Google Buzz Reconsidered Mike Moran 3/30/2010 30 comments A few weeks after word of Google's 'Buzzcut,' it's clear the move to Buzz signals a strategic initiative on the company's part
People Search Finds Profitable Niche Editor's Blog 3/29/2010 25 comments France's yellow pages company, Pages Jaunes, acquires 123People, the people search engine which shows just how much there is to know about us on the Web
Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines Sweeney Blog 3/22/2010 10 comments Search engines have given way to recommendation engines, content suggestion engines... enough!
That 'Friend' of Yours May Be the Feds Editor's Blog 3/18/2010 10 comments Facebook is most compliant with requests from the government for private user information, says a newly released set of guidelines from the Justice Department
Google & China: Let Me Get the Door for You Security Clan Editor's Blog 3/17/2010 17 comments Google accepted the risks when it entered China; the fact that it can't force a rule change means it may have to exit the world's largest market
China's at a Web Crossroads Robert J. Hansen 3/17/2010 9 comments As the Google flap escalates, it's clear that China may be about to shoot itself in the foot
Twitter Bores Texas Editor's Blog 3/16/2010 11 comments Twitter's @anywhere platform release was not enough to keep attendees' attention at South by Southwest Interactive
'No SQL' Databases & the Enterprise IT Clan Editor's Blog 3/4/2010 11 comments News that Twitter has adopted Cassandra in place of MySQL raises questions on the wisdom of adopting non-SQL DBs in the enterprise
This Is Your Brain on the Net Amy Rogers Nazarov 3/3/2010 41 comments A recent survey determines that yes, surfing the Web does make you smarter. That may be partly true
Why Is Google Diversifying? Wisdom of the Big Chair 3/1/2010 5 comments Google is feverishly trying to expand beyond its traditional search niche in order to please Wall Street. However, the company's recent moves could backfire.
Internet Takes the Lead With News Consumers Editor's Blog 3/1/2010 19 comments The Internet beats out newspapers as the preferred news medium of choice, but news consumers still prefer 'traditional' news over blogs, Tweets, and social news sites
Google Buzz Reconsidered Mike Moran 3/30/2010 30 comments A few weeks after word of Google's 'Buzzcut,' it's clear the move to Buzz signals a strategic initiative on the company's part
People Search Finds Profitable Niche Editor's Blog 3/29/2010 25 comments France's yellow pages company, Pages Jaunes, acquires 123People, the people search engine which shows just how much there is to know about us on the Web
Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines Sweeney Blog 3/22/2010 10 comments Search engines have given way to recommendation engines, content suggestion engines... enough!
That 'Friend' of Yours May Be the Feds Editor's Blog 3/18/2010 10 comments Facebook is most compliant with requests from the government for private user information, says a newly released set of guidelines from the Justice Department
Google & China: Let Me Get the Door for You Security Clan Editor's Blog 3/17/2010 17 comments Google accepted the risks when it entered China; the fact that it can't force a rule change means it may have to exit the world's largest market
China's at a Web Crossroads Robert J. Hansen 3/17/2010 9 comments As the Google flap escalates, it's clear that China may be about to shoot itself in the foot
Twitter Bores Texas Editor's Blog 3/16/2010 11 comments Twitter's @anywhere platform release was not enough to keep attendees' attention at South by Southwest Interactive
YouTube & Italy Robert D. Atkinson 3/5/2010 3 comments The conviction of three Google execs in Italy will have a chilling effect on the Internet.
'No SQL' Databases & the Enterprise IT Clan Editor's Blog 3/4/2010 11 comments News that Twitter has adopted Cassandra in place of MySQL raises questions on the wisdom of adopting non-SQL DBs in the enterprise
This Is Your Brain on the Net Amy Rogers Nazarov 3/3/2010 41 comments A recent survey determines that yes, surfing the Web does make you smarter. That may be partly true
Why Is Google Diversifying? Wisdom of the Big Chair 3/1/2010 5 comments Google is feverishly trying to expand beyond its traditional search niche in order to please Wall Street. However, the company's recent moves could backfire.
Internet Takes the Lead With News Consumers Editor's Blog 3/1/2010 19 comments The Internet beats out newspapers as the preferred news medium of choice, but news consumers still prefer 'traditional' news over blogs, Tweets, and social news sites
It was about 10 years ago when a new generation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) alternatives started to gain acceptance and adoption among organizations of all sizes. And it has only been about five years since Amazon Web Services captured the marketplace's attention with Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, which opened the door to a vast array of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. Now, the third piece of the cloud computing puzzle is beginning to win over organizations seeking to build their own apps: platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
Energy consumption is a primary contributor to global warming. At the end of 2012, 40 percent of energy consumption in the US came from commercial and residential buildings.
Civil libertarians are outraged at the revelation the NSA is reportedly spying on more than one-third of Americans -- obtaining phone records from phone companies, in case it might need them for later use. Edward Snowden, the man who leaked details of that program, also revealed a second effort dubbed “Prism,” which represented a more aggressive grab of email and other communications. (See: Prism Exposes Unwritten Privacy Rules.)
In the past few weeks, Evernote, Twitter, and LinkedIn have implemented an optional security feature: two-step verification. It's time -- perhaps even past due -- for enterprises to consider offering this feature as well.
Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
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.
So here we are, the last day of the 2013 US Open Golf Championship at Merion, and Phil Mickelson -- who has been a US Open runner-up five times now but never taken the trophy -- is right up there at the top of the leaderboard.
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