InfoWorld - Version 2 has faster queries and a new web-based visualization tool, with plans to spread to Microsoft Azure too

NetworkWorld from IDG - MapD Core database and Immerse visual analytics platform

Silicon Angle - Google Inc. early next year will start offering graphics processing unit chips as a computing service alongside the standard processors in its cloud computing platform, in an effort to make it easier for enterprises to use machine learning.

Google Cloud Platform Blog - CPU-based machines in the cloud are terrific for general purpose computing, but certain tasks such as rendering or large-scale simulations are much faster on specialized processors.

Datanami - The gnashing of teeth you may be hearing is the sound of political pollsters whose elegant models completely missed the surge of popular discontent in the hinterlands that propelled Donald J. Trump to the U.S. presidency.

Business Insider - As we head into Election Day, one way to figure out which candidate has a leg up is to "follow the money."

Datanami - The cottage industry of political polling is approaching a fever pitch at the end of a long, tortuous U.S. presidential campaign.

Datanami - In-Q-Tel, the venture arm of American spy agencies, announced yesterday that it has invested in MapD.

Defense Systems - When the CIA's venture capital arm invests in a technology startup, it tends to draw attention.

The Wall Street Journal - The venture-capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, In-Q-Tel, said on Tuesday that it has invested in MapD Technologies Inc., a database and visualization startup.