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Comment: Re: Show Me the Numbers - abdlah - 12/31/2011
Comment: Re: Show Me the Numbers - jabailo - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Show Me the Numbers - jabailo - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Growing...but... - jabailo - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Show Me the Numbers - Ariella - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Show Me the Numbers - Ariella - 12/29/2011
Comment: Mobile? - Kim Davis - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Show Me the Numbers - Ariella - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Show Me the Numbers - Ariella - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Continual Rise - Mary Jander - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Continual Rise - Mary Jander - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Just saying - Mary Jander - 12/29/2011
Comment: Re: Continual Rise - Bolingbroke - 12/29/2011
Comment: Show Me the Numbers - Bolingbroke - 12/29/2011
Comment: Continual Rise - cvargas - 12/28/2011
Comment: Growing...but... - jabailo - 12/28/2011
Comment: Just saying - Chris Poley - 12/28/2011
Holiday Season Puts E-Commerce Center Stage
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
12/28/2011   34 comments
The holidays have demonstrated the growing importance of the Web to e-commerce.
Comment: Smarter commerce - nasimson - 12/28/2011
Santa's E-Commerce Play
Todd Watson  
12/27/2011   2 comments
Online shopping jumped 16.4 percent on Christmas Day, compared to last year, according to IBM Benchmark data.
Comment: 5 on 5 - nasimson - 12/26/2011
Comment: Cyber Monday Madness! - DHagar - 12/23/2011
Comment: Misguided Support - JackWms - 12/21/2011
Comment: Firms set to stumble - JackWms - 12/21/2011
Comment: Re: Great story - Kurtkeys - 12/20/2011
IBM’s 2011 'Five in Five': Innovations That Could Change the World (and a Little Monty Python Thrown In for Good Measure)
Todd Watson  
12/19/2011   2 comments
The latest “IBM 5 in 5,” a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live, and interact during the next five years, has arrived just in time for the holidays.
Comment: Re: Growth - Ariella - 12/19/2011
Comment: Re: Thanks for the post. - Thread - 12/17/2011
Comment: Re: #14 - The Dream Chaser - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: #14 - Mary Jander - 12/16/2011
Comment: #14 - The Dream Chaser - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Netflixmas - dlavie - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Netflixmas - jgael - 12/16/2011
Comment: Thanks for the post. - Thread - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Great story - Nicole Ferraro - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Bad analytics? - Mary Jander - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Netflixmas - Mary Jander - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: AOL's Patch - Mary Jander - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Netflixmas - dlavie - 12/16/2011
Comment: Netflixmas - Bolingbroke - 12/16/2011
Comment: AOL's Patch - Bolingbroke - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Bad analytics? - Mary Jander - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Nice one! - Anand Y - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Bad analytics? - Anand Y - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Bad analytics? - Gigi - 12/16/2011
Comment: Re: Great story - hounhosp - 12/15/2011
Comment: Microsoft - hounhosp - 12/15/2011
Comment: Re: #13 - Mary Jander - 12/15/2011
Comment: Re: Great story - Kurtkeys - 12/15/2011
Comment: #13 - The Dream Chaser - 12/15/2011
Comment: Bad analytics? - Mary Jander - 12/15/2011
Comment: Great story - Nicole Ferraro - 12/15/2011
Comment: Bad Metrics - hounhosp - 12/15/2011
Comment: Re: Nice one! - Mary Jander - 12/15/2011
Comment: Re: Hmmm - Nicole Ferraro - 12/15/2011
Comment: Re: Facebook - The Dream Chaser - 12/15/2011
Comment: Nice one! - Nicole Ferraro - 12/15/2011
Comment: Re: Facebook - Mary Jander - 12/15/2011
Misguided Metrics Lead to Questionable Analytics
Mary E. Shacklett  
12/15/2011   46 comments
A call center anecdote reveals how feeding the wrong data into analytics yields results that aren't helpful.
Comment: Facebook - hounhosp - 12/15/2011
Slideshow: 12 Internet Firms Set to Stumble in 2012
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
12/15/2011   49 comments
The new year may bring new difficulties to these 12 Internet technology companies.
Comment: Re: Hmmm - Alan Reiter - 12/14/2011
Comment: Re: Hastings, Zuckerberg - dlavie - 12/14/2011
Comment: Ballmer slips - Nicole Ferraro - 12/14/2011
Comment: Hmmm - Nicole Ferraro - 12/14/2011
The War Between Amazon & Physical Stores
Reiter's Block  
12/14/2011   9 comments
Amazon angered merchants by giving discounts to people who used its price comparison app at stores.
Comment: Re: Better Idea - Kurtkeys - 12/13/2011
Comment: Re: Better Idea - Nicole Ferraro - 12/13/2011
Comment: Re: Better Idea - Kurtkeys - 12/13/2011
UK Firms Lose Billions With Poor Mobile Websites
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
12/12/2011   Post a comment
Merchants with poor mobile sites are losing a lot of customers.
