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Comment: web surveillance - ferodynamics - 12/31/2009
Comment: 2010 Predictions - aweinroth - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: Privacy, eh? - Alan Reiter - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: AI on avatars - Alan Reiter - 12/31/2009
Comment: Re: AI on avatars - Alan Reiter - 12/31/2009
Comment: now it's time to worry - jwallace - 12/31/2009
Comment: Privacy, eh? - jnieusma - 12/31/2009
Comment: Ride the Wave - mathemagician - 12/31/2009
Comment: Search Engine Usage - gowriraman - 12/31/2009
New Year's Resolutions for the Tech Industry
what.the.ferraro  
12/31/2009   3 comments
Nicole suggests a few New Year's resolutions for people in the Internet industry. Some of them are quite funny.
Comment: Re: AI on avatars - EliteC - 12/31/2009
Comment: AI on avatars - RamonAntonio - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: Avatars what? - Alan Reiter - 12/30/2009
Comment: Virtual Goods - chayes - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: that didn't last long - DHCIR - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: More, but different - Leland - 12/30/2009
Comment: Biometric Avatars - Drowlord - 12/30/2009
Comment: Re: Avatars what? - RamonAntonio - 12/30/2009
Comment: Eureka! - Chris Poley - 12/30/2009
2010 Security Forecast: More of the Same
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
12/30/2009   11 comments
And that's not going to surprise anyone whose job it is to track security risks and vulnerabilities
Comment: 2010 - viboons - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: Last chance? - jwallace - 12/29/2009
Comment: Real Virtuality? - lpricci49 - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: Avatars what? - Alan Reiter - 12/29/2009
Comment: Avatars what? - RamonAntonio - 12/29/2009
Comment: Future Forecast: 2010 - DHagar - 12/29/2009
Comment: Last chance? - jwallace - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: Here We Go..again! - bauerb - 12/29/2009
Comment: Social media reading - modza - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: phew.... - Terry Sweeney - 12/29/2009
Comment: Top Five - rjacksix - 12/29/2009
Comment: Channelling Kreskin - jabailo - 12/29/2009
Comment: Re: The end of privacy - cjon316 - 12/29/2009
Comment: Very informative post! - aum007 - 12/29/2009
Comment: The end of privacy - mnt.code - 12/29/2009
Comment: Very mixed feelings - Mary Jander - 12/29/2009
Comment: a Hallmark moment - Chris Poley - 12/29/2009
Last Chance to Cast Your 2010 Predictions
Editor's Blog  
12/29/2009   12 comments
Don't forget to cast your top five predictions for 2010 before it's too late
Emoticons We Really Need
Sweeney Blog  
12/29/2009   15 comments
Today's array still don't convey some of the most common desktop emotions.
Microsoft Avatars Will Display Health, IQ, Religion & More
Alan Reiter  
12/29/2009   49 comments
Microsoft seeks to patent a technique for creating avatars based on realistic data about individuals, including physical and mental health
Comment: Re: How does he do it? - Kurtkeys - 12/28/2009
Comment: A dearth of ecards - Mary Jander - 12/28/2009
Comment: Falalala... - Mary Jander - 12/28/2009
Comment: Eat or be eaten - Mary Jander - 12/28/2009
How to Build a Midmarket Social Media Strategy
Sean Gallagher  
12/28/2009   11 comments
Defining a clear social media policy can ensure your firm won't be overlooked – or worse – as this online movement progresses
Comment: How does he do it? - Kurtkeys - 12/28/2009
Comment: They'll be suprised... - jabailo - 12/28/2009
Comment: log off LOL - Mary Jander - 12/28/2009
Comment: whitelist your inbox - Mike Acker - 12/28/2009
Comment: staggering number - javeriayounes - 12/28/2009
Crystal Balls
Eurotrash  
12/28/2009   1 comment
Eurotrash looks ahead to 2010 with some predictions and one New Year wish...
