Google+ Makes Names Complicated Editor's Blog 7/29/2011 17 comments Google+ opened a can of worms with heavy-handed enforcement of a real name policy for subscribers. Executives were quick to walk it back.
Evaluating Google+ Minus Businesses Editor's Blog 7/29/2011 15 comments Google is looking to figure out how best to serve businesses before letting them maintain a presence on the site, but it runs the risk of alienating them first.
The Lesson of Netflix Editor's Blog 7/28/2011 4 comments Netflix's insistence on shifting its customer base from analog to digital, despite the pain, shows the way ahead for other content providers.
The Web's War on Privacy The Big Report 7/26/2011 17 comments The Internet's hallmark qualities of openness and connectivity continue to breed a range of threats to personal privacy. We look at the potential costs of maintaining a Web presence and ask how we can best keep the rightfully private private.
Play It Again, Spotify Editor's Blog 7/26/2011 19 comments Spotify, the music streaming service which just launched in the US, is providing unrivalled quantities of free content. But it's still not all free, all the time -- and it could be.
Internet Withdrawal Internet Evolution Poll 7/26/2011 30 comments How much time can you spend away from the Internet before you feel withdrawal symptoms?
Networking With Hackers Editor's Blog 7/19/2011 12 comments Hacktivist group Anonymous wants to offer you a more secure and customizable alternative to your present social networking site of choice.
Everything's Coming Up Google! Editor's Blog 7/15/2011 9 comments Showing that there is life beyond search, Google posted very strong
second-quarter results reflecting its recent initiatives in advertising, browsers, mobile, and most recently social.
Naomi Baron, Linguistics Professor, American University IE Radio 7/14/2011 226 comments As author of the book, Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World, and as professor of linguistics and language at American University in Washington, D.C., Naomi Baron is uniquely qualified to parse the layers of meaning in emoticons and other Net-speak. In this, Prof. Baron's second appearance on IE Radio, she'll answer questions on the growing emergence of mobile, text messaging, and always-on Internet links in our daily lives.
Obama Tweets Back, Sort Of Kim Davis 7/8/2011 11 comments President Obama conducted a town hall via Twitter this week by giving long, spoken responses.
The Social War Internet Evolution Poll 7/7/2011 30 comments Google and Facebook are officially competitors in the social networking space. Which product will ultimately end up winning the most users, Google+ or Facebook?
Wag.com: Another Pets.com? Woof! Reiter's Block 7/7/2011 20 comments Amazon subsidiary says it can avoid the fate of one of the most famous debacles of the first Internet bust.
NASA Teaches Us How to Fail Editor's Blog 7/5/2011 15 comments Enterprises aren't admitting their failure when it comes to implementing social collaboration software, and as a result they can't learn from their mistakes.
Video Killed the Radio Star Todd Watson 7/5/2011 Post a comment Facebook and Google offer video chat, raising questions of functionality, availability, and marketing.
Facebook: Your New Resumé Editor's Blog 7/1/2011 48 comments A new company, Social Intelligence, creates reports on job-seekers and employees based on their social activity.
Google+ Makes Names Complicated Editor's Blog 7/29/2011 17 comments Google+ opened a can of worms with heavy-handed enforcement of a real name policy for subscribers. Executives were quick to walk it back.
Evaluating Google+ Minus Businesses Editor's Blog 7/29/2011 15 comments Google is looking to figure out how best to serve businesses before letting them maintain a presence on the site, but it runs the risk of alienating them first.
The Lesson of Netflix Editor's Blog 7/28/2011 4 comments Netflix's insistence on shifting its customer base from analog to digital, despite the pain, shows the way ahead for other content providers.
The Web's War on Privacy The Big Report 7/26/2011 17 comments The Internet's hallmark qualities of openness and connectivity continue to breed a range of threats to personal privacy. We look at the potential costs of maintaining a Web presence and ask how we can best keep the rightfully private private.
Play It Again, Spotify Editor's Blog 7/26/2011 19 comments Spotify, the music streaming service which just launched in the US, is providing unrivalled quantities of free content. But it's still not all free, all the time -- and it could be.
Internet Withdrawal Internet Evolution Poll 7/26/2011 30 comments How much time can you spend away from the Internet before you feel withdrawal symptoms?
Networking With Hackers Editor's Blog 7/19/2011 12 comments Hacktivist group Anonymous wants to offer you a more secure and customizable alternative to your present social networking site of choice.
Widowed by the Internet Kim Davis 7/19/2011 17 comments Virtual living is starting to feel overwhelming – and it's creating online widows.
Enterprise Tablets Internet Evolution Midmarket Clan Poll 7/19/2011 1 comment Will tablets replace PCs in your enterprise within the next five years?
Everything's Coming Up Google! Editor's Blog 7/15/2011 9 comments Showing that there is life beyond search, Google posted very strong
second-quarter results reflecting its recent initiatives in advertising, browsers, mobile, and most recently social.
Naomi Baron, Linguistics Professor, American University IE Radio 7/14/2011 226 comments As author of the book, Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World, and as professor of linguistics and language at American University in Washington, D.C., Naomi Baron is uniquely qualified to parse the layers of meaning in emoticons and other Net-speak. In this, Prof. Baron's second appearance on IE Radio, she'll answer questions on the growing emergence of mobile, text messaging, and always-on Internet links in our daily lives.
Obama Tweets Back, Sort Of Kim Davis 7/8/2011 11 comments President Obama conducted a town hall via Twitter this week by giving long, spoken responses.
Facebook Strikes Back Editor's Blog 7/7/2011 25 comments With Google+ getting buzz, Facebook is busy unveiling new attractions like video chat.
The Social War Internet Evolution Poll 7/7/2011 30 comments Google and Facebook are officially competitors in the social networking space. Which product will ultimately end up winning the most users, Google+ or Facebook?
Wag.com: Another Pets.com? Woof! Reiter's Block 7/7/2011 20 comments Amazon subsidiary says it can avoid the fate of one of the most famous debacles of the first Internet bust.
NASA Teaches Us How to Fail Editor's Blog 7/5/2011 15 comments Enterprises aren't admitting their failure when it comes to implementing social collaboration software, and as a result they can't learn from their mistakes.
Video Killed the Radio Star Todd Watson 7/5/2011 Post a comment Facebook and Google offer video chat, raising questions of functionality, availability, and marketing.
Facebook: Your New Resumé Editor's Blog 7/1/2011 48 comments A new company, Social Intelligence, creates reports on job-seekers and employees based on their social activity.
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M.
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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.
Executive Clan Chat: Rethinking the Web's Real Influence on Business
