A CIO's Evolved Take on Social Media Nigel Fortlage 2/28/2012 52 comments How I learned to let go of my 'IT guy' fear of social media and recognize the benefits it could bring to my organization.
Steve Garrity, Co-Founder & CTO, Hearsay Social IE Radio 2/23/2012 144 comments Steve Garrity is the CTO and co-founder of Hearsay Social, a startup that provides cloud-based solutions for enterprises seeking to increase revenue and deepen customer relationships through social media. Steve is a former Microsoft engineer who worked on mobile search, Live Mesh, and Azure, and he was a product manager at Fortify Software. Steve was a Mayfield Fellow scholar at Stanford University, where he earned BS and MS degrees in computer science.
Google 'Solve for X' Sounds Familiar Editor's Blog 2/21/2012 15 comments Google's Solve for X sounds like a cross between TED.com and a proposal from a Project 10^100 submitter (one who wasn't selected as a winner).
Pondering Digital Data as Dollars Editor's Blog 2/13/2012 14 comments The plurality of our poll takers think they're owed a cut of Facebook's revenue, but will they stop creating content if they're not compensated? Our Magic 8 ball says it's doubtful.
Erik Martin, General Manager, Reddit.com IE Radio 2/9/2012 121 comments Erik Martin is the general manager at Reddit.com, a portal for user-selected content on the Web. Previously, Erik worked for a variety of film and music projects and held positions in online marketing at LEAP Technologies and Foundry Communications and in digital marketing and development at Palm Pictures. He attended Tulane University.
The Internet's Most Wanted List The Big Report 2/7/2012 31 comments For the Internet to have a prosperous future, these 10 politicians, lobbyists, and media big-wigs need to step away from it.
Pay Me, Facebook Internet Evolution Poll 2/6/2012 14 comments Facebook's SEC filing shows the site earns billions of dollars in ad revenue annually, thanks to ads based on users' data. Should users get a slice of the money pie?
Facebook Faces New Challenges, Attitudes Editor's Blog 2/6/2012 7 comments New questions for a publicly traded Facebook: Are users owed a cut of the billions? Does the site need to face stricter regulations out of fairness to users?
Super Bowl Social Sentiment Todd Watson 2/3/2012 6 comments IBM and USC have teamed up to look at how social media view the players and coaches in the big game.
Apple's Social Silence Won't Win Friends Editor's Blog 2/3/2012 44 comments Apple's factory conditions in China are making headlines, and the company's anti-social attitude may hinder its ability to ward off critics.
A CIO's Evolved Take on Social Media Nigel Fortlage 2/28/2012 52 comments How I learned to let go of my 'IT guy' fear of social media and recognize the benefits it could bring to my organization.
Steve Garrity, Co-Founder & CTO, Hearsay Social IE Radio 2/23/2012 144 comments Steve Garrity is the CTO and co-founder of Hearsay Social, a startup that provides cloud-based solutions for enterprises seeking to increase revenue and deepen customer relationships through social media. Steve is a former Microsoft engineer who worked on mobile search, Live Mesh, and Azure, and he was a product manager at Fortify Software. Steve was a Mayfield Fellow scholar at Stanford University, where he earned BS and MS degrees in computer science.
Hyper-Connected Internet Evolution Poll 2/22/2012 28 comments Do you feel you're too digitally connected to email, social networks, etc.?
Google 'Solve for X' Sounds Familiar Editor's Blog 2/21/2012 15 comments Google's Solve for X sounds like a cross between TED.com and a proposal from a Project 10^100 submitter (one who wasn't selected as a winner).
Pondering Digital Data as Dollars Editor's Blog 2/13/2012 14 comments The plurality of our poll takers think they're owed a cut of Facebook's revenue, but will they stop creating content if they're not compensated? Our Magic 8 ball says it's doubtful.
Erik Martin, General Manager, Reddit.com IE Radio 2/9/2012 121 comments Erik Martin is the general manager at Reddit.com, a portal for user-selected content on the Web. Previously, Erik worked for a variety of film and music projects and held positions in online marketing at LEAP Technologies and Foundry Communications and in digital marketing and development at Palm Pictures. He attended Tulane University.
The Internet's Most Wanted List The Big Report 2/7/2012 31 comments For the Internet to have a prosperous future, these 10 politicians, lobbyists, and media big-wigs need to step away from it.
Pay Me, Facebook Internet Evolution Poll 2/6/2012 14 comments Facebook's SEC filing shows the site earns billions of dollars in ad revenue annually, thanks to ads based on users' data. Should users get a slice of the money pie?
Facebook Faces New Challenges, Attitudes Editor's Blog 2/6/2012 7 comments New questions for a publicly traded Facebook: Are users owed a cut of the billions? Does the site need to face stricter regulations out of fairness to users?
Super Bowl Social Sentiment Todd Watson 2/3/2012 6 comments IBM and USC have teamed up to look at how social media view the players and coaches in the big game.
Apple's Social Silence Won't Win Friends Editor's Blog 2/3/2012 44 comments Apple's factory conditions in China are making headlines, and the company's anti-social attitude may hinder its ability to ward off critics.
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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