One Week Only: A Spam Reprieve
Jart Armin  
12/28/2009   34 comments
Spammers take a breather over the holidays, and apparently on most weekends, too, according to Project Honey Pot
Comment: Re: Behaviour Vs. Mind - Asad - 12/28/2009
Comment: Social media - Asad - 12/28/2009
Comment: Re: - Asad - 12/28/2009
Comment: vote for Nook - ivka - 12/26/2009
Comment: Re: phew.... - modza - 12/25/2009
Comment: Re: Pressure building - cjon316 - 12/25/2009
Comment: Merry Christmas! - jwallace - 12/25/2009
Comment: Pressure building - cjon316 - 12/25/2009
Comment: more money to come? - ivka - 12/25/2009
Comment: Hot Air And Dead Air - kq4ym - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: Go West! - hrcohen - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: Go West! - robjvargas - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: phew.... - Terry Sweeney - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: Holliday Hugs - Terry Sweeney - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: Go West! - hrcohen - 12/24/2009
Profitable or Not, Twitter Girds for 2010
Editor's Blog  
12/24/2009   6 comments
Twitter reportedly made a small profit in 2009, but the site has a lot to prove in the year ahead
Comment: ROI on Goals - smkinoshita - 12/24/2009
Comment: Holliday Hugs - Princess_dascho - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: EMP - rjh - 12/24/2009
Comment: Re: Go West! - Princess_dascho - 12/24/2009
Pressure Builds to Prove Website ROI
Mary E. Shacklett  
12/24/2009   30 comments
Non-e-commerce sites face increasing pressure from management and directors to demonstrate what the brand gets for its spending
Comment: Policy matters - javeriayounes - 12/24/2009
Comment: Go West! - Mashka - 12/24/2009
Two Terrible Ways to Spend Your Holiday Online
what.the.ferraro  
12/24/2009   5 comments
Whatever holiday you celebrate, we don't recommend engaging in either of these egregious activities.
Top CIO Stories of 2009
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
12/23/2009   2 comments
As we wind down this year, we pause to reflect on the changes to the enterprise that most affected C-level managers
Technology Santa Claus
John Soat  
12/23/2009   4 comments
Santa offers a few words of advice to IT professionals: ‘Be careful what you wish for.’
Comment: Re: E-xactly - mamaflynny - 12/22/2009
Comment: Great list(s) - ChrisTOP - 12/22/2009
Comment: Viral Apps - Brian Newby - 12/22/2009
Comment: phew.... - RIMMAN - 12/22/2009
Fine/Over the Line in '09
The Big Report  
12/22/2009   11 comments
A highly subjective list of 2009's high points on the Web – and a few low ones, too
Closing 2009 With Tears & Cheers
Editor's Blog  
12/22/2009   2 comments
Keeping in the holiday spirit of list-making, Internet Evolution gives a rundown of what was Fine and Over the Line in 2009
Comment: Re: Happy Holidays, IE! - Leland - 12/22/2009
Americans Are From Mars, Europeans From Venus
Andrew Keen  
12/22/2009   28 comments
Europeans may be forced to clean up the mess created by America's digital 'creative destruction'
Comment: Details - No Thanks - Ombra - 12/22/2009
Comment: Re: Fishing trips - robjvargas - 12/21/2009
Comment: Re: math time - Mary E. Shacklett - 12/21/2009
Comment: It won't ever happen! - hounhosp - 12/21/2009
Comment: Fishing trips - jnieusma - 12/21/2009
Future Forecast: 2010
Internet Evolution Poll  
12/21/2009   5 comments
Which of the following technologies would you vote "Most Likely to Succeed" in 2010?
Comment: Feds =/= share - RamonAntonio - 12/21/2009
Comment: Re: know your policy - Mr. Roques - 12/21/2009
Comment: know your policy - Chris Poley - 12/21/2009
Comment: Re: Deck the Web - Mike Acker - 12/21/2009
Readers Want Feds to Share Surveillance Tactics
Editor's Blog  
12/21/2009   19 comments
Over 70% of Internet Evolution readers think the government should disclose its social media surveillance policies
Comment: My humble list - dlavie - 12/21/2009
Top 5 Midmarket Stories of 2009
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
12/21/2009   3 comments
The most important stories relevant to midtier companies all centered on creating efficiencies and new revenue
Comment: Re: Texting - hrcohen - 12/20/2009
Comment: Deck the Web - Auntie NoNo - 12/20/2009
Comment: Texting - JoeFoster - 12/20/2009
Comment: Re: Where's Susan? - Mashka - 12/20/2009
Comment: LOL!!! - Mashka - 12/20/2009
Comment: Agreement - jnieusma - 12/20/2009
Comment: I can only assume - ChrisTOP - 12/19/2009
Comment: Re: Where's Susan? - James Malone - 12/19/2009
Comment: Re: Where's Susan? - Paul Whyte - 12/19/2009
Comment: Re: Where's Susan? - James Malone - 12/19/2009
Comment: Re: Interesting Case - Mike Acker - 12/19/2009
Comment: Interesting Case - abdlah - 12/19/2009
Comment: Re: Holiday Bubble - lpricci49 - 12/19/2009
Comment: Where's Susan? - DavidSilversmith - 12/19/2009
Comment: Your Xmas Carol - Frank Barbetta - 12/19/2009
Comment: Holiday Bubble - lpricci49 - 12/19/2009
Comment: Italy vs. Internet - DHagar - 12/18/2009
Comment: HH fr IE - DHCIR - 12/18/2009
Comment: Enhanced 2019 - GajaKannan - 12/18/2009
IE Goes Caroling With 'Deck the Web'
Editor's Blog  
12/18/2009   15 comments
That's right: We've gone all Glee for the holidays
Happy Holidays From IE
From the Editors  
12/18/2009   12 comments
Appallingly tuneless yet strangely fascinating holiday video cheer from the Internet Evolution team.
