Data Stories: Visualizing the Tech Industry and a Look at How It’s Done
A pair of visualizations of the tech industry and a deep-dive into how one visualization of global economics was created.
- By Upside Staff
- August 28, 2019
![chart of tech mergers since 2009](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2019/08/082819VizTechTitans.png?h=273&w=500&hash=F75E2A3FD9B0A8946922934E576C94FD)
The Economist’s view on mergers and acquisitions activity among the Big 5 tech giants since 2009.
![infographic of Facebook mergers](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2019/08/082819VizTechMergers.png)
The New York Times also looks at mergers and acquisitions among the Big 5. Could it be time for regulators to look harder at breaking them up?
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Erica Bugden and Francis Gagnon take us on a deep dive into their entry to the United Nations Development Program’s 2019 Data Visualization Challenge.