The Internet of Things and virtual reality are poised to explode driven by fast-growing consumer adoption of the technology and rapidly decreasing cost to create 3-D content.

Al Roker has launched live-streaming network Roker Media to give marketers a way to tap into emerging personalities in food, music, gaming and sports on platforms such as Meerkat, Periscope, YouNow and Facebook Live.

Jim Sterne, Founder of the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, wrote The Devil's Data Dictionary: Making Fun of Data because he thinks everybody is way too serious and the buzz words were getting out of control.

Before data scientists can join the Correlation One database, they must complete a series of hands-on tests to demonstrate their skills in solving real-world problems with actual data sets.