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Comment: Very promising! - modza - 10/31/2009
Comment: Re: We stand warned - Phavanhna - 10/31/2009
Comment: Comparison - Princess_dascho - 10/30/2009
San Francisco's Web 2.0 Government
Full Nelson  
10/30/2009   4 comments
The city is on the leading edge of using the Internet to provide government transparency.
Comment: Re: I mostly agree - aum007 - 10/30/2009
Comment: Way to go - bwelford - 10/30/2009
Comment: I mostly agree - bri77 - 10/30/2009
Comment: Re: Diamond Life - Mary Jander - 10/30/2009
Generation Blend Revisited
Rob Salkowitz  
10/30/2009   2 comments
Is the 'digital age gap' closing or just getting more complex?
A Birthday Card for the Internet
Editor's Blog  
10/29/2009   16 comments
On your fortieth birthday, Internet, here's why we're mad at you
Comment: Re: Diamond Life - Mark Odiorne - 10/29/2009
Q&A With Malcolm Gladwell
Todd Watson  
10/29/2009   1 comment
Gladwell's first book changed the way many of us think about the way information is shared and disseminated, and how individuals influence one another and, in turn, the crowd
Social Networks Upset Yet Another Group
Editor's Blog  
10/29/2009   5 comments
Financial regulators express concern that sites like Facebook are disrupting employee oversight and security on Wall Street
Social Media Must Grow Up to the Enterprise
David Silversmith  
10/29/2009   20 comments
New products can help make social sites more business-friendly, but long term, the sites themselves must adapt to enterprise use
Comment: CIA is watching - RamonAntonio345 - 10/29/2009
Comment: Hello, Ms Nicole - Lance Alberto - 10/28/2009
Comment: Re: Regular people.. - cbrown - 10/28/2009
Comment: "Nearly Free"? - cbrown - 10/28/2009
Social Power Is You
Todd Watson  
10/28/2009   Post a comment
Think of all the data out there available today that, if it were collected and analyzed in real-time, could prove extremely beneficial
Comment: Saying nothing a lot - cjon316 - 10/28/2009
Federal CTO of the US
Aneesh Chopra  
10/28/2009   4 comments
Aneesh Chopra talks about how President Obama's administration plans to tackle the digital divide.
Google 'Social Search' Is Completely Useless
Editor's Blog  
10/28/2009   13 comments
Now use Google to find out what your friends are saying! Hooray! How utterly pointless
Comment: Re: We stand warned - Insultant - 10/28/2009
Comment: We stand warned - Mary Jander - 10/28/2009
Comment: Re: Diamond Life - Mary Jander - 10/28/2009
Comment: Re: Diamond Life - Insultant - 10/28/2009
The Death of Anonymity: Part 3
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
10/28/2009   4 comments
Consolidation of all digital information over the Internet has manifest implications for civil liberties.
Comment: Regular people.. - hounhosp - 10/27/2009
Comment: Re: layer upon layer? - hounhosp - 10/27/2009
Comment: Diamond Life - Mark Odiorne - 10/27/2009
Comment: Re: hamburger indeed - jwallace - 10/27/2009
New Intelligence for a Smarter Planet
Todd Watson  
10/27/2009   Post a comment
We live in a rapidly changing world, we have enormous inefficiencies, there are loads of opportunities to change things for the better
Comment: layer upon layer? - Mary Jander - 10/27/2009
Slideshow: Web 2.0 Summit 2009
Editor's Blog  
10/27/2009   5 comments
Check out the Web 2.0 Summit in slides for photos of Tim Berners-Lee, Sergey Brin, Evan Williams, Jeff Immelt, Aneesh Chopra, and more!
Web 2.0 Summit: Web Squared in Slides
Slide Shows  
10/27/2009   5 comments
See photos from the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit, featuring Sergey Brin, Tim Berners-Lee, Sheryl Sandberg, Jeff Immelt, Evan Williams, and more!
