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Comment: Loosing your iPhone? - SecTech - 4/30/2011
Comment: Internal App stores - SecTech - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: online vs real - Kurtkeys - 4/30/2011
Comment: online vs real - dbergman - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - srfernando - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: i TOLD you:))) - antonis - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - antonis - 4/30/2011
Comment: i TOLD you:))) - Mashka - 4/30/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - Michael Singer - 4/29/2011
Scientists Debunk Facebook Friendships
Editor's Blog  
4/29/2011   62 comments
Some researchers say Facebook Friendships translate to real life. Some researchers say they don't. What does it all mean?! Nothing!
Comment: Re: R&D is key - KMT568 - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - Michael Singer - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: R&D is key - Kim Davis - 4/29/2011
Comment: R&D is key - KMT568 - 4/29/2011
Executives Call for More R&D
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/29/2011   25 comments
Budgets are tight, but CEOs and CIOs are not willing to compromise on innovation
Comment: Re: Reputation ? - Kim Davis - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: Reputation ? - lek1981 - 4/28/2011
Comment: A strange week - Kim Davis - 4/28/2011
CIOs Benefit From Mobile Enterprise App Stores
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/27/2011   22 comments
Bringing app stores in-house helps handle the ever-increasing number of mobile devices coming to the market
Zero Privacy, Big Data, Oxygen-Deprived Birthers
Todd Watson  
4/27/2011   5 comments
We say pry-vacy, the Brits say priv-acy, you say tomato, I say tomotto
What’s the Big Deal?
Todd Watson  
4/27/2011   6 comments
I'm no shopping guru, but I do spend money, and I don't mind being offered a good deal
Comment: Re: Biz rules! - lek1981 - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: BAO - Joanne Goldman - 4/26/2011
 Midmarket Clan Chat: Business Analytics Optimization
IE Radio  
4/26/2011   165 comments
Come chat with colleagues in the midmarket about Business Analytics Optimization. BAO is the market category comprising the software and services that allow organizations to turn the wealth of information available today into insight.
Comment: Re: BAO - Michael Singer - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: BAO - Michael Singer - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: one man company? - Mashka - 4/26/2011
Comment: Re: BAO - Joanne Goldman - 4/25/2011
Comment: BAO - Nicole Ferraro - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: branding - Michael Singer - 4/25/2011
Comment: Re: Jinx - Michael Singer - 4/25/2011
Tutorial Explores Business Analytics for Midmarket
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/25/2011   5 comments
Pulling together many sources of data in real time, discovering what actions to take on those insights, and anticipating and shaping business outcomes does not need to be difficult
Comment: I love America! - Mashka - 4/24/2011
Comment: one man company? - Mashka - 4/24/2011
Comment: Genius - Chris Poley - 4/23/2011
Comment: blame Canada(c)^:))) - Mashka - 4/23/2011
Comment: Re: But we like Dingi - DaveS - 4/22/2011
Comment: Re: branding - Bolingbroke - 4/22/2011
Canadian Voters Threatened by Old Law
Editor's Blog  
4/22/2011   30 comments
This may be Canada's 'first social media election,' but Canadians Tweeting about the election on Election Day may get slapped with fines
Comment: branding - Michael Bennett Cohn - 4/22/2011
Comment: Perceptions - Kim Davis - 4/22/2011
Comment: Jinx - Bolingbroke - 4/22/2011
Is Apple Getting Too Big to Fail?
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/22/2011   26 comments
Apple is not immune from the problems of the world, and investors and customers are ignoring some serious pitfalls
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Susan Crawford!
Editor's Blog  
4/21/2011   Post a comment
We are live on IE Radio with Susan Crawford, founder of One Web Day
 Susan Crawford, Founder of One Web Day
IE Radio  
4/21/2011   136 comments
Susan Crawford is a Visiting Research Collaborator at Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy. Previously, she co-lead the FCC Agency Review team for the Obama-Biden transition, and served as Special Assistant to the President for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy. She was a board member at ICANN until 2008, and she is the founder of One Web Day, which seeks to broaden awareness of Internet and Web issues.
