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Quoting from the site wsj.com Posted by:Dr Ahmed.M.Shaban Data scientist—a new occupation that blends business savvy, mathematical wizardry and computer know-how—is data analytics’ career of the moment. Currently boasting superstar status in the corporate world, these number crunchers find hidden insights in large, complex sets of data that don't typically mesh. While demand for data scientists is growing across many industries, some businesses are going all out to shore up their data militia. Anyone looking for a career in data science may want to consider these four industries in particular—they’re hiring. Agriculture Relying on sensors in farm machinery, in soil and on planes flown over fields, precision agriculture is an emerging practice in which growing crops is directed by data covering everything from soil conditions to weather patterns to commodity pricing. “Precision agriculture helps you optimize yield and avoid major mistakes,” says Daniel Castro, direct...

Quoting from the site wsj.com Posted by:Dr Ahmed.M.Shaban Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has added a new function to its mobile shopping and payment applications that allows people to check the authenticity of drugs by scanning the packages with smartphone cameras. REUTERS China’s pharmaceutical market is growing , but so is the potential market for fake or substandard drugs. This week, the state-run  Xinhua news agency reported  that China’s drug administration has warned consumers about fake cancer drugs being sold online. Alibaba’s Tmall shopping site hosts storefronts for major Chinese drugstore chains, but one of the challenges of selling drugs online is lack of trust. The new feature, available on Alibaba’s Mobile Taobao shopping app and the Alipay Wallet payment app, could address consumers’ – and Beijing’s – concerns about the authenticity and safety of drugs sold by online retailers. Using the same feature, consumers can also scan the pac...

Quoting from the site wsj.com Posted by:Dr Ahmed.M.Shaban Michael Acton Smith, CEO and founder of children’s entertainment company Mind Candy ,the creators of Moshi Monsters.   Jason Alden for The Wall Street Journal. The chief executive officer of British children’s entertainment company Mind Candy is stepping down as the company tries to crack the difficult mobile children’s games market. Michael Acton Smith, 39, who has run the company for 10 years and become an icon of the London tech scene, said he will step down when the company finds a new chief executive. Mr. Smith, known to fans as Mr. Moshi, posted the news in a  YouTube video . He sat on a couch in front of a wall decorated with colorful Moshi characters, with a pile of notebooks at his side he said were “filled with ideas and sketches and scribbles and doodles” for new stories and characters. He spoke directly to the camera for nearly three-and-a-half minutes. “I’ve been doing some deep thinki...