Bing + Twitter: Wrestling a Tweety Fire Hose
Singer at C-Level  
10/27/2009   2 comments
Stefan Weitz, director with Bing Search, explains how his service will make sense of the Twitter mayhem.
Mashing Pumpkins: New IBM Cognos Mashup Tool
Todd Watson  
10/27/2009   1 comment
IBM is announcing an expansion of its industry-leading enterprise mashup portfolio
Comment: Re: hamburger indeed - Insultant - 10/27/2009
Comment: hamburger indeed - Mary Jander - 10/27/2009
Comment: Re: Twitter = truth? - Insultant - 10/27/2009
Comment: Re: I2P - Insultant - 10/27/2009
The Death of Anonymity: Part 2
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
10/27/2009   9 comments
The 'sensortization' of the Internet is eliminating the traditional divide between online and offline populations.
Comment: Good for Twitter?? - Mar1p0sa - 10/26/2009
Comment: Twitter = truth? - Mr. Roques - 10/26/2009
IOD Press Conference: A Trillion Networked Things (Including Cows)
Todd Watson  
10/26/2009   Post a comment
I'm in the IOD 2009 press conference. Frank Kern, VP of IBM's General Business Consulting group, is now speaking
Comment: The power of masses - Mr. Roques - 10/26/2009
Comment: I2P - nathanwosnack - 10/26/2009
Inside the Bing/Twitter Deal
Singer at C-Level  
10/26/2009   3 comments
Stefan Weitz, director with Bing Search, talks through how the deal will work.
Comment: Re: In-Q-Tel's mission - sbondy - 10/26/2009
The IM Software Future's So Bright
Todd Watson  
10/26/2009   Post a comment
IBM analyst Stacy Novack expects the IM market to be $237B next year, with software being about $63B of that
VP of Search Products & User Experience, Google
Marissa Mayer  
10/26/2009   4 comments
Google's Marissa Mayer explains its partnership with Twitter.
The Death of Anonymity: Part 1
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
10/26/2009   13 comments
Internet users are unwittingly contributing to the demise of the anonymous Internet.
Comment: Re: I guess... - Mashka - 10/25/2009
Comment: Re: I guess... - MShellC - 10/24/2009
Comment: I guess... - mathemagician - 10/24/2009
Comment: A Different Take - Allen_Falcon - 10/23/2009
Comment: In-Q-Tel's mission - Ira Winkler - 10/23/2009
Comment: Re: Last straw - Ira Winkler - 10/23/2009
Comment: Hmmmm... - Mark Odiorne - 10/23/2009
Comment: Another View... - donaldleegraham - 10/23/2009
Comment: When I was a lad... - Tom Nolle - 10/23/2009
Comment: Last straw - nathanwosnack - 10/23/2009
New MySpace Strategy: More Music, Less Social
Editor's Blog  
10/23/2009   6 comments
In the wake of the Facebook era, MySpace moves away from a focus on social networking
Comment: Re: Great points - Insultant - 10/23/2009
CIA's Latest Web 2.0 Move Raises Questions
Rob Salkowitz  
10/23/2009   18 comments
In-Q-Tel's announced investment in Visible Technologies prompts questions about the 'intelligence' of such a public move
Comment: Re: I'm surprised - Insultant - 10/23/2009
Comment: I'm surprised - donaldleegraham - 10/23/2009
Fear & Loathing at Information On Demand
Todd Watson  
10/22/2009   Post a comment
I'm getting desert fever
Sergey Brin Drops in at Web 2.0 Summit
Editor's Blog  
10/22/2009   9 comments
Google's Sergey Brin makes a surprise visit to the Web 2.0 Summit to talk about Twitter, Books, Chrome, and search
Comment: Exciting! - Xuefei Peng - 10/22/2009
Comment: Public data users - Seth Grimes - 10/21/2009
Twitter Teams With Google, Bing – & Google Gets Social
Editor's Blog  
10/21/2009   8 comments
Twitter teams with Google and Bing, giving both search engines access to its real-time Tweets; Google introduces 'Social Search'
Comment: but Phil ... - Insultant - 10/21/2009
'Nook' Heralds Rise of the Author-Developer
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
10/21/2009   4 comments
The arrival of a new kind of e-book from Barnes & Noble heralds a need for authors to engage in 'multimedia ecosystems'
Twitter: Not a Difference Maker
Not Dr. Phil  
10/21/2009   1 comment
Companies often place too much importance on inaccurate or abrasive Twitter posts.
