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posted in May 2008
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Comment: Opportunities - RPR - 5/29/2008
Wrestling Required
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
5/28/2008   4 comments
With more points of view to be heard, finding any truth in online information requires engagement, not passivity
Comment: 1984 - Murugan - 5/27/2008
Improving Internet Transparency
Bill St. Arnaud  
5/26/2008   6 comments
Increased use of deep packet inspection equipment by network carriers is spurring the development of software tools to make the Internet more transparent
Comment: Re: Sandbox - reiter - 5/22/2008
Comment: Sandbox - Mr. Roques - 5/22/2008
Comment: I was wrong - Mr. Roques - 5/22/2008
The End of Command & Control Branding
Paul Dunay  
5/22/2008   5 comments
The explosion of new media is disrupting the traditional command-and-control branding messages often used by marketers
Comment: Re: It's Feasible - reiter - 5/22/2008
Comment: It's Feasible - Murugan - 5/22/2008
Microsoft, on Yahoo Rebound, Buys Users
Editor's Blog  
5/22/2008   6 comments
Microsoft bribes users, with real money, to use its search engine
Consumers & the Mobile Web: We Want More
Todd Watson  
5/22/2008   1 comment
An IBM study reveals that 80 percent of consumers want more applications and services available on their mobile devices
Battling Over White Space Spectrum
Alan Reiter  
5/22/2008   14 comments
A battle is raging between technology companies and broadcasters over using unlicensed mobile devices in the 'white space' spectrum
Comment: Customer Sentiments - Murugan - 5/22/2008
Comment: Listen vs Talk - experiences - 5/22/2008
Internet Businesses Adopt Social Sigma
Mary E. Shacklett  
5/21/2008   10 comments
Companies are leveraging customer feedback through online surveys, blogs, and other comment mechanisms through a process called 'Social Sigma'
Comment: Re: Role Reversal - Brian Newby - 5/21/2008
Role Reversal
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
5/21/2008   6 comments
Remember when businesses were the technology pioneers? That was before consumers got their hands on blogs, wikis, and social networks
Comment: it's mine.....Not!! - viboons - 5/21/2008
Comment: Why Google? - Murugan - 5/20/2008
Whose Data Is It Anyway?
Editor's Blog  
5/20/2008   12 comments
Facebook and Google's fight over access to Facebook user data brings up a few questions about the ownership of data and the legitimacy of data portability
Comment: Re: Crossword - Insultant - 5/20/2008
Comment: Crossword - grmcgee - 5/20/2008
Social Web Empowers Nonprofits
Craig Newmark  
5/20/2008   9 comments
An increasing number of nonprofit organizations are embracing the social Web to promote their missions
Comment: Re: - Jon Emmons - 5/19/2008
Comment: Re: time sink - EliteC - 5/19/2008
Comment: Well Said, But - hounhosp - 5/19/2008
Comment: You are Right. - hounhosp - 5/19/2008
Comment: Re: time sink - Nicole Ferraro - 5/19/2008
Comment: Re: - drihsan - 5/19/2008
Comment: terms of service - Mashka - 5/19/2008
Make Your Online Presence Speak for You
Jon Emmons  
5/19/2008   19 comments
As more job recruiters rely on Internet searches to assess potential employees, now's the time to make your online presence more attractive
Comment: news world change - Mashka - 5/19/2008
Comment: time sink - Mashka - 5/19/2008
Wetpaint Launches New Social Publishing Product
Editor's Blog  
5/19/2008   4 comments
Wetpaint, a leader in social publishing, launches Wetpaint Injected in an attempt to socialize the entire Web
In Web 2.0, You Still Get What You Pay For
Chris Minnick  
5/19/2008   5 comments
Trusting your business to random startups offering free services on the Web is a bad idea
Mental Aerobics
Crossword No. 2, May 19 – 25

