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Comment: Life-long learning - jnieusma - 7/19/2010
Comment: empowering users - Root Maniac - 7/16/2010
Comment: Re: A focused effort - Ariella - 7/15/2010
Comment: A focused effort - Mary Jander - 7/15/2010
Making the Web Work for the Remote World
Deborah Nason  
7/15/2010   34 comments
A series of initiatives is helping bring the Web to outposts of progress – in a way that helps with local development efforts
Comment: Casual learning - nasimson - 7/14/2010
Ten Ways the Web Is Changing Education
Daniel W. Rasmus  
7/14/2010   21 comments
The basics of learning, at any age and in any context, have been profoundly affected by the Internet
Comment: Google vs. China - JoeFoster - 7/12/2010
Comment: Don't see the logic - Mashka - 7/11/2010
Comment: Google and China - JoeFoster - 7/10/2010
Comment: Re: MPESA in Kenya - AGreen - 7/9/2010
Comment: A great band-aid - AGreen - 7/9/2010
'TaskLets' Retrieve Internet Data via SMS, Voice
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
7/9/2010   4 comments
HP has created 'TaskLets,' which automatically perform actions via SMS or voice, or by clicking a computer widget
Comment: MPESA in Kenya - taimur_tz - 7/8/2010
Africa Wants to Get Paid
Rob Salkowitz  
7/8/2010   10 comments
Entrepreneurism is alive and well throughout Africa; now if online payment systems could just keep up
Google & China: On Again
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
7/7/2010   22 comments
The political thriller continues as the search engine giant tries to renew its license for operations in China




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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.
Charlotte Erdmann
Midsize businesses rarely achieve the same standards of security in their own datacenters as professional providers that specialize in delivering these services to organizations.
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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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NSA Leaks Shine Spotlight on Perils of Contractor Partnerships
Jason Mick
The US National Security Agency learned the
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