Comment: Re: Uhh... - Paul Korzeniowski - 10/21/2009
Comment: Mobile World - dcilea - 10/21/2009
Prizewinning Music Site Eschews Web Playbook
Vineeta Shetty  
10/21/2009   2 comments
The founders of Muziboo followed their hearts, not the rules of marketing on the Web
Twitter CEO Confident About Cash
Editor's Blog  
10/21/2009   6 comments
Evan Williams tells Web 2.0 attendees that Twitter will eventually extract value from its own awesomeness
Welcome to the 'Next Major Computing Cycle'
Editor's Blog  
10/21/2009   2 comments
The mobile Web is set to triple in growth by 2013, according to Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker
Comment: track viral activity - cortimax - 10/21/2009
Comment: Re: What year is this? - ChrisTOP - 10/21/2009
Search Inversion & Profiling: Part 3
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
10/21/2009   Post a comment
The Outernet will exceed the commercial value of the Internet itself.
Comment: Re: transparency - Ira Winkler - 10/20/2009
Comment: What year is this? - cbrown - 10/20/2009
Comment: Re: Evolution - Insultant - 10/20/2009
Web 2.0 Summit Gets Squared
Editor's Blog  
10/20/2009   8 comments
It's time for the Web to grow up and get to work
Comment: Re: transparency - PaulJ - 10/20/2009
Comment: A dose of reality... - mnt.code - 10/20/2009
Comment: Re: transparency - Ira Winkler - 10/20/2009
Comment: Re: Great points - dlavie - 10/20/2009
Public Intelligence: How It Can Work
Seth Grimes  
10/20/2009   9 comments
Publicly available data can be used with analytical software for business information. Here are some guidelines to help the cause
Search Inversion & Profiling: Part 2
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
10/20/2009   1 comment
User profiles could one day become commodities to be bought and sold on 'profile markets.'
Comment: Re: Uhh... - GajaKannan - 10/19/2009
Comment: Re: Uhh... - Terry Sweeney - 10/19/2009
Comment: Uhh... - M Hulot - 10/19/2009
Comment: put it to bed - Chris Poley - 10/19/2009
Video Analytics Shift Into Focus
Paul Korzeniowski  
10/19/2009   9 comments
Products are emerging that track and report on audience interaction with online videos
Comment: Re: Evolution - Brian Newby - 10/19/2009
Tweeters Help Ungag The Guardian
Editor's Blog  
10/19/2009   8 comments
Tweeters get some credit for helping overturn a British ban on releasing the details of a controversial report
Search Inversion & Profiling: Part 1
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
10/19/2009   6 comments
Search companies are turning the tables on their users by creating user profiles for financial gain.
Comment: Good one! - Mary Jander - 10/19/2009
Comment: LinkedIn v Facebook - Mary Jander - 10/19/2009
Comment: Pre-balance - Mary Jander - 10/19/2009
Comment: haHA! - MShellC - 10/19/2009
Banks Get Social
Thomas S. Kunz  
10/19/2009   2 comments
The PNC Financial Group is using social networking for outreach, product development, customer segmentation, branding, and more.