Crossword Puzzles  
5/19/2008   2 comments
Solving a crossword helps keep your mind fit. Answer the Web vocabulary challenges in this puzzle to get all the brain exercise you need
Comment: ?? - viboons - 5/19/2008
Comment: I agree - matchboxgnc - 5/17/2008
Comment: Same song, 34th verse - Lynngi - 5/17/2008
Comment: Re: Ten minus one - lpricci49 - 5/16/2008
Comment: How could this be? - jerrybiyn - 5/16/2008
Comment: Don't blame Darwin - M Hulot - 5/16/2008
Internet to Render Journalists Obsolete?
Editor's Blog  
5/16/2008   13 comments
Chris Tolles, CEO of Topix, says the Internet is going to all but do away with journalism as we've come to know it since the 1930s
Google's Devolution Effect
Oded Noy  
5/16/2008   14 comments
A surfeit of useless data called up by search engines is actually diminishing the ability of consumers to find useful product information online
Comment: Ten minus one - lpricci49 - 5/15/2008
Comment: Err.. that darn ASA - Tim Bell - 5/14/2008
10 Times the Change
Editor's Blog  
5/14/2008   3 comments
Internet Evolution names the top 10 ways Web 2.0 tools are changing society (as we know it)
Comment: Re: Quality of Service - modza - 5/14/2008
Top 10 Ways Web 2.0 Sites Are Changing Society
The Big Report  
5/14/2008   3 comments
Wikis, social networks, video portability, and broadband wireless collude to make today's online experience richer, faster, and more personalized
Comment: Quality of Service - EliteC - 5/14/2008
Comment: No Client - jabailo - 5/14/2008
In Search of Internet Quality of Service
Tom Nolle  
5/14/2008   6 comments
If quality of service is vital to the future of the Internet, why don’t we have it today, and will we ever get it?
Comment: its an ilusion - lorgid - 5/14/2008
Comment: Online Transaction - hindsatya - 5/14/2008
Comment: E-commerce - hindsatya - 5/14/2008
Comment: Other markets - abdlah - 5/13/2008
Virtual Flying Doctors
Kim Solez, MD  
5/13/2008   13 comments
A bold decision by health insurers Cigna and Aetna to offer reimbursements for online visits to physicians is bound to have an impact beyond US borders
Jeff Taylor, Founder, Monster.com; Eons.com; Tributes.com
Dialogue  
5/13/2008   1 comment
Internet Evolution spoke with Jeff Taylor about his years at Monster.com; his newest Websites, Eons.com and Tributes.com; and his DJ alter-ego
Where the FBI Needs to Put Its Efforts
Ira Winkler  
5/13/2008   4 comments
One of the most troubling hacks I have heard of is the recent attack on the Epilepsy Foundation Website
Comment: Re: Messaging - Nicole Ferraro - 5/12/2008
Comment: Re: Messaging - reiter - 5/12/2008
Comment: Re: Messaging - Insultant - 5/12/2008
Comment: it's scary - Mashka - 5/12/2008
Comment: Re: Messaging - experiences - 5/12/2008
Comment: Re: Messaging - Insultant - 5/12/2008
Comment: never use reasons - Mashka - 5/12/2008
Comment: Messaging - experiences - 5/12/2008
Comment: more not new... - Mashka - 5/12/2008
Survey: Mobile Web Potential Underused
Editor's Blog  
5/12/2008   16 comments
Last week's reader poll shows that, when it comes to the mobile Web, Internet Evolution readers stick with the basics
Privacy Breach: Behavioral Targeting Needs Closer Look
Chris Minnick  
5/12/2008   2 comments
If you’ve been living under the impression that what you do on the Web is your own business, behavioral targeting is about to make you lose that feeling for good
How to Achieve the Semantic Web
Yihong Ding  
5/12/2008   14 comments
To achieve the Semantic Web, we'll need to better understand the Web's evolution up until this point
Comment: Very Valuable Concept - abdlah - 5/9/2008
E-Commerce Strategy: Top 4 Myths
Marc Osofsky  
5/9/2008   6 comments
Innovative retailers are challenging four key retailing rules of thumb in favor of an online community approach to e-commerce
Microsoft ASA: Who Needs People?
Editor's Blog  
5/9/2008   1 comment
New enhancements to Microsoft's Automated Search Agent help the Internet weed out the need for some call centers and human beings
Comment: Re: Pros and cons - reiter - 5/9/2008
Comment: Pros and cons - hindsatya - 5/9/2008
Comment: future demand issue - viboons - 5/8/2008
Fake Your Location, Save Your Life
Alan Reiter  
5/8/2008   13 comments
We had better realize the dangers of location-based devices and Web services and how to 'fake out' the trackers
MySpace: No Longer an 'Autonomous Island'
Editor's Blog  
5/8/2008   3 comments
MySpace launches 'Data Availability' initiative to allow users to spread their data around the Web
Odds Are Against Sprint/Clearwire WiMax Consortium’s Success
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
5/8/2008   Post a comment
For several reasons, I give the Sprint/Clearwire WiMax consortium only a 40 percent chance of success
