key assets of OneRiot. The technology team at OneRiot will move to Silicon Valley and become part of @WalmartLabs in September. As I have written before, here at @WalmartLabs we’re doing some amazingly interesting and impactful work at the intersection of social, mobile, and retail. Awesome Visualization of Social Media Usage Around the Globe [In. Want to know how many people are microblogging in Australia? Or uploading photos online in Brazil?
Or writing blogs in the Netherlands? There’s a map for that — literally. TrendStream, who publishes the Global Web Index, has created a fantastic visualization that shows the penetration of different social technologies in major markets around the globe. The research is based on interviews with 32,000 Internet users in 16 countries.A few of the findings they report: "The massive impact of China: The vast Internet population coupled with hugely socially active set of web users, makes for a massive volume of content creators. Here’s the full map for your viewing pleasure (you'll want to blow it up to full screen):
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