Comment: Passe - jabailo - 10/17/2009
Comment: Too Cool To Fool - jabailo - 10/17/2009
Comment: Being ID'd as a Crony - Kurtkeys - 10/17/2009
Comment: Security and Anonymity - Kurtkeys - 10/17/2009
Comment: Bad Idea - pjpugliese - 10/17/2009
Comment: Re: Heeeere it comes - pjpugliese - 10/17/2009
Comment: Disturbing, but true - tnieusma - 10/17/2009
Comment: Murdoch's tactic - bob_calder - 10/16/2009
Comment: Re: Evolution - RPR - 10/16/2009
Comment: Re: Evolution - Insultant - 10/16/2009
Comment: Evolution - RPR - 10/16/2009
Comment: Re: Heeeere it comes - Insultant - 10/16/2009
Comment: Re: Great points - greenbone - 10/16/2009
Comment: 2.0 Hurdles - Lippencotte - 10/16/2009
Comment: Re: Heeeere it comes - Insultant - 10/16/2009
Comment: Great points - Nicole Ferraro - 10/16/2009
Comment: Heeeere it comes - Nicole Ferraro - 10/16/2009
Vendors Face Government 2.0 Hurdles
Editor's Blog  
10/16/2009   5 comments
For vendors, working with the government on social media is both time-consuming and costly
Social Networks & Hiring Pitfalls
The Incredible Hultquist  
10/16/2009   5 comments
Beware blurring the line between personal and professional lives.
Comment: Same old story - smkinoshita - 10/16/2009
Comment: The trade-off ... - nasimson - 10/16/2009
The Coming Internet Bubble: Part 2
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
10/16/2009   19 comments
How do you recognize an Internet bubble when you see one? Saunders explains.
Big Brother Is Googling Your Alerts
Jeffrey Stibel  
10/16/2009   14 comments
A bid of fiddling can reveal more about you than you might imagine, to nearly anyone – but it may be a small price to pay for the Web
Comment: when titans collide? - GajaKannan - 10/16/2009
Comment: Man on the Moon - DHagar - 10/15/2009
Comment: Man on the Moon - DHagar - 10/15/2009
Comment: Identity conflict - robsalk - 10/15/2009
Comment: Murdoch fumes - Terry Sweeney - 10/15/2009
Comment: News? - Markets - 10/15/2009
Comment: Re: Bullshot - Insultant - 10/15/2009
Comment: Re: Bullshot - greenbone - 10/15/2009
Google Outfoxes Murdoch
Rob Salkowitz  
10/15/2009   9 comments
Rupert Murdoch is running out of ways to displace Google and return to the days when paid content was king
Comment: Re: Man on the Moon - Todd Watson - 10/15/2009
Comment: If you cn rd this.. - Mary Jander - 10/15/2009
HR's Web 2.0 Paradox
Matthew Fraser  
10/15/2009   19 comments
Human resources is often a corporate hypocrite when it comes to using social networks. It's time to change
Traffic Patterns
Todd Watson  
10/15/2009   Post a comment
TechCrunch posted about the Twitter/Facebook horse race, which seems to me isn't much of one these days
Comment: Re: Man on the Moon - nasimson - 10/15/2009
Flo 2.0: Mrs. Brady Gets a Website
what.the.ferraro  
10/15/2009   11 comments
Florence Henderson is pitching a tech support site for digitally challenged seniors.
Comment: Man on the Moon - DHagar - 10/14/2009
Comment: Re: Bullshot - Insultant - 10/14/2009
Comment: Re: Bullshot - Insultant - 10/14/2009
Internet Evolution Launches Midmarket Clan
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
10/14/2009   Post a comment
Internet Evolution's newest clan includes a diverse group of midtier decision makers willing to take risks on big transformational ideas
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Clay Shirky
Editor's Blog  
10/14/2009   Post a comment
We're live on IE Radio with Clay Shirky
Comment: Re: Bullshot - greenbone - 10/14/2009
Comment: Re: Bullshot - Insultant - 10/14/2009
Comment: Re: Bullshot - Mary Jander - 10/14/2009
Comment: Bullshot - M Hulot - 10/14/2009
Comment: Pop - Nicole Ferraro - 10/14/2009
Comment: gone wrong.. - nasimson - 10/14/2009
Comment: Those scientists.... - Mashka - 10/14/2009
The Coming Internet Bubble: Part 1
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
10/14/2009   16 comments
Saunders explains why he’s predicting a second Internet bubble, based around social media.