Comment: Re: Go Broad! - scbennett - 12/18/2009
Comment: Go Broad! - DavidSilversmith - 12/18/2009
Supreme Court Takes 'Texting' Case
Steven C. Bennett  
12/18/2009   47 comments
The US Supreme Court will hear a California case in which workers sued their employer for reading messages from a company-owned pager
Comment: economic recessions - nasimson - 12/18/2009
Comment: Re: E-xactly - Insultant - 12/17/2009
Comment: Re: E-xactly - Insultant - 12/17/2009
Comment: Re: E-xactly - Kurtkeys - 12/17/2009
Comment: Re: Over time? - Fritz Nelson - 12/17/2009
Comment: HULU, HU-RAH! - Kurtkeys - 12/17/2009
Comment: Over time? - Mary Jander - 12/17/2009
Hulu Hoo-Ha
Full Nelson  
12/17/2009   4 comments
Saunders is wrong on Hulu, Fritz thinks. By most measures it's been a success, and there's no reason this model won't become even bigger in the next three years. Oh, and he hates Steve's hat.
Comment: Re: E-xactly - Insultant - 12/17/2009
Comment: That was funny - PaulJ - 12/17/2009
Italy vs. Internet
Editor's Blog  
12/17/2009   11 comments
Italy's interior minister says the government may censor social-networking sites for instigating violence against Prime Minister Berlusconi
Comment: Re: E-xactly - Susan Fourtané - 12/17/2009
Comment: E-xactly - Chris Poley - 12/17/2009
A Decade on the Web: A Look Back & Ahead
Chris Minnick  
12/17/2009   13 comments
The first decade of the new millennium brought some Web highlights we may ponder in a different light in 2019
Comment: Re: What will Google Do? - Leland - 12/16/2009
Comment: Sorry for the late entry - RIMMAN - 12/16/2009
Comment: Re: What will Google Do? - Leland - 12/16/2009
Comment: The next wave of CCI - tjMcManus - 12/16/2009
Comment: Hoping and fearing - Mary Jander - 12/16/2009
E-Holiday Cards Are E-gregious
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
12/16/2009   22 comments
Steve laments the 'advent' of the the e-card.
Unstructured Text Analytics: Real Uses May Be Hidden
David Silversmith  
12/16/2009   19 comments
Hype on the use of online unstructured data analytics may be overblown on the commercial end, but not in government
Comment: 6 predictions.. - nasimson - 12/16/2009
Comment: OK Nicole, here goes - Mike Acker - 12/16/2009
Comment: this is all wrong:))) - Mashka - 12/16/2009
More Pitiful Privacy from Facebook
what.the.ferraro  
12/16/2009   3 comments
Facebook's new privacy controls just don’t cut it with little miss 'Air Quotes.'
Comment: My top 5 - GajaKannan - 12/16/2009
Comment: Top 5 for 2010 - kenton - 12/15/2009
Comment: ah...chew.. - DHCIR - 12/15/2009
Comment: just health - Chris Poley - 12/15/2009
Comment: Social networking - bugmenot - 12/15/2009
Comment: 5 Predictions for 2010 - JShipps - 12/15/2009
Comment: My Top 5 - Allen_Falcon - 12/15/2009
Comment: Rob's 2010 predictions - robsalk - 12/15/2009
Comment: My 5 - Mary Jander - 12/15/2009
Comment: Here We Go..again! - jwallace - 12/15/2009
Cast Your Top 5 Predictions for 2010!
