FTC, EU Get a Grip on Privacy Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/30/2011 9 comments The FTC and EU together may bring an end to privacy breaches by sites like Facebook.
Teen's Tweet a Lesson in Handling Social Media Joe Stanganelli 11/29/2011 61 comments When an 18-year-old high schooler's nasty tweet about a governor stirred his staff to respond aggressively, the governor wound up apologizing.
EU Eyes Mobile Patent Wars Ron Miller 11/28/2011 40 comments The EU has stepped in to halt the apparent use of patents as anti-competitive weapons for tech firms.
How to Keep the FTC Away David Vladeck 11/21/2011 4 comments How Internet companies can avoid ever coming face-to-face with the Federal Trade Commission.
Words to a Brave Blogger on His Birthday Dr. Rasha Abdulla 11/18/2011 21 comments On the occasion of veteran Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah's 30th birthday, another Egyptian praises his mission and bravery.
Follow Multnomah County on Its Trip to the Cloud Editor's Blog 11/18/2011 1 comment Internet Evolution is conducting an ongoing case study on Oregon's Multnomah County, where the government has taken on a massive technology project in an effort to maximize efficiency and minimize costs.
China Bans Internet News Sources Robert McGarvey 11/17/2011 22 comments China's censorship machine has issued an edict against reporters referencing, among other things, Internet postings on social sites.
The 'Protect IP' Battle Heats Up Don Reisinger 11/15/2011 15 comments Proponents and opponents are deadlocked over the Protect IP Act of 2011. The decisive factor may be the proposal's constitutionality.
Cloud Case Study: Multnomah County, Phase I The Big Report 11/15/2011 5 comments Multnomah County embarks on an effort to move its intranet to an open-source platform hosted in the cloud – a bold move for a government agency.
Tweeting for the Feds Editor's Blog 11/4/2011 19 comments News that the CIA is tracking Tweets and other social media posts suggests that the so-called social media revolution will be won, not by the dissidents who started it, but by the government.
IBM’s Solar Servers Todd Watson 11/4/2011 Post a comment IBM is rolling out the first solar-power array designed specifically to run high-voltage datacenters.
Cable Firm Sets Dangerous Precedent John Myers 11/2/2011 35 comments By refusing to run ads from competitors, Time Warner Cable is flying in the face of fairness and impartiality. Other firms could follow suit.
Hackers Target the Banking System Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/2/2011 10 comments The NSA is reported to be involved in helping US financial institutions defend themselves from APTs.
'We the People' & the Age of Faux Transparency Editor's Blog 11/1/2011 19 comments The White House's 'We the People' tool simply highlights the administration's lack of interest in the public's input. That attitude is bad for businesses operating online and it's bad for the government as well.
Midmarket Optimism Internet Evolution Midmarket Clan Poll 11/1/2011 Post a comment Surveys this year have shown midmarket executives to be optimistic about their own enterprises and fairly positive about the economy as a whole.
Blog Posts
FTC, EU Get a Grip on Privacy Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/30/2011 9 comments The FTC and EU together may bring an end to privacy breaches by sites like Facebook.
Teen's Tweet a Lesson in Handling Social Media Joe Stanganelli 11/29/2011 61 comments When an 18-year-old high schooler's nasty tweet about a governor stirred his staff to respond aggressively, the governor wound up apologizing.
EU Eyes Mobile Patent Wars Ron Miller 11/28/2011 40 comments The EU has stepped in to halt the apparent use of patents as anti-competitive weapons for tech firms.
How to Keep the FTC Away David Vladeck 11/21/2011 4 comments How Internet companies can avoid ever coming face-to-face with the Federal Trade Commission.
Words to a Brave Blogger on His Birthday Dr. Rasha Abdulla 11/18/2011 21 comments On the occasion of veteran Egyptian blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah's 30th birthday, another Egyptian praises his mission and bravery.
Follow Multnomah County on Its Trip to the Cloud Editor's Blog 11/18/2011 1 comment Internet Evolution is conducting an ongoing case study on Oregon's Multnomah County, where the government has taken on a massive technology project in an effort to maximize efficiency and minimize costs.
Piracy Crackdown Internet Evolution Poll 11/17/2011 6 comments Should the government enact tougher piracy regulations on ISPs?
China Bans Internet News Sources Robert McGarvey 11/17/2011 22 comments China's censorship machine has issued an edict against reporters referencing, among other things, Internet postings on social sites.
The 'Protect IP' Battle Heats Up Don Reisinger 11/15/2011 15 comments Proponents and opponents are deadlocked over the Protect IP Act of 2011. The decisive factor may be the proposal's constitutionality.
Cloud Case Study: Multnomah County, Phase I The Big Report 11/15/2011 5 comments Multnomah County embarks on an effort to move its intranet to an open-source platform hosted in the cloud – a bold move for a government agency.
Tweeting for the Feds Editor's Blog 11/4/2011 19 comments News that the CIA is tracking Tweets and other social media posts suggests that the so-called social media revolution will be won, not by the dissidents who started it, but by the government.
IBM’s Solar Servers Todd Watson 11/4/2011 Post a comment IBM is rolling out the first solar-power array designed specifically to run high-voltage datacenters.
Cable Firm Sets Dangerous Precedent John Myers 11/2/2011 35 comments By refusing to run ads from competitors, Time Warner Cable is flying in the face of fairness and impartiality. Other firms could follow suit.
Hackers Target the Banking System Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/2/2011 10 comments The NSA is reported to be involved in helping US financial institutions defend themselves from APTs.
'We the People' & the Age of Faux Transparency Editor's Blog 11/1/2011 19 comments The White House's 'We the People' tool simply highlights the administration's lack of interest in the public's input. That attitude is bad for businesses operating online and it's bad for the government as well.
Midmarket Optimism Internet Evolution Midmarket Clan Poll 11/1/2011 Post a comment Surveys this year have shown midmarket executives to be optimistic about their own enterprises and fairly positive about the economy as a whole.
Social networking sites and search engines continue to hone the tools they use to help advertisers spread their messages, measure results, and avoid fraud.
The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors
a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
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.
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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