Comment: urk! - Mary Jander - 10/13/2009
Comment: What's Reality anyway? - Geekess - 10/13/2009
Comment: vweets? - Terri Eberle - 10/13/2009
Comment: Please KISS Twitter - bwelford - 10/13/2009
Comment: New Age Twitter - robbie02494 - 10/13/2009
Why a Video Twitter Would Be Disastrous
Editor's Blog  
10/13/2009   14 comments
Video Tweets? I'd sooner choose death
Comment: Totally agree - KMT568 - 10/13/2009
Obama 'Death' Poll Highlights Net Users' Distorted Reality
Andrew Keen  
10/13/2009   24 comments
On the big social networks like Facebook, our senses have entirely overwhelmed our common sense
Twitter Conferences & the Demise of Humanity
what.the.ferraro  
10/13/2009   6 comments
Industry events centered solely on the topic of Twitter are enough to make some people cry.
Companies Tend to Be Anti-Social
Editor's Blog  
10/12/2009   33 comments
Over 50 percent of 1,400 CIOs surveyed said sites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn are banned in their organizations
Comment: Is this a surpirse - dbergman - 10/10/2009
Comment: re: Enterprise 2.0 - Brian Newby - 10/10/2009
Comment: Market Lock In - jabailo - 10/10/2009
Comment: Re: Eye of A Needle - jabailo - 10/10/2009
Comment: Eye of A Needle - jabailo - 10/9/2009
Comment: Maintaining Focus - jnieusma - 10/9/2009
Comment: Measuring Happiness? - alanh79 - 10/9/2009
Comment: Wiki guilt - Mary Jander - 10/9/2009
Comment: Re: So pointless... - knoxzoo - 10/9/2009
Comment: Re: mezzo e mezzo - victor - 10/9/2009
Man on the Moon
Todd Watson  
10/9/2009   6 comments
My Google Wave beta invite finally appeared in my in-box last evening
Drilling Into Social Network 'Fatigue'
Mary E. Shacklett  
10/9/2009   28 comments
Social network users aren't backing off, but they are picking their spots and consolidating network activity
Comment: mezzo e mezzo - Chris Poley - 10/9/2009
Readers Not Sold on Enterprise 2.0
Editor's Blog  
10/9/2009   10 comments
More than half of Internet Evolution readers say they aren't gung-ho on Web 2.0 in the workplace
Comment: Not often enough - Mark Odiorne - 10/8/2009
IT Pros Confront Ethics of Online Data
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
10/8/2009   6 comments
IT professionals face a number of issues that call for ethical judgment, policies, and standardization
Comment: Re: So pointless... - knoxzoo - 10/7/2009
Comment: Re: So pointless... - knoxzoo - 10/7/2009
Comment: ...Not! - MShellC - 10/7/2009
Comment: Economics? - MShellC - 10/7/2009
Comment: Re: What's new? - cbrown - 10/7/2009
Comment: Scientific??? - tnieusma - 10/7/2009
Comment: What? Me Worry? - kq4ym - 10/7/2009
Comment: Re: more statistics... - vish - 10/7/2009
Comment: two emails, two phones - Mashka - 10/7/2009
Comment: more statistics... - Mashka - 10/7/2009
Online Time Not Worth What It Should Be
Rob Leathern  
10/7/2009   17 comments
If the average US adult spends about 120.8 hours per month watching television, shouldn't Internet usage reap more benefits?
Comment: super alarming - dvisme - 10/6/2009
Comment: So pointless... - knoxzoo - 10/6/2009
Comment: What's new? - mnt.code - 10/6/2009
Facebook Measures Your Happiness
Editor's Blog  
10/6/2009   20 comments
Facebook's 'data scientists' determine users' moods based on status updates
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Philip Rosedale
Editor's Blog  
10/6/2009   Post a comment
We're live on IE Radio right now with Philip Rosedale. Join us!
