E-Learning Hits the Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 2/28/2011 18 comments Social networking, video, animation, 3D, and chat are all being used to help keep employee skills up to date
Tech Challenges Await GE's Incoming CTO Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/25/2011 8 comments Choosing the right computer information technology standards and lining up partners for GE's key initiatives is not for the faint of heart
Premal Shah, President, Kiva.org IE Radio 2/24/2011 59 comments Premal Shah is the president of Kiva.org, a non-profit organization that allows people to use the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries and in the United States. We'll talk to Shah about the challenges to running an organization like Kiva, the state of charitable giving and lending on the Web, and what organizations need to do to harness the power of the Internet and engage people in philanthropy.
Are Google's Best Days in the Past? Ron Miller 2/22/2011 69 comments Has Google jumped the shark? There are signs that unless it gets its act together in key areas, its decline may have started
NoSQL Databases Go Mobile Sean Gallagher 2/22/2011 14 comments NoSQL has helped Web and cloud applications conquer SQL limitations; now it's being used for smartphones
The President in Silicon Valley Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/18/2011 18 comments This dinner meeting was long overdue and probably one of the more significant presidential stopovers in recent memory
Jay Rosen, Journalism Professor, New York University IE Radio 2/17/2011 69 comments Jay Rosen is a media critic, NYU journalism professor, and author of the award-winning blog PressThink. Today we'll talk to him about NewAssignment.Net, his experimental site for open source reporting projects; as well as the future of sites like WikiLeaks, and the way citizen journalism is changing the way we report and read the news.
The Road to Content Serfdom Editor's Blog 2/15/2011 27 comments As the Web keeps moving in the direction of social sharing, users will continue to serve as unpaid content creators
The Reality of Social Democracy Editor's Blog 2/14/2011 10 comments As we cheer the success of the 'Facebook Generation' in Egypt, it's important to keep our exuberance about social media democracy in check
Watson & the Academy Todd Watson 2/11/2011 3 comments Regardless of its outcome on Jeopardy, the technology behind Watson will continue to evolve and be put to productive uses around the world
Clouds Dominate the CIO Agenda Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/11/2011 5 comments CIOs may be using IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS to offset their modest budget growth and a growing inventory of legacy hardware and software
John Clippinger, Co-Director, The Law Lab at Harvard University IE Radio 2/10/2011 140 comments John Clippinger is co-director of the Law Lab at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Today we'll talk to him about privacy on the Web and the need (or lack thereof) for new regulations as consumers continue to unknowingly surrender their data to companies like Google and Facebook.
China's Internet Rekindles 'Three Kingdoms' Wars Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/9/2011 2 comments Alliances brewing within China's burgeoning Internet industry suggest the country's most powerful corporations are lining up for another take-no-prisoners war
What's Good About Social Networks Ron Miller 2/8/2011 44 comments By encouraging communication, social networks have the potential to foster creativity, sharing, and social good
Twitter Still Stinks Steve Saunders' Outernet 2/8/2011 6 comments Steve and Nicole discuss the merits of Twitter. Guess what? There are none!
The Trouble With AOL/HuffPo Editor's Blog 2/7/2011 9 comments Another hot-tempered personality, and her Website, gets bought by AOL. The eyeballs are there, but the content may not be worth the $300 million
New Virtual Worlds Still Growing Maria Korolov 2/7/2011 23 comments Use of open-source virtual world platform OpenSim is growing, thanks to its economic viability compared to Second Life
Reagan's Lessons for Tech Execs Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/2/2011 2 comments Let's reflect on some of the lessons Internet and technology executives can glean from the 40th President
The Internet Rocked in 2010! Wisdom of the Big Chair 2/2/2011 2 comments More than a trillion email messages traveled over the Net last year, and dramatic changes loom.
