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Comment: Mounting expenses. - jwallace - 4/30/2012
Microsoft Enters E-Books With Barnes & Noble Investment
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/30/2012   Post a comment
Microsoft will increase Windows 8's presence in digital publications by investing in Barnes & Noble's Newco.
Comment: Good timing - magneticnorth - 4/29/2012
Comment: I'm curious - slfisher - 4/28/2012
Comment: Re: Mixed feelings. - Kim Davis - 4/27/2012
Comment: Super Google AdWords - kq4ym - 4/27/2012
Comment: Mixed feelings. - Chris Poley - 4/27/2012
YouTube Marketing: Not Quite the Super Bowl
CMO Clan Editor's Blog  
4/26/2012   10 comments
Equating YouTube advertising with Super Bowl advertising is a stretch, but AdWords for video does present CMOs with opportunities worth exploring.
Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile to Get WiMax Phones
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/26/2012   Post a comment
Sprint plans to generate more income from its WiMax channel by providing WiMax phones to Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile.
Comment: The Case of Eolas - Mary Jander - 4/25/2012
Comment: At A Dollar A User... - jabailo - 4/24/2012
Facebook IPO: The Beginning of the End
Editor's Blog  
4/24/2012   68 comments
Facebook's profit has already fallen, ahead of its IPO. That's just one clue that its entrance into the grown-up space may herald its demise.
Comment: Re: right back at ya - hounhosp - 4/23/2012
Comment: eeeeh - Mashka - 4/23/2012
Verizon Expected to Promote Windows Phones
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/20/2012   3 comments
Verizon seems set on creating a third wireless ecosystem with Microsoft's Windows phone.
Comment: My Parents Stereo - jabailo - 4/20/2012
Comment: Re: TV-to-Go - Kim Davis - 4/20/2012
Comment: The Web Chess Game - kq4ym - 4/20/2012
Comment: Television As Furniture - kq4ym - 4/20/2012
Comment: Re: eye off the ball - Mashka - 4/20/2012
Comment: Re: right back at ya - M Hulot - 4/19/2012
Comment: right back at ya - ScreenWriter - 4/19/2012
Comment: au contraire - ScreenWriter - 4/19/2012
Comment: TV-to-Go - Joanne Goldman - 4/19/2012
Designing the Shape of TV to Come
Editor's Blog  
4/19/2012   26 comments
The television of the future will be a virtual package of content retrievable on any device with a screen.
IE Radio: We're LIVE With LinkedIn's Daniel Tunkelang!
Editor's Blog  
4/19/2012   Post a comment
We're live on IE Radio with Daniel Tunkelang, principal data scientist at LinkedIn.
Comment: Re: hi - Joanne Goldman - 4/19/2012
Comment: Re: hi - Nicole Ferraro - 4/19/2012
Comment: hi - Dkap - 4/19/2012
Join Us for IE Radio With LinkedIn's Daniel Tunkelang at 2 PM ET
Editor's Blog  
4/19/2012   3 comments
Tune in for an IE Radio show this afternoon starring Daniel Tunkelang, principal data scientist at LinkedIn.
Mobile Management in the Cloud
Internet Evolution Midmarket Clan Poll  
4/19/2012   Post a comment
Vendors are testing midmarket interest in cloud-based management solutions for mobile devices.
AT&T LTE Fastest for Uploads, Verizon for Downloads
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/18/2012   Post a comment
PC World finds contrasting strengths and weaknesses among US cellphone operators.
Comment: Borgism - ScreenWriter - 4/18/2012
Comment: and now CISPA - ScreenWriter - 4/18/2012
Comment: Google's Evangelism - Kim Davis - 4/17/2012
Beware Google's Rhetoric on Web Freedom
Editor's Blog  
4/17/2012   29 comments
Google is on a crusade to save the Web -- or perhaps to save it from anything non-Googley.
Comment: Re: I am. - Kim Davis - 4/17/2012
The Green Monster
Todd Watson  
4/17/2012   3 comments
An IBM study reveals four new "digital personalities."
Comment: Re: A Gal with A Plan - Kicheko - 4/17/2012
Comment: A Gal with A Plan - Chris Poley - 4/17/2012
How Brands Can Use (& Are Using) Instagram
CMO Clan Editor's Blog  
4/17/2012   13 comments
Now that Facebook has acquired Instagram, marketers should take a closer look at how the photo-sharing service can enhance their social presence.
Comment: Re: I am. - Ariella - 4/16/2012
Comment: Re: The UC trend - Kim Davis - 4/16/2012
Comment: The UC trend - Mary Jander - 4/16/2012
Sprint Debuts Galaxy Nexus With $50 Google Wallet Credit
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/16/2012   Post a comment
Sprint Nextel includes a Google Wallet incentive with its new Galaxy Nexus.
