The Blackout in India Todd Watson 7/31/2012 1 comment For those of us here in the West, the blackout in India would be like the power going out across all of the US and all of the UK, at once.
Why Hackers Fascinate Us Editor's Blog 7/31/2012 15 comments Our latest Internet Evolution Big Report explores the world of hackers and how their activities help and hinder our expanding online world.
REAL Coupons Todd Watson 7/30/2012 4 comments IBM recently partnered with major German retail hypermarket chain, REAL, to provide a convenient and personalized service to shoppers, even if they forgot their paper coupons back at home.
Netflix Learns a Lesson Second Shooter 7/27/2012 7 comments Netflix proves that even Internet viewing of video isn't immune to profit and other business issues.
One Missed Putt Todd Watson 7/23/2012 1 comment Ernie Els, the one-time British Open Champion and 42-year-old grinder, walked away with the Claret jug yesterday after surreptitiously ousting Australia's Adam Scott.
3 Great Examples of Social Media Marketing CMO Clan Editor's Blog 7/19/2012 13 comments It's easy to talk about customer engagement through social networking. But these three companies have demonstrated how it's done.
Andrew Blum, Author of Tubes IE Radio 7/19/2012 130 comments Andrew Blum is the author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, the first book-length look at the physical heart of the Internet itself.
When not immersed in the Internet’s depths, Blum writes about architecture, design, technology, urbanism, art, and travel. Since 1999, his articles and essays have appeared in Wired, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bloomberg Business Week, Metropolis, Popular Science, Gizmodo, The Atlantic Online, Architectural Record, and Slate, among others. He has degrees in literature from Amherst College and in human geography from the University of Toronto, and lives in his native New York City with his wife, daughter, and a black shepherd mix.
IE Radio: Tour the 'Tubes' that Make the Internet Editor's Blog 7/19/2012 2 comments We'll be talking with Andrew Blum, the author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, the first book-length look at the physical heart of the Internet itself.
Open Letter to Marissa Second Shooter 7/18/2012 13 comments She has to look at something that Yahoo has always rejected, a relationship with telcos and cablecos.
IBM Furthers Focus on Marketers Todd Watson 7/18/2012 Post a comment As marketing organizations take the lead in tech acquisitions, it's notable that IBM has spent some $3 billion making acquisitions in this growing market over the past several years, including the acquisitions of Coremetrics, DemandTec, TeaLeaf, and Unica.
Younger Workers More Relaxed About Privacy Mary E. Shacklett 7/18/2012 31 comments Thanks to the widely differing attitudes people have about online privacy, future laws could be very different from what they are today.
Shopping in the Great White North Todd Watson 7/12/2012 3 comments SHOP.CA, Canada’s largest online e-commerce marketplace, is using analytics software from IBM’s smarter commerce initiative to help engage increasingly empowered online consumers in a unique shopping experience.
No-Glasses 3D Is Headed for Mobile Market John Scott Lewinski 7/2/2012 10 comments A maker of glass that gives tablets and mobile phones 3D capabilities without special eyewear sees the technology coming to stay this year.
The Blackout in India Todd Watson 7/31/2012 1 comment For those of us here in the West, the blackout in India would be like the power going out across all of the US and all of the UK, at once.
Why Hackers Fascinate Us Editor's Blog 7/31/2012 15 comments Our latest Internet Evolution Big Report explores the world of hackers and how their activities help and hinder our expanding online world.
REAL Coupons Todd Watson 7/30/2012 4 comments IBM recently partnered with major German retail hypermarket chain, REAL, to provide a convenient and personalized service to shoppers, even if they forgot their paper coupons back at home.
Netflix Learns a Lesson Second Shooter 7/27/2012 7 comments Netflix proves that even Internet viewing of video isn't immune to profit and other business issues.
One Missed Putt Todd Watson 7/23/2012 1 comment Ernie Els, the one-time British Open Champion and 42-year-old grinder, walked away with the Claret jug yesterday after surreptitiously ousting Australia's Adam Scott.
3 Great Examples of Social Media Marketing CMO Clan Editor's Blog 7/19/2012 13 comments It's easy to talk about customer engagement through social networking. But these three companies have demonstrated how it's done.
Andrew Blum, Author of Tubes IE Radio 7/19/2012 130 comments Andrew Blum is the author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, the first book-length look at the physical heart of the Internet itself.
When not immersed in the Internet’s depths, Blum writes about architecture, design, technology, urbanism, art, and travel. Since 1999, his articles and essays have appeared in Wired, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bloomberg Business Week, Metropolis, Popular Science, Gizmodo, The Atlantic Online, Architectural Record, and Slate, among others. He has degrees in literature from Amherst College and in human geography from the University of Toronto, and lives in his native New York City with his wife, daughter, and a black shepherd mix.
IE Radio: Tour the 'Tubes' that Make the Internet Editor's Blog 7/19/2012 2 comments We'll be talking with Andrew Blum, the author of Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet, the first book-length look at the physical heart of the Internet itself.
Open Letter to Marissa Second Shooter 7/18/2012 13 comments She has to look at something that Yahoo has always rejected, a relationship with telcos and cablecos.
IBM Furthers Focus on Marketers Todd Watson 7/18/2012 Post a comment As marketing organizations take the lead in tech acquisitions, it's notable that IBM has spent some $3 billion making acquisitions in this growing market over the past several years, including the acquisitions of Coremetrics, DemandTec, TeaLeaf, and Unica.
Younger Workers More Relaxed About Privacy Mary E. Shacklett 7/18/2012 31 comments Thanks to the widely differing attitudes people have about online privacy, future laws could be very different from what they are today.
Digg Is Done Editor's Blog 7/13/2012 28 comments The once-mighty social bookmarking site has been sold for comparative peanuts to a NYC firm.
Shopping in the Great White North Todd Watson 7/12/2012 3 comments SHOP.CA, Canada’s largest online e-commerce marketplace, is using analytics software from IBM’s smarter commerce initiative to help engage increasingly empowered online consumers in a unique shopping experience.
No-Glasses 3D Is Headed for Mobile Market John Scott Lewinski 7/2/2012 10 comments A maker of glass that gives tablets and mobile phones 3D capabilities without special eyewear sees the technology coming to stay this year.
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
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.
Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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