A Look Back: Using RIWI Data to Predict the H7N9 Outbreak in China

It has been a full year since the first H7N9 outbreak in China and a second wave of the epidemic struck in early 2014. Looking back on RIWI’s predictive data from April 2013 on this subject, this is what we have found: Our analytical paper showcases results from just 24 hours of tracking. More than […]

Has your organization complied with incoming anti-spam law?

On May 14, 2014, RIWI immediately complied with the vital Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation coming into effect on July 1, 2014. It is RIWI’s opinion that all companies that solicit or communicate with Canadians by email should inquire into how to comply rapidly. As the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) points out: “The CRTC is […]

RIWI at IIeX EU 2014

This year’s Insight Innovation eXchange EU was a great success. RIWI’s CEO Neil Seeman presented at the event on Random Domain Intercept Technology (RDIT™): What People Care About, From Albania to Zimbabwe. Neil discusses the power of RDIT™ and why it is the disruptive technology that allows researchers to collect global data from desktop, tablet, […]

World Bank Institute & RIWI’s Extractive Industries Results Unveiled at CIIEID

Earlier this month, RIWI’s CTO Alton Ing had the opportunity to share data collected in partnership with the World Bank Institute on public perceptions of extractive industries in 14 mineral rich countries. The data were presented at the Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI), formerly known as the Canadian International Institute for Extractive Industries […]

The Brain is More Complicated Than a Tweet

CEO and Founder Neil Seeman wrote an article today in the Huffington Post titled Don’t Attribute Posts That ‘Go Viral’ To Neuroscience. His discussion stems from a blog post by Dr. Srini Pillay in the Harvard Business Review called “Which Messages Go Viral and Which Ones Don’t”. With an increasing number of businesses trying to […]

Environics Institute Research Digest: World Bank’s Open Government Study

For those who haven’t had a chance to see RIWI’s collaboration with The World Bank on the Open Government study, Environics Institute has recently published an article in Research Digest explaining why public opinion research really matters. The study captured respondent data in 63 countries on how open they felt that their governments were and […]

CASRO 2014: Technology & Innovation Event

RIWI is excited to be a presenter at this year’s CASRO Technology and Innovation event on May 28th and 29th in Chicago. RIWI’s President, Eric Meerkamper, and VP of Innovation and Partner Solutions, Grant Miller, will be discussing how to engage global youth using Random Domain Intercept Technology (RDIT™). The event will also feature presentations […]

Europ Assistance USA: Asterisk™ Global Travel Safety Perception Index

When it comes to travel safety, the word “safe” can be highly subjective. Searching on travel websites like TripAdvisor will only offer crowd-sourced information that is not always relevant or useful and is often ruled by popularity. So how do you determine if a city is safe and how do you find reliable destination information […]

GRIT 50 Most Innovative Companies

  RIWI is honoured to be listed in GRIT’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2014. We are especially delighted to be included as a “debut” company and join the league of heavyweights. Our hope is to continue to complement existing data capture methods and introduce new products based on our proprietary global data stream. Thank […]

6 Big Data Mistakes

In today’s SWOT section of the Financial Post, Mitchell Osak of Quanta Consulting Inc. shares his insight on six Big Data mistakes. While Big Data is tremendously useful for every area of business, it is easy to get lost in the information. Read more to find out what not to do in today’s giant ocean […]

Is RIWI “taking the world by storm”?

Well, we’re working on it. Being innovative is being inspired and Kristin Luck, President of Decipher, couldn’t have said it better in her article today on life hacks within the market research industry. It’s easy to repeat the same processes and systems, but stimulating creativity in our daily workspace requires thinking out of the box… […]

IIeX EU 2014

Earlier this year, RIWI won the Best New and Disruptive Technology Award at the 2013 Insight Innovation Exchange. Needless to say, we are very excited for the upcoming 2014 IIeX event that will be held in Amsterdam. This time, CEO and Founder Neil Seeman, will be a speaker at the conference, presenting his ideas and […]