E-Learning Hits the Midmarket Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog 2/28/2011 18 comments Social networking, video, animation, 3D, and chat are all being used to help keep employee skills up to date
Tech Challenges Await GE's Incoming CTO Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/25/2011 8 comments Choosing the right computer information technology standards and lining up partners for GE's key initiatives is not for the faint of heart
Premal Shah, President, Kiva.org IE Radio 2/24/2011 59 comments Premal Shah is the president of Kiva.org, a non-profit organization that allows people to use the Internet to microfinance institutions in developing countries and in the United States. We'll talk to Shah about the challenges to running an organization like Kiva, the state of charitable giving and lending on the Web, and what organizations need to do to harness the power of the Internet and engage people in philanthropy.
Are Google's Best Days in the Past? Ron Miller 2/22/2011 69 comments Has Google jumped the shark? There are signs that unless it gets its act together in key areas, its decline may have started
NoSQL Databases Go Mobile Sean Gallagher 2/22/2011 14 comments NoSQL has helped Web and cloud applications conquer SQL limitations; now it's being used for smartphones
The President in Silicon Valley Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/18/2011 18 comments This dinner meeting was long overdue and probably one of the more significant presidential stopovers in recent memory
Jay Rosen, Journalism Professor, New York University IE Radio 2/17/2011 69 comments Jay Rosen is a media critic, NYU journalism professor, and author of the award-winning blog PressThink. Today we'll talk to him about NewAssignment.Net, his experimental site for open source reporting projects; as well as the future of sites like WikiLeaks, and the way citizen journalism is changing the way we report and read the news.
The Road to Content Serfdom Editor's Blog 2/15/2011 27 comments As the Web keeps moving in the direction of social sharing, users will continue to serve as unpaid content creators
The Reality of Social Democracy Editor's Blog 2/14/2011 10 comments As we cheer the success of the 'Facebook Generation' in Egypt, it's important to keep our exuberance about social media democracy in check
Twitter for Bizness Internet Evolution Poll 2/14/2011 23 comments How useful has Twitter been for you and your organization as a business tool?
Watson & the Academy Todd Watson 2/11/2011 3 comments Regardless of its outcome on Jeopardy, the technology behind Watson will continue to evolve and be put to productive uses around the world
Clouds Dominate the CIO Agenda Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/11/2011 5 comments CIOs may be using IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS to offset their modest budget growth and a growing inventory of legacy hardware and software
John Clippinger, Co-Director, The Law Lab at Harvard University IE Radio 2/10/2011 140 comments John Clippinger is co-director of the Law Lab at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Today we'll talk to him about privacy on the Web and the need (or lack thereof) for new regulations as consumers continue to unknowingly surrender their data to companies like Google and Facebook.
Man or Machine? Todd Watson 2/10/2011 1 comment The more I hear and learn about IBM's Watson, the more I'm amazed
Just Checkin’ In Todd Watson 2/9/2011 Post a comment I’m back in Austin, where we had our once-in-a-decade snowstorm last Friday
China's Internet Rekindles 'Three Kingdoms' Wars Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/9/2011 2 comments Alliances brewing within China's burgeoning Internet industry suggest the country's most powerful corporations are lining up for another take-no-prisoners war
What's Good About Social Networks Ron Miller 2/8/2011 44 comments By encouraging communication, social networks have the potential to foster creativity, sharing, and social good
Twitter Still Stinks Steve Saunders' Outernet 2/8/2011 6 comments Steve and Nicole discuss the merits of Twitter. Guess what? There are none!
The Trouble With AOL/HuffPo Editor's Blog 2/7/2011 9 comments Another hot-tempered personality, and her Website, gets bought by AOL. The eyeballs are there, but the content may not be worth the $300 million
Social Democracy Internet Evolution Poll 2/7/2011 13 comments Do you think that social media have helped promote democracy in oppressed regions?
New Virtual Worlds Still Growing Maria Korolov 2/7/2011 23 comments Use of open-source virtual world platform OpenSim is growing, thanks to its economic viability compared to Second Life
Reagan's Lessons for Tech Execs Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/2/2011 2 comments Let's reflect on some of the lessons Internet and technology executives can glean from the 40th President
The Internet Rocked in 2010! Wisdom of the Big Chair 2/2/2011 2 comments More than a trillion email messages traveled over the Net last year, and dramatic changes loom.
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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