Pictures of War
Todd Watson  
4/21/2011   Post a comment
Hondros was a Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer whose work has graced the front pages of many newspapers and magazines
Join Us for IE Radio With Susan Crawford at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
4/21/2011   Post a comment
Tune in for another great IE Radio interview today, starring Susan Crawford, founder of One Web Day
Obama Takes Questions at Facebook
Editor's Blog  
4/20/2011   15 comments
The president appeared at Facebook headquarters this afternoon for a live town hall, but this time the public didn't get to vote on questions
Comment: Re: Highly useful - Kim Davis - 4/20/2011
Comment: Highly useful - taimur_tz - 4/20/2011
Location Is Where IT's at for CIOs
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/20/2011   4 comments
The challenge is moving beyond the simple act of 'checking in'
Comment: Re: $50M on what? - Brian Newby - 4/20/2011
Comment: Re : Tweets on Deck! - SunitaT - 4/20/2011
Comment: Re: $50M on what? - Kim Davis - 4/19/2011
Comment: $50M on what? - Nicole Ferraro - 4/19/2011
Tweets on Deck!
Editor's Blog  
4/19/2011   7 comments
Twitter is rumored to be close to sealing a $50 million deal to acquire social world desktop application TweetDeck
Comment: On a brighter note - trevorh - 4/19/2011
Comment: First things first - trevorh - 4/19/2011
Comment: Consistent profiles - Kim Davis - 4/19/2011
The Net's Problematic Potential for Good
Editor's Blog  
4/19/2011   4 comments
Internet Evolution examines the best Internet-enabled humanitarian efforts and considers why they've fallen short
Comment: Re: Choices - Michael Singer - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Reputation ? - sklososky - 4/19/2011
Comment: Reputation Management - cjon316 - 4/19/2011
Comment: Reputation ? - Bolingbroke - 4/19/2011
Watch These Trends!
Scott Klososky  
4/19/2011   12 comments
Be prepared for "outboard brains," online reputation management, and social standards.
Comment: Choices - sbewley - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: Still holds - Mary Jander - 4/18/2011
Comment: The new thing... - Mary Jander - 4/18/2011
Social CRM Puts Midmarket in the Zone
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/18/2011   13 comments
Being aware of what their customers are saying can help midmarket companies strengthen their businesses and prevent negative talk about their brands
Comment: Still holds - Mary Jander - 4/18/2011
Opportunities Lost: Why Good Internet Ideas Burn Out
The Big Report  
4/18/2011   31 comments
Many projects that seemed to herald great improvements for humanity haven't materialized on the Web. Here's a closer look at why and what can be done to prevent future ideas from dissolving
Comment: RIP Google Video. - Paul Whyte - 4/17/2011
Comment: No surprises here - Mary Jander - 4/15/2011
Big Spending Catches Up With Google
Editor's Blog  
4/15/2011   10 comments
Google is spending big to position itself as a competitor in the social space, but it may be too late, and the company may find it's digging itself into a hole
Comment: A good start - Princess_dascho - 4/14/2011
Comment: Interesting! - Princess_dascho - 4/14/2011
Comment: this is just not right - Mashka - 4/14/2011
RealPractice's Homepage Bounces Well
Scott Koegler  
4/14/2011   3 comments
The law firm tech consultancy has revamped its site to provide better customer interaction
Comment: Re: Strong advice - smkinoshita - 4/13/2011
Comment: Re: But we like Dingi - jabailo - 4/13/2011
It's 'Game On' for Enterprise Execs
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/13/2011   2 comments
Gamification is used by social networking and location-based services to help retailers connect with customers. Here are some tips for extending it into the enterprise
Comment: Re: Strong advice - modza - 4/13/2011
Comment: Re: Dingus Dongus - jabailo - 4/13/2011
Comment: Re: But we like Dingi - jabailo - 4/13/2011
Comment: Dingus Dongus - Mitch Wagner - 4/13/2011
Comment: But we like Dingi - jabailo - 4/13/2011
Comment: Tao of Social Media - jabailo - 4/13/2011
Comment: Strong advice - modza - 4/12/2011
Live From Impact 2011: Forbes Publisher Rich Karlgaard on Beating the Economy With IT
Todd Watson  
4/12/2011   1 comment
