Dan Lyons, Author, Formerly 'Fake Steve Jobs' IE Radio 3/29/2012 162 comments Dan Lyons started his blog Fake Steve Jobs in 2006, but it wasn't until 2007 that his real identity was revealed by The New York Times. Today Lyons is the author of several books, including Options. He is also the technology editor for Newsweek and the author of the blog Real Dan Lyons. We'll talk to Lyons about his stint as Fake Steve, as well as his take on the current Internet landscape. We'll also ask Lyons to talk about his frustration with bloggers that have become angel investors.
The Digital Patent Wars The Big Report 3/27/2012 54 comments Once used as a means of invention and innovation, patents are now being abused by companies as weapons of war.
'Outsourcing to the Customer' Needs Work Editor's Blog 3/23/2012 48 comments Retailers are leaving it up to the customer to do more of the work in their stores, but there's a fine line between doing this to improve the shopping experience and making it worse.
Twitter: From No Ads to Doing Advertising Wrong Editor's Blog 3/21/2012 28 comments In another move that demonstrates the company's lack of business sense, Twitter gets set to roll out irrelevant advertisements on users' mobile devices.
IBM Business Partners Get Social Todd Watson 3/1/2012 Post a comment IBM announces the expansion of a global skills initiative to educate clients and business partners on social media tools and techniques.
Dan Lyons, Author, Formerly 'Fake Steve Jobs' IE Radio 3/29/2012 162 comments Dan Lyons started his blog Fake Steve Jobs in 2006, but it wasn't until 2007 that his real identity was revealed by The New York Times. Today Lyons is the author of several books, including Options. He is also the technology editor for Newsweek and the author of the blog Real Dan Lyons. We'll talk to Lyons about his stint as Fake Steve, as well as his take on the current Internet landscape. We'll also ask Lyons to talk about his frustration with bloggers that have become angel investors.
The Digital Patent Wars The Big Report 3/27/2012 54 comments Once used as a means of invention and innovation, patents are now being abused by companies as weapons of war.
Enterprise Productivity Internet Evolution Poll 3/26/2012 11 comments Are enterprise productivity tools helping to make you more productive?
'Outsourcing to the Customer' Needs Work Editor's Blog 3/23/2012 48 comments Retailers are leaving it up to the customer to do more of the work in their stores, but there's a fine line between doing this to improve the shopping experience and making it worse.
Twitter: From No Ads to Doing Advertising Wrong Editor's Blog 3/21/2012 28 comments In another move that demonstrates the company's lack of business sense, Twitter gets set to roll out irrelevant advertisements on users' mobile devices.
IBM Business Partners Get Social Todd Watson 3/1/2012 Post a comment IBM announces the expansion of a global skills initiative to educate clients and business partners on social media tools and techniques.
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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Dan Lyons, Author, Formerly 'Fake Steve Jobs'
