Free Is Not a Business Model Joel Smernoff 4/29/2008 17 comments Ambitious young tech entrepreneurs with promising ideas about offering free services and eventually adding advertising must realize that 'free' is not a business model!
Vista & Apple TV: Losers! Editor's Blog 4/28/2008 3 comments The big losers in last week's reader poll asking which Apple and Microsoft products were the greatest disappointments are Vista and Apple TV
Support Your Social Network! Chris Minnick 4/28/2008 3 comments Social networking sites are tapping into a growing trend of creating communities to help members advance professionally or just become better people
What's Next for Social Platforms? Editor's Blog 4/23/2008 Post a comment Five representatives from social platforms spoke on a panel about data portability, third-party developers, and making money – concluding that the social Web is still a learning experience
Vysr Beats Yahoo to the Punch With RoamAbout Editor's Blog 4/22/2008 2 comments Vysr unveils new product RoamAbout at the Web 2.0 Expo, attempting to start the move away from a site-centric Web to one that is user-centric
When Free Content Remains Captive Cyan Banister 4/21/2008 9 comments In today's immature Internet landscape, most everyone is still pursuing the ad-supported business model of the broadcast dinosaurs
Thinkers in the New Web Age Yihong Ding 4/18/2008 25 comments Whereas Web 1.0 was an age for technological revolution, Web 2.0 has seen the emergence of great 'thinkers' by turning raw data into collective knowledge
The Future(s) of the Internet Editor's Blog 4/17/2008 6 comments Five industry mavens offer perspectives about the future of the Internet, essentially admitting they are wholly unaware of where it's headed
Twitter in 30 Seconds Todd Watson 4/17/2008 2 comments Some users reported spotting ads in their Twitter streams. I've seen no ads myself, but let me just say: What took them so long?
Zoning the Internet to Protect Children Cheryl B. Preston 4/17/2008 23 comments It is time to consider how Internet architecture can be harnessed to protect children from being exposed to sexually explicit material
Multimedia Content: The Semantic Web Challenge Tom Wilde 4/14/2008 8 comments As we move toward a 'Semantic' Web, text remains a key factor in driving search – but how will the Semantic Web account for audio and video content?
Yahoo Moves: Strategic or Insane? Editor's Blog 4/10/2008 7 comments Yahoo plays hard-to-get with Microsoft by flirting with Google and AOL. Is this good strategy or sheer madness?
Bloggers: A Dying Breed? Editor's Blog 4/8/2008 14 comments If you believe the NYT, the Internet is causing people to blog themselves to death. Run for your lives!
Protecting the Children vs Freedom of Information Chris Minnick 4/7/2008 11 comments I’m an advocate of the right to look at whatever we want to online, but I also believe that parents should be concerned about what their kids are viewing on the Web
Trolling for Dollars With Internet Patents Mary E. Shacklett 4/4/2008 9 comments Internet 'trollers' continue to hinder Web innovation by stepping up their efforts to monopolize patents for the sole purpose of making money
What Will MySpace Music Mean for Everyone Else? Editor's Blog 4/4/2008 4 comments MySpace announces the impending launch of MySpace Music and the backing of three out of the four major labels. While great for users, what are the implications for the rest of the industry?
Does TCP Need an Overhaul? Lawrence G. Roberts 4/3/2008 16 comments Flow management finally offers the best solution for fixing the unfairness of TCP congestion control
The Emergence of Micro Social Networks Peter Bowman 4/2/2008 13 comments There is a growing trend to transform micro-sites into micro-social networks to become more in line with Web 2.0 applications
Loomia Lets the Web Do the Thinking for You Editor's Blog 4/2/2008 1 comment Loomia, an online recommendation service that eliminates our need to think for ourselves, raises $5 million in a Series A round of funding
Free Is Not a Business Model Joel Smernoff 4/29/2008 17 comments Ambitious young tech entrepreneurs with promising ideas about offering free services and eventually adding advertising must realize that 'free' is not a business model!
Vista & Apple TV: Losers! Editor's Blog 4/28/2008 3 comments The big losers in last week's reader poll asking which Apple and Microsoft products were the greatest disappointments are Vista and Apple TV
Support Your Social Network! Chris Minnick 4/28/2008 3 comments Social networking sites are tapping into a growing trend of creating communities to help members advance professionally or just become better people
What's Next for Social Platforms? Editor's Blog 4/23/2008 Post a comment Five representatives from social platforms spoke on a panel about data portability, third-party developers, and making money – concluding that the social Web is still a learning experience
Vysr Beats Yahoo to the Punch With RoamAbout Editor's Blog 4/22/2008 2 comments Vysr unveils new product RoamAbout at the Web 2.0 Expo, attempting to start the move away from a site-centric Web to one that is user-centric
When Free Content Remains Captive Cyan Banister 4/21/2008 9 comments In today's immature Internet landscape, most everyone is still pursuing the ad-supported business model of the broadcast dinosaurs
Thinkers in the New Web Age Yihong Ding 4/18/2008 25 comments Whereas Web 1.0 was an age for technological revolution, Web 2.0 has seen the emergence of great 'thinkers' by turning raw data into collective knowledge
The Future(s) of the Internet Editor's Blog 4/17/2008 6 comments Five industry mavens offer perspectives about the future of the Internet, essentially admitting they are wholly unaware of where it's headed
Twitter in 30 Seconds Todd Watson 4/17/2008 2 comments Some users reported spotting ads in their Twitter streams. I've seen no ads myself, but let me just say: What took them so long?
Zoning the Internet to Protect Children Cheryl B. Preston 4/17/2008 23 comments It is time to consider how Internet architecture can be harnessed to protect children from being exposed to sexually explicit material
Multimedia Content: The Semantic Web Challenge Tom Wilde 4/14/2008 8 comments As we move toward a 'Semantic' Web, text remains a key factor in driving search – but how will the Semantic Web account for audio and video content?
Yahoo Moves: Strategic or Insane? Editor's Blog 4/10/2008 7 comments Yahoo plays hard-to-get with Microsoft by flirting with Google and AOL. Is this good strategy or sheer madness?
Bloggers: A Dying Breed? Editor's Blog 4/8/2008 14 comments If you believe the NYT, the Internet is causing people to blog themselves to death. Run for your lives!
Protecting the Children vs Freedom of Information Chris Minnick 4/7/2008 11 comments I’m an advocate of the right to look at whatever we want to online, but I also believe that parents should be concerned about what their kids are viewing on the Web
Trolling for Dollars With Internet Patents Mary E. Shacklett 4/4/2008 9 comments Internet 'trollers' continue to hinder Web innovation by stepping up their efforts to monopolize patents for the sole purpose of making money
What Will MySpace Music Mean for Everyone Else? Editor's Blog 4/4/2008 4 comments MySpace announces the impending launch of MySpace Music and the backing of three out of the four major labels. While great for users, what are the implications for the rest of the industry?
Does TCP Need an Overhaul? Lawrence G. Roberts 4/3/2008 16 comments Flow management finally offers the best solution for fixing the unfairness of TCP congestion control
The Emergence of Micro Social Networks Peter Bowman 4/2/2008 13 comments There is a growing trend to transform micro-sites into micro-social networks to become more in line with Web 2.0 applications
Loomia Lets the Web Do the Thinking for You Editor's Blog 4/2/2008 1 comment Loomia, an online recommendation service that eliminates our need to think for ourselves, raises $5 million in a Series A round of funding
In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
You only need take one quick glance around the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit at the Gaylord Opryland facility here in Nashville to recognize how busy the Smarter Commerce customer reference team has been these past few months in anticipation of the event.
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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