We are, collectively, suffering from Post Traumatic (Economic) Stress Disorder
Leaders Are Dropping the Technology Ball
Editor's Blog  
4/12/2011   17 comments
Leading is about looking at emerging tech trends and not simply following competitors, as too many of today's alleged leaders are doing today, says consultant Scott Klososky
Live From Impact 2011: IBM Software’s Steve Mills on Business Agility
Todd Watson  
4/12/2011   Post a comment
IBM's Senior VP talks about seizing the opportunity to leverage open standards and start to build more horizontal business processes
Comment: Re: Ding! - Mary Jander - 4/12/2011
Comment: limits - Michael Bennett Cohn - 4/12/2011
Comment: The 5th Reason - Bolingbroke - 4/12/2011
Comment: Ding! - Awilliams - 4/12/2011
Dawn of the Dingus, or the Next Big Tech Rush
John Barnes  
4/12/2011   31 comments
What is likely to become the next great interface to the Web? This blogger has a pretty detailed idea
Comment: Re: so many issues - antonis - 4/12/2011
Comment: Re: so many issues - antonis - 4/12/2011
Comment: so many issues - dbergman - 4/11/2011
Live From Impact 2011: Jon Iwata on 100 Years of Innovation at IBM
Todd Watson  
4/11/2011   Post a comment
What's past is prologue when it comes to solving problems for IBM customers
To Overcome Info Bottleneck, Healthcare Gets a Website
Editor's Blog  
4/11/2011   10 comments
PICU Without Walls is an effort to allow doctors all over the world to collaborate around caring for critically ill children
Midmarket's Opportunity in Wireless Compression
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/11/2011   Post a comment
Bandwidth-intensive streaming media and HD video content are taxing available network capacity, but midmarket firms can expect relief soon
Comment: Microsoft too? - Mary Jander - 4/11/2011
Cloud Services Sustain Virtual Companies
Maria Korolov  
4/11/2011   13 comments
How do many virtual organizations stay in business? Cloud services are the answer
Live From Impact 2011: Q&A With Steve Mills
Todd Watson  
4/11/2011   Post a comment
IBM's Vice President and Group Executive Software and Systems is set for his keynote
Comment: Cloud issues - dbergman - 4/10/2011
Comment: traffic analysis - slfisher - 4/9/2011
Comment: Re : Google Dance - Anand Y - 4/9/2011
Comment: Yes - javeriayounes - 4/9/2011
Comment: Re: Re : The Masters - Anand Y - 4/9/2011
Amazon Cloud Drive Leaves Readers Torn
Editor's Blog  
4/8/2011   4 comments
Internet Evolution users can't seem to agree on whether to store their music libraries with Amazon in the cloud
Comment: SHUT 'ER DOWN! - DHCIR - 4/8/2011
Having an Impact
Todd Watson  
4/8/2011   Post a comment
IBM's Impact 2011 starts this weekend and kicks into high gear on Monday
What a Government Shutdown Would Mean to Tech
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/8/2011   22 comments
The impending shutdown would have a large impact on tech, as the government relies far more on contractors now than in the past
Google Dance
Todd Watson  
4/8/2011   1 comment
Ah, Larry, welcome to the world of complex organizations rife with competing interests, internal cooperation and 'coopetition,' and massive complexity
Comment: Re: Biz rules! - Mary Jander - 4/8/2011
Comment: Re: Biz rules! - Mitch Wagner - 4/8/2011
Comment: Biz rules! - Mary Jander - 4/8/2011
Social Terror Alerts
Internet Evolution Poll  
4/8/2011   18 comments
Are you in favor of the US government publishing terror alerts using Facebook and Twitter?
Comment: Re : The Masters - Anand Y - 4/8/2011
IBM Health Tech: Just What the Doctor Ordered
Todd Watson  
4/7/2011   3 comments
A new discovery could greatly improve the effectiveness of medication
The Masters
Todd Watson  
4/7/2011   3 comments
IBM continues its longtime technology partnership with The Masters, a golf tournament revered around the globe
 Cristina Videira Lopes, PhD
IE Radio  
4/7/2011   125 comments
A former research scientist at Xerox PARC, Crista Lopes was instrumental in developing interserver teleporting for OpenSim virtual worlds. As an associate professor of informatics at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Dr. Lopes continues to explore "ubiquitous computing," focused on methods of human communication that are "pervasive, secure and intuitive for humans to perceive and interact with."