Comment: Re: Time zone - J DAmbrosio - 10/6/2009
Comment: Re: Time zone - Paul Whyte - 10/6/2009
Comment: Re: Time zone - J DAmbrosio - 10/6/2009
Comment: Re: Hairy Scary - Insultant - 10/6/2009
Comment: Re: Hairy Scary - KMT568 - 10/6/2009
Comment: Works for me... - KMT568 - 10/6/2009
Comment: wow and OMG - dbergman - 10/6/2009
Comment: Re: Hairy Scary - Insultant - 10/6/2009
Comment: DOT COM - dbergman - 10/6/2009
Comment: Re: Time zone - Paul Whyte - 10/6/2009
FTC Demands Bloggers Disclose Vendor Support
Mathew Ingram  
10/6/2009   10 comments
Bloggers who are reimbursed by suppliers for touting their wares online must now report their posts as endorsements
Comment: Hairy Scary - Nicole Ferraro - 10/6/2009
Comment: Re: Time zone - Nicole Ferraro - 10/6/2009
Comment: Time zone - hounhosp - 10/6/2009
Join Us for IE Radio With Philip Rosedale at 4 PM!
Editor's Blog  
10/6/2009   6 comments
IE Radio welcomes Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life, at 4 p.m. ET today
Welcome to 2029
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
10/6/2009   5 comments
Steve Saunders peers into the future of the Web – and he doesn’t like what he sees.
Comment: The tradeoff - Mary Jander - 10/5/2009
Comment: There is a limit. - chayes - 10/5/2009
Comment: Identity Crisis - tnieusma - 10/5/2009
Comment: Re: Value vs. Valuation - PaulJ - 10/5/2009
Thanks for the Phone, Now Show Me the Money
Editor's Blog  
10/5/2009   12 comments
Two thirds of Internet Evolution readers responding to a poll say that employees should be compensated for checking emails on smartphones after hours
Why Twitter Doesn't Want a Revenue Model
David Vellante  
10/5/2009   39 comments
Twitter's latest valuation is meant to attract a buyer, not force a revenue model that doesn't exist
Comment: Re: The new reality - Insultant - 10/5/2009
Comment: The new reality - PaulJ - 10/5/2009
Interview With GM's Information Officer
Bob Evans  
10/5/2009   Post a comment
Bob Evans talks to Kirk Gutmann about how GM is driving innovation through technology.
Comment: Re: oxymoron? - pjpugliese - 10/3/2009
Comment: Free Milk - jabailo - 10/2/2009
Comment: Re: oxymoron? - dvisme - 10/2/2009
Comment: Re: oxymoron? - knoxzoo - 10/2/2009
Comment: Re: oxymoron? - Mark Odiorne - 10/2/2009
Comment: oxymoron? - Mike Acker - 10/2/2009
The Social Networking Tug o' War
Editor's Blog  
10/2/2009   24 comments
Should journalists have their social media use restricted for the sake of maintaining the ever-important reporter's neutral point of view?
Social Network Analysis: Getting to Know You
Todd Watson  
10/2/2009   3 comments
I don't do Mafia Wars on Facebook
IE Radio: We're Live With Scott Monty
Editor's Blog  
10/1/2009   Post a comment
We're live on IE Radio with Ford's social media expert, Scott Monty. Come on over!
IE Radio Welcomes Scott Monty at 1 PM ET
Editor's Blog  
10/1/2009   Post a comment
Join us at 1 p.m. ET for IE Radio with Ford's Scott Monty!
CIO, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Marianne James  
10/1/2009   Post a comment
Cincinnati Children's Hospital CIO Marianne James explains some of her organization's innovations, including its fetal care portal, its expansion beyond just being a community hospital, and its collaborative efforts among all of its constituents.




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George Taylor   5/20/2013   3 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?
Ron Miller
Ron Miller   5/17/2013   18 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   26 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.
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Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track

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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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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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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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