There's a new package on CRAN that makes it easier to consume Google Trend data. ...more

Running R on Linux is better in some cases as you have a full build environment for packages. These are compiled from C/Fortran. If you have software engineers in house this allows any mods to be made to source code if you need it. ...more

Power BI is such a usable tool that I've found soon after deployment the data and calculations can grow. This isn't a bad thing as the flexibility allows users to experiment with data sources to understand value etc. ...more