Comment: Re: I am. - Kim Davis - 4/16/2012
Comment: Re: I am. - Nicole Ferraro - 4/16/2012
Comment: Re: I am. - Kim Davis - 4/16/2012
The Midmarket Is Ready for Mobile Cloud
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/16/2012   2 comments
The mobile cloud is making a strong appeal to the midmarket.
Comment: Pretty Scary - cjon316 - 4/16/2012
Comment: Re: scary men - Ariella - 4/16/2012
Comment: Re: scary men - slfisher - 4/16/2012
Comment: Re: scary men - Nicole Ferraro - 4/16/2012
Comment: eye off the ball - slfisher - 4/15/2012
Comment: scary men - slfisher - 4/15/2012
Comment: Thanks, Nicole - Mike Acker - 4/14/2012
Comment: Re: Seriously - Nicole Ferraro - 4/13/2012
Comment: Re: I am. - Nicole Ferraro - 4/13/2012
Comment: Re: I am. - Kim Davis - 4/13/2012
Comment: I am. - Kim Davis - 4/13/2012
10 Scary Quotes From Tech Leaders
Editor's Blog  
4/13/2012   27 comments
In the spirit of Friday the 13th, let's review some of the scariest things our technology leaders have said over the years.
Comment: Seriously - The Dream Chaser - 4/13/2012
Comment: Re: Good purchase - cjon316 - 4/12/2012
 Rick Peltz, CIO, Marcus & Millichap
IE Radio  
4/12/2012   101 comments
Rick Peltz serves as chief information officer of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services. In this capacity he oversees the design, development, procurement, implementation, and support of information technology. With over 20 years of experience, he's received myriad industry recognitions including the CIO 100 Award in 2011 and 2005. He was ranked 62nd in Information Week's Top 500 in 2010. Computerworld also named him among the nation's premier 100 IT leaders in 2002. We'll talk to Rick about his IT priorities for the year ahead, including his goals to connect mobile computing with various forms of video communications to help his sales force. We'll also discuss the enterprising work that went into launching the firm's iMpact mobile app for real estate agents.
Comment: Overture - Joe Stanganelli - 4/12/2012
Comment: Business model - Mitch Wagner - 4/11/2012
Comment: Re: Good purchase - Mary Jander - 4/11/2012
Nokia Does Right Things About Lumia 900 Problem
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/11/2012   Post a comment
Nokia has moved swiftly to address connectivity problems with the Lumia 900.
Comment: Re: Good purchase - Kim Davis - 4/11/2012
Comment: Re: Google+ - Kim Davis - 4/11/2012
Comment: Get back to Siri - Mary Jander - 4/11/2012
Comment: Good purchase - Mitch Wagner - 4/11/2012
Comment: Re: hmmmm - Nicole Ferraro - 4/11/2012
Comment: hmmmm - josephmartins - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Google+ - mhhfive - 4/10/2012
Querying Personal Analytics
Analytics Clan Editor's Blog  
4/10/2012   8 comments
Personal analytics is intellectually fascinating, but its applications aren't obvious.
Comment: In Today's Dollars... - jabailo - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Should - jchua - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Should - Nicole Ferraro - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - Ron_Miller - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - Kim Davis - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - Ron_Miller - 4/10/2012
Comment: Should - jchua - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - The Philter - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - Ron_Miller - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - The Philter - 4/10/2012
Comment: UGH!! - Chris Poley - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - IMRAN - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - The Philter - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - Nicole Ferraro - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - kq4ym - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - The Philter - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - Mary Jander - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - Mary Jander - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - The Philter - 4/10/2012
Comment: Re: Madness - Nicole Ferraro - 4/10/2012
Comment: Madness - Mary Jander - 4/10/2012
Why Facebook's $1B Instagram Buy Is Insane
Editor's Blog  
4/10/2012   57 comments
Instagram is a great app. It isn't even close to being worth $1 billion.
Vint Cerf Wants Us to 'Start Something'
Editor's Blog  
4/9/2012   21 comments