Editor's Blog  
12/15/2009   29 comments
Tis the season to be psychic, so let's make some predictions for 2010!
Social Network Gangstar
John Soat  
12/15/2009   1 comment
Law enforcement agents may be monitoring your social networks. Should you lay low?
Comment: Re: Lotus memories - kerryf - 12/14/2009
Comment: argh. - jennwallace07 - 12/14/2009
Comment: Majority speaks - nathanwosnack - 12/14/2009
The Subservient Marketer
Todd Watson  
12/14/2009   Post a comment
Thoughts about Tiger Woods and his relationship with consulting firm Accenture, which ended its six-year marketing relationship on Sunday
Comment: Re: Seriously? - Mary Jander - 12/14/2009
The Season of Getting
Internet Evolution Poll  
12/14/2009   7 comments
Which tech device do you want the most for the holidays this year?
Comment: Lotus memories - RamonAntonio - 12/14/2009
Comment: judge as friend - javeriayounes - 12/13/2009
Comment: Familiarity or friend? - tech_ed - 12/13/2009
Comment: Math... Yes, Math - robjvargas - 12/12/2009
Comment: Re: math time - Ira Winkler - 12/12/2009
Comment: Seriously? - tnieusma - 12/12/2009
Comment: Re: math time - Mary E. Shacklett - 12/11/2009
Comment: Lawyers and judges... - Leland - 12/11/2009
Judges & Lawyers Can't Be 'Friends'
Editor's Blog  
12/11/2009   17 comments
Florida's Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee has banned friendships between lawyers and judges on Facebook... because it's that important
Comment: Re: math time - Mary Jander - 12/11/2009
Comment: Re: math time - GajaKannan - 12/10/2009
Comment: Re: math time - Mark Odiorne - 12/10/2009
Comment: Re: math time - Paul Whyte - 12/10/2009
Comment: Re: math time - M Hulot - 12/10/2009
Comment: Re: math time - Paul Whyte - 12/10/2009
Comment: Re: math time - Mary E. Shacklett - 12/10/2009
IT's New Job: Employee Web-Use Analytics
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
12/10/2009   9 comments
Companies looking to control internal Web surfing by employees may face an expensive IT investment
Comment: math time - M Hulot - 12/10/2009
Comment: Re: Head up! - Nicole Ferraro - 12/10/2009
Comment: Head up! - Mary Jander - 12/10/2009
Comment: u need a new job when... - moop - 12/10/2009
Sneaky Facebook Fiddles With Privacy Defaults
Editor's Blog  
12/10/2009   15 comments
Facebook's new 'recommended' privacy settings suggest that users share their entire lives with the greater Web
Productivity Concerns Lead to Workplace Web Restrictions
Mary E. Shacklett  
12/10/2009   41 comments
Companies losing productivity to employee Web surfing must often strike a balance to retain top talent
Of I-Phones & E-Learning
Rafat Alvi  
12/10/2009   Post a comment
Eduify CTO Rafat Alvi talks about how distance learning can help kids learn remotely using their iPhones.
Feds Clamp Down on Personal Web Use
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
12/9/2009   12 comments
An agency within the Department of Homeland Security will block access to personal email accounts starting in January
Comment: Re: Thanks - Alan Reiter - 12/9/2009
Comment: Re: great ideas - Alan Reiter - 12/9/2009
Comment: Re: Whacko - Alan Reiter - 12/9/2009
Web Advances Climate Change Debate
Don Reisinger  
12/9/2009   21 comments
As the COP 15 conference continues in Denmark, the Web is helping to focus user attention on the real issues
Comment: Thanks - PaulJ - 12/9/2009
Comment: it's terrible - Mashka - 12/9/2009
Comment: great ideas - Mashka - 12/9/2009
Comment: Whacko - nasimson - 12/9/2009
Internet Gift Ideas for the Geek Who Has Everything
Alan Reiter  
12/9/2009   36 comments
Here's what's hot for the geeks and geekesses on your holiday shopping list
Comment: Re: We're jamming - nasimson - 12/9/2009
Comment: Monetizing videos - marc scarpa - 12/8/2009
Comment: We're jamming - Terry Sweeney - 12/8/2009
Vendor Shows How Online Brainstorming Can Help
Michael Mascioni  
12/8/2009   6 comments
IBM's 'innovation jams' are gaining momentum for participants as well as Big Blue
Happy Birthday, Lotus Notes
Todd Watson  
12/8/2009   5 comments
It is one of the first 'groupware' products that changed the way people collaborate
Comment: The Twoddler - M Hulot - 12/8/2009
Comment: Late to the party - Mary Jander - 12/8/2009
Tech I Don't Want, Part 1: The TwitterPeek
what.the.ferraro  
12/7/2009   8 comments
In Part One of 'Tech I Don't Want for the Holidays,' Nicole trashes the TwitterPeek.
