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http://www.cnbc.com/id/38722872 http://www.cnbc.com/id/38722872 satellite recon of walmart parking lot usage, to estimate business trends

• exelius 11y ago
  Yeah, I was using that as an example -- but I'm sure you can think of other things you could measure using bulk cell phone data that would give you insight into the future financial performance of a company -- often before the company itself knows.
  • pyvpx 11y ago
    aren't the companies employing wireless trackers in store? even small shops can get some useful tracking data from "custom" OpenWRT based firmwares on consumer-level wifi/router devices.
    • hackuser 11y ago
      > aren't the companies employing wireless trackers in store Yes. Lookup "beacons"