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Post 10: (Question 11)

Part A

Dr. Charles W. Stryker covered a high number of points within his TedTalk, the main points that he made were that big data encompasses everything. He compared the job hunting of people today versus the job hunting of those who would look for a job before 1993, he discussed the same comparison when it came to people searching for relationships, how people communicate and stay in touch with friends as well as investments and business.

Big data is now usable by analysing the data as it comes in. The medical industry is using data for cancer to track cases, Dr. Stryker stated that the best oncologist in the United States tracks roughly 6-8 cases and that if they request data they can easily find better care for their patients 85% of the time based solely on data analytics.
Big data will soon be able to track the food that people consume over the course of years and through big data a diabetes drug was prescribed by a doctor who noticed a correlation between his patients on this diabetes drug doing better with their cancer over those without this diabetic medication. The doctor began prescribing this medication to other patients and discovered that it significantly aided the patients. This would not have been discovered had he not analysed the data of many other patients. The same could apply to patents suffering from negative effects of drugs if they are suffering from an illness. 


Part B

In today's society mobile internet and mobile applications are a necessity to many individuals, big data has been a major factor in the growth of the app industry and more and more companies are investing in application development and the app industry is making use of the data of users of mobile users to create and develop applications that users desire based on the data collected. By utilising big data mobile app development companies are able to analyse their users data and make their applications align with the users needs based on their usage and behaviour to ensure they stay hooked to the application. This form of application development will only increase over time as more and more people use applications and developers see what the users need or want from their applications and they will add features where and when possible to meet these needs. 


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