Comment: New Toy Syndrome - smkinoshita - 12/7/2009
Viva Web 2.0!
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
12/7/2009   2 comments
Saunders interviews Leo Prieto, the founder of one of the largest social networks in Latin America.
Comment: Wow... - nathanwosnack - 12/6/2009
Comment: Yes but won't. - nathanwosnack - 12/6/2009
Comment: The Grand Master Plan - DHCIR - 12/6/2009
Comment: 5 P's - javeriayounes - 12/6/2009
Comment: Apples and Oranges - jwallace - 12/4/2009
Comment: Re: Dang Yankees... - Insultant - 12/4/2009
Comment: Re: Dang Yankees... - burn0050 - 12/4/2009
Comment: OCSD - KMT568 - 12/4/2009
Comment: sharing! - Terri Eberle - 12/4/2009
The Compulsion to Share
Editor's Blog  
12/4/2009   25 comments
The compulsion to share on social-networking sites has less to do with connectedness than it does with wanting to prove we still exist
Social Surveillance
Internet Evolution Poll  
12/4/2009   7 comments
Should the federal government have to disclose the details of how its agencies use social-networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for surveillance?
Using Twitter to Tame Your Supply Chain
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
12/4/2009   3 comments
If the industry adopts Twitter's way of communication, could it become an email-like open protocol and an even more useful tool for your enterprise?
Comment: Re: Dang Yankees... - Insultant - 12/4/2009
Comment: Re: STOP THE PRESS - Jart Armin - 12/4/2009
Comment: Re: An old adage - Mark Odiorne - 12/4/2009
Comment: Re: An old adage - Mike Acker - 12/4/2009
Yankee Technology Imperialism Lives
Steve Saunders' Outernet  
12/4/2009   10 comments
Rampant technology xenophobia broke out at the CEO2CEO event on Wall Street this week.
Comment: Is it so hard? - ivka - 12/4/2009
Comment: An old adage - Mark Odiorne - 12/3/2009
Comment: Blogger Beats Twitter - jabailo - 12/3/2009
EFF Sues Feds Over Social Surveillance
Editor's Blog  
12/3/2009   14 comments
The Electronic Frontier Foundation sues the government for not disclosing its social media surveillance policies
Comment: Re: STOP THE PRESS - mtechie - 12/3/2009
Comment: The Privacy Maze - KMT568 - 12/2/2009
Facebook Fixes Privacy Five Years Too Late
Editor's Blog  
12/2/2009   5 comments
It is way too late for us to give Mark Zuckerberg credit for promising better privacy controls
Comment: The what now? - cbrown - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: great idea - Brian Newby - 12/2/2009
Comment: Re: great idea - Root Maniac - 12/2/2009
Comment: Search engine usage - chayes - 12/2/2009
Comment: Yahoo even worse - Mary Jander - 12/2/2009
List of Top Bing Searches Will Stir Twitter Tailwinds
David Vellante  
12/2/2009   15 comments
Microsoft has revealed the top search terms for Bing over the last year, showing the ongoing influence of Twitter
Comment: STOP THE PRESS - Jart Armin - 12/1/2009
IE Radio: We're LIVE With Andrew McAfee!
Editor's Blog  
12/1/2009   1 comment
We're live on IE Radio with Andrew McAfee, author of – and coiner of – 'Enterprise 2.0'
Comment: Re: Data Mining - Jart Armin - 12/1/2009
Comment: opened or closed? - Chris Poley - 12/1/2009
Join Us for IE Radio With Andrew McAfee at 2 PM ET!
Editor's Blog  
12/1/2009   6 comments
Tune in for IE Radio with Andrew McAfee, coiner of 'Enterprise 2.0,' at 2 PM ET today




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Ron Miller   5/17/2013   15 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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