Google's chief Internet evangelist suggests that we 'start something,' but what?
Comment: Re: Google+ - Kim Davis - 4/9/2012
Comment: The Art of Huddle - Kicheko - 4/9/2012
Virtual Huddling for Enterprise Agility
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/9/2012   8 comments
If the business huddle is a key tool for midmarket enterprises, those with remote and mobile staff should be thinking about "virtual huddling."
Comment: Re: Google+ - Nicole Ferraro - 4/9/2012
Comment: Google+ - mhhfive - 4/7/2012
Comment: I get a 404 error... - mhhfive - 4/7/2012
Google, DudaMobile Offer Free One-Year Business Mobile Sites
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/6/2012   1 comment
Google's partnership with DudaMobile offers businesses the possibility of building mobile Websites based on their current sites.
Going Green, Just Like My 'Friends'!
Editor's Blog  
4/6/2012   29 comments
Opower wants to get you to go green with a little help from your 'Friends.'
Day One at the Masters
Todd Watson  
4/5/2012   Post a comment
IBM has built an iPad application for the Masters tournament.
 Teri Takai, CIO, Department of Defense
IE Radio  
4/5/2012   126 comments
Teri Takai is the CIO of the Department of Defense. In that role, she provides strategy, leadership, and guidance to create a unified information management and technology vision for the Department and to ensure the delivery of information technology based capabilities required to support the broad set of Department missions. Previously, Ms. Takai was the CIO for the State of California where she helped modernize and transform the way the state does business with its citizens.
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Teri Takai!
Editor's Blog  
4/5/2012   Post a comment
Come on over to IE Radio where we are live with Teri Takai, CIO of the Department of Defense.
Comment: Please note - Nicole Ferraro - 4/5/2012
Join Us for IE Radio With Teri Takai at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
4/5/2012   1 comment
The CIO of the Department of Defense joins us as our IE Radio guest at 2 PM ET today.
Comment: Re: well.. - Nicole Ferraro - 4/4/2012
Comment: Another take - Kim Davis - 4/4/2012
Comment: well.. - Mashka - 4/4/2012
Comment: There 's an option - Mashka - 4/4/2012
Social's Unintended Consequences
Editor's Blog  
4/3/2012   27 comments
Social networking is getting scarier and the consequences greater for all users.
Comment: Re: More. - Kim Davis - 4/2/2012
Comment: Re: More. - smkinoshita - 4/2/2012
Comment: Re: Being Big - Nicole Ferraro - 4/2/2012
Comment: Re: Social is Key - Kim Davis - 4/2/2012
Comment: Social is Key - Kim Davis - 4/2/2012
Comment: Layout v Checkout - RufusJones - 4/2/2012
Comment: Re: More. - jwallace - 4/1/2012
Comment: Re: More. - jwallace - 4/1/2012




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Ron Miller   5/17/2013   14 comments
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.
Alan Reiter
Alan Reiter   5/16/2013   30 comments
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.
Harry Hawk
Harry Hawk   5/15/2013   20 comments
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.
Rasheen A. Whidbee
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.
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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.
Second Shooter
Locked Handsets Aren't the Problem – Subsidies Are the Problem

3|13|13   |   2:09   |   10 comments


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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Todd Watson   5/17/2013   1 comment
It's been 17 years since I've visited the city of Dublin, but I still have some very distinct impressions from my one and only visit.
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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
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.

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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
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.

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IT Suffers From Obama Admin's Jekyll & Hyde Approach to Privacy Rights
Ron Miller
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.

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Websites Should Consider Tougher ID Verification Policies
Alan Reiter
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.

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