Mac v. PC Shopping Guy Todd Watson 6/26/2012 6 comments It is necessary to go back to using Windows in order to get the best deals on Orbitz? Not necessarily, but it’s quite evident that you’ll be given different promotions, many of which will cost more because you’re part of the cool, Apple fanboy set.
Social Policy Internet Evolution Poll 6/26/2012 40 comments Do you follow the rules spelled out in your organization's social media policy?
Louisiana Sex Offender Ban Could Backfire Robert McGarvey 6/22/2012 29 comments In Louisiana, sex offenders will have to give out a ton of information in order to join a social network. But the disincentive could hinder police from finding these criminals.
Facebook's Biggest Problem Is Its Mission Wagner James Au 6/19/2012 26 comments Facebook is faltering because it can't capture the pseudonymous Internet where people feel free to express their true interests.
Jody R. Westby, CEO, Global Cyber Risk LLC IE Radio 6/14/2012 113 comments Jody R. Westby is the CEO of security consultancy Global Cyber Risk LLC, an adjunct distinguished fellow for Carnegie Mellon CyLab, and a blogger for Forbes. She previously worked for the US Chamber of Commerce and In-Q-Tel. A lawyer, she chairs the American Bar Association’s Privacy and Computer Crime Committee.
FTC Pounds Spokeo Security Clan Editor's Blog 6/13/2012 11 comments The FTC has penalized social aggregator Spokeo for its improper methods of selling personal information to potential employers.
Big-Data, Big Anxiety Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 6/5/2012 6 comments The ever-increasing sophistication of social analytics means we are all living in the big-data spotlight.
Mac v. PC Shopping Guy Todd Watson 6/26/2012 6 comments It is necessary to go back to using Windows in order to get the best deals on Orbitz? Not necessarily, but it’s quite evident that you’ll be given different promotions, many of which will cost more because you’re part of the cool, Apple fanboy set.
Social Policy Internet Evolution Poll 6/26/2012 40 comments Do you follow the rules spelled out in your organization's social media policy?
Louisiana Sex Offender Ban Could Backfire Robert McGarvey 6/22/2012 29 comments In Louisiana, sex offenders will have to give out a ton of information in order to join a social network. But the disincentive could hinder police from finding these criminals.
Facebook's Biggest Problem Is Its Mission Wagner James Au 6/19/2012 26 comments Facebook is faltering because it can't capture the pseudonymous Internet where people feel free to express their true interests.
Jody R. Westby, CEO, Global Cyber Risk LLC IE Radio 6/14/2012 113 comments Jody R. Westby is the CEO of security consultancy Global Cyber Risk LLC, an adjunct distinguished fellow for Carnegie Mellon CyLab, and a blogger for Forbes. She previously worked for the US Chamber of Commerce and In-Q-Tel. A lawyer, she chairs the American Bar Association’s Privacy and Computer Crime Committee.
FTC Pounds Spokeo Security Clan Editor's Blog 6/13/2012 11 comments The FTC has penalized social aggregator Spokeo for its improper methods of selling personal information to potential employers.
Big-Data, Big Anxiety Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 6/5/2012 6 comments The ever-increasing sophistication of social analytics means we are all living in the big-data spotlight.
Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
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.
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.
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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