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Crista Lopes!
Editor's Blog  
4/7/2011   Post a comment
We are live on IE Radio with Crista Lopes. Come along and join us!
Comment: Surfer Trash - Bolingbroke - 4/7/2011
Tracking Twitter’s Demise
what.the.ferraro  
4/7/2011   13 comments
It’s clear the microblogging company is in trouble. Watch us gloat.
Join Us for IE Radio With Crista Lopes at 3 PM ET
Editor's Blog  
4/7/2011   Post a comment
Tune in for an IE Radio show starring Crista Lopes, professor of informatics at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, at 3 PM ET
Comment: Blabber on - javeriayounes - 4/7/2011
Comment: re: Libraries - nasimson - 4/5/2011
Comment: Using Both FF's - knoxzoo - 4/5/2011
Comment: Ability to survive - sbondy - 4/5/2011
Federal Intervention Could Hamper Smartphone Apps
Editor's Blog  
4/5/2011   12 comments
Pandora is one of several mobile app developers currently under scrutiny by the feds
Comment: Re: Reminds me... - SteveGNYC - 4/5/2011
Comment: Cricket fever - javeriayounes - 4/5/2011
Comment: Re: Tweeting - nimantha.de - 4/4/2011
Comment: Tweeting - DavidSilversmith - 4/4/2011
Comment: Shoppers Beware - dbergman - 4/4/2011
Comment: Reminds me... - mhhfive - 4/4/2011
Comment: nothing new - dbergman - 4/4/2011
Comment: Re: I'm sure.... - Chris Poley - 4/4/2011
Comment: I'm sure.... - Chris Poley - 4/4/2011
What Twitter's Inactive Users Mean for YOU
Editor's Blog  
4/4/2011   24 comments
Millions of Twitter users follow no other accounts and have no followers. That means your message is being lost on the Great Tweeting Masses
Comment: +none - mtechie - 4/4/2011
Comment: Exposure risks - Mary Jander - 4/4/2011
Comment: Re: Privacy....? - nimantha.de - 4/4/2011
Why 'Do Not Track' May Be a Waste of Time
Michael Kassner  
4/4/2011   34 comments
It turns out that much information we think is private is legally available to anyone on the Net
Comment: Re: Wrong viewpoint - slfisher - 4/3/2011
Comment: I installed it - slfisher - 4/3/2011
Comment: Re : - SunitaT - 4/3/2011
Comment: Google me this - Kurtkeys - 4/3/2011
Comment: It works both ways... - aum007 - 4/3/2011
Comment: time has come - nasimson - 4/2/2011
Comment: Privacy....? - CurtisNeeley - 4/1/2011
Comment: The Foursquare Mall - jabailo - 4/1/2011
Comment: Gone in a Year - Bolingbroke - 4/1/2011
Comment: Clearcutting - jabailo - 4/1/2011
Amazon Explores NFC Payments
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/1/2011   4 comments
An unnamed source says Amazon.com is considering offering payments with Near Field Communications within three to five months
Google +1 Gets a -10
Editor's Blog  
4/1/2011   19 comments
Google's +1 product is so great! (April Fools)
Comment: Interesting... - Jason Mick - 4/1/2011
Extracting Emotions in Web 2.0
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/1/2011   17 comments
Even a well-crafted email, text message, or social media post can be misinterpreted by the reader




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Paul Korzeniowski
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
Maria Korolov
Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   7 comments
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
Joe Stanganelli
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
George Taylor
George Taylor   5/20/2013   9 comments
Has China stolen a march on the West, developing an Internet architecture that is not only based on IPv6, but is also inherently secure from both internal and external attack?
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   1 comment


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   |   No comments


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.
Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site

3|14|13   |   0:47   |   No comments


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.
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