Highlights of this month’s tidbits include: a shake-up in the satellite & aerial space, agricultural data trials, movements in both SDK and cell-tower location data, and yet another edition of Alt Data Around the World – this time with the exciting new addition of Latin America.

In this month’s tidbits, we journey into international waters with coverage of domestic alt data events in China and Japan, before moving onto a data provider traction round-up and a new Neudata record for historical data length.

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. This month, US transactional data providers gear up for the year ahead, some positive updates from new alt data entrants, and agricultural data saves the day.

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. This month, we also discuss the key themes in alternative data in 2018 and our outlook on 2019. Other industry updates span location, transaction, and web and app tracking data.

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. This month, we also provide 5 takeaways from our inaugural conference. Other industry updates span ESG, social media, US transaction data, the gaming market and Black Friday.

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. Examples include: EU-US Privacy Shield issues, lawsuits between power data providers and a case study showing huge disparities between three ESG vendors.

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. Examples include: a US debit & credit card data provider losing distribution rights, a software analysis provider gaining client traction and a permanency risk warning flag in the world of broadcast data.

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. Examples include: mobile data provider misery (courtesy of Apple), Brexit helping a Neudata-listed pharmaceutical data provider sell more data, and emojis assisting your sentiment analysis (depending on your viewpoint).

Our roundup of some of the most interesting alternative data provider updates over the past month. Examples include: a procurement data provider signs up a NY-based quant fund, a clickstream data provider receives its fair share of negative press and an e-receipt data provider reveals their panel has dropped by 75%.

By Daryl Smith, on 13 February 2018
Estimated reading time: 2.5 minutes

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