Comment: Ideally so - RPR - 5/8/2008
The Internet Can Fix Its ‘Green’ Problem
Mary E. Shacklett  
5/8/2008   12 comments
Although the Internet is a CO2 contributor to greenhouse gases, it also offers energy and carbon emission alternatives that are more attainable than those in other industries
Comment: Re: Filter - Leo Nederlof - 5/8/2008
Comment: Re: Filter - Mr. Roques - 5/8/2008
Filter This: Email Stamps Could Spell the End of Spam
Leo Nederlof  
5/7/2008   13 comments
What if an email stamp charge was paid to the email recipient? The anti-spam benefits could be sufficient motivation to explore the option
Comment: Hi Ira, - Tim Bell - 5/7/2008
Going Through the Security Motions
Ira Winkler  
5/6/2008   7 comments
In applying martial arts, you can go through the motions, but not mount a real defense – which relates to my perception of most organizational Internet security programs
Is Print Alive & Well, Dying, or Already Dead?
Chris Minnick  
5/6/2008   12 comments
I asked a variety of people at the Western Publications Association conference last week about the health of print media
Comment: Re: Take The Day Off - reiter - 5/5/2008
Comment: Re: Take The Day Off - RPR - 5/5/2008
Comment: Re: Take The Day Off - reiter - 5/5/2008
Comment: ... - Emiddio - 5/5/2008
The Consumerization of the Enterprise
Tony Bishop  
5/5/2008   2 comments
Enterprise users are coming to expect the same options they get as consumers, heralding the Platform as a Service (PaaS) movement
Comment: Re: Take The Day Off - RPR - 5/5/2008
Comment: Re: Take The Day Off - reiter - 5/2/2008
Comment: Re: Take The Day Off - reiter - 5/2/2008
Comment: Re: Take The Day Off - RPR - 5/2/2008
Comment: Let Them Go Forward - hounhosp - 5/1/2008
Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia; Co-Founder, Wikia
Dialogue  
5/1/2008   4 comments
Founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, talks to Internet Evolution about his new project, Wikia Search, the next big step for Wikipedia, and whether or not he plans to defeat Google
Mobile Marketing: A Moving Target
Peter Bowman  
5/1/2008   4 comments
Contrary to popular belief, mobile advertising will not see its glory days any time soon
SPOT Watches Die, But the Concept Lives On
Alan Reiter  
5/1/2008   4 comments
Unlike the pundits who are gleefully writing Microsoft's SPOT obituary, I believe the overall concept is correct and has potential for new opportunities
Video: Practical Advice for Wireless Advertising
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
5/1/2008   Post a comment
Are you interested in the business or techniques of wireless advertising? Omar Hamoui, founder and CEO of AdMob, provides some practical advice
Comment: Re: Benefit (ideally) - RPR - 5/1/2008
Comment: Re: Benefit (ideally) - RPR - 5/1/2008




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Harry Hawk   6/20/2013   Post a comment
Social networking sites and search engines continue to hone the tools they use to help advertisers spread their messages, measure results, and avoid fraud.
Jason Mick
Jason Mick   6/19/2013   7 comments
The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
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John Kennedy
How Big-Data Is Changing Marketing

6|13|13   |   1:07   |   1 comment


Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   10 comments


Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track

5|6|13   |   3:51   |   1 comment


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.
Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future

4|23|13   |   2:29   |   20 comments


A look back at tech writing in the 90s makes us wonder where enterprise IT will be 20 years from now.
Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet

4|15|13   |   2:59   |   10 comments


Google's new Inactive Account Manager lets you control how Google disposes of your accounts when you die.
Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'

4|11|13   |   2:07   |   3 comments


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.
Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits

3|21|13   |   2:22   |   37 comments


ePad Femme is the world’s first tablet “made exclusively for women.”
Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream

3|20|13   |   2:16   |   No comments


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.
Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract

3|19|13   |   3:35   |   No comments


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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information

3|18|13   |   1:15   |   No comments


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.
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