Comment: Social Media Investment - Kicheko - 12/12/2011
Comment: Great list - Nicole Ferraro - 12/12/2011
Five Midmarket Ponderables for 2012
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
12/12/2011   6 comments
Midmarket executives should at least be pondering these five major areas of fast-moving tech development.
Commerce Meets the Cloud
Executive Takes  
12/12/2011   Post a comment
IBM's Jim Comfort, vice president of global technology services, discusses the intersection of cloud computing and commerce applications.
Comment: Re: Better Idea - Nicole Ferraro - 12/12/2011
Comment: Tsk, Tsk - Chris Poley - 12/11/2011
Comment: This is your - The Dream Chaser - 12/10/2011
Comment: Better Idea - dcuperus - 12/9/2011
Comment: Re: Hilarious - Nicole Ferraro - 12/9/2011
Comment: Re: Hilarious - Kim Davis - 12/9/2011
Comment: Re: Hilarious - Nicole Ferraro - 12/9/2011
Comment: Re: Hilarious - Mary Jander - 12/9/2011
Comment: Re: Hilarious - Nicole Ferraro - 12/9/2011
Comment: Hilarious - Mary Jander - 12/9/2011
Happy Automated Holidays From WalMart
what.the.ferraro  
12/9/2011   13 comments
Introducing Facebook's Shopycat. Analytics at its finest? Not so much.
IBM Bets Big on Cloud-Based E-Commerce
Cloud Clan Editor's Blog  
12/9/2011   Post a comment
With the $440 million purchase of DemandTec, IBM is forging ahead with cloud-based analytics for e-commerce supply chains.
Comment: Re: These CEOs - rwhidbee - 12/7/2011
Comment: Re: These CEOs - Mary Jander - 12/7/2011
Comment: Re: These CEOs - rwhidbee - 12/7/2011
Comment: Me too - Mary Jander - 12/7/2011
Amazon Pays You to Use Price Comparison App
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
12/7/2011   Post a comment
Amazon has planned a one-day sale to promote its Price Check app and torment other retailers.
These CEOs May Have to Go
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
12/7/2011   24 comments
When is it time for the CEO to call it quits? Each of these five technology leaders has reached the tipping point.
What to Do When College Kids Don't Scan QR Codes
Reiter's Block  
12/7/2011   6 comments
A recent survey says most US college students don't scan QR codes. Is there any hope for QR?
Comment: Re: Vague language - SteveGNYC - 12/6/2011
Comment: Re: Vague language - Kim Davis - 12/6/2011
Social Analytics & Buyer Behavior
Analytics Clan Editor's Blog  
12/6/2011   1 comment
New insights into buyer behavior can be leveraged into useful information through smart social analytics.
Comment: Re: Disillusioned - mhhfive - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Caveat E-mptor - SteveGNYC - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Caveat E-mptor - SteveGNYC - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Caveat E-mptor - jabailo - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Caveat E-mptor - jabailo - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Caveat E-mptor - jabailo - 12/5/2011
Comment: Opt-in Tricks.. - mhhfive - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Stalking laws - Alan Reiter - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Geo-fencing - Alan Reiter - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Growth - The Dream Chaser - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Caveat E-mptor - jabailo - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Caveat E-mptor - SteveGNYC - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Caveat E-mptor - SteveGNYC - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Stalking laws - SteveGNYC - 12/5/2011
Comment: Caveat E-mptor - jabailo - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Macys - Nicole Ferraro - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Vague language - tech_ed - 12/5/2011
Comment: Stalking laws - tech_ed - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Disillusioned - Mary Jander - 12/5/2011
Comment: Geo-fencing - Bolingbroke - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Macys - yettaj - 12/5/2011
Comment: Re: Vague language - SteveGNYC - 12/4/2011
Comment: Warped - miller66 - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Macys - Kim Davis - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Vague language - Kim Davis - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Vague language - dcuperus - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Privacy - Alan Reiter - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Privacy - Alan Reiter - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Privacy - Kim Davis - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Privacy - The Dream Chaser - 12/2/2011
Comment: Vague language - Nicole Ferraro - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Privacy - Alan Reiter - 12/2/2011
Comment: Privacy - The Dream Chaser - 12/2/2011
Attention Mall Shoppers: Stores Are Watching You
Alan Reiter  
12/2/2011   70 comments
Your cellphone may be tipping off mall owners about your location -- and more.
Comment: Re: Macys - Nicole Ferraro - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Macys - Mary Jander - 12/2/2011
Comment: Re: Macys - Nicole Ferraro - 12/1/2011
Comment: Macys - Kim Davis - 12/1/2011
Navigate the Indoors With Google. Yay?
what.the.ferraro  
12/1/2011   16 comments
Nicole needs help understanding how she feels about Google Maps 6.0.
Comment: Warped - Nicole Ferraro - 12/1/2011
Book Details Potential of Virtual Reality
Michael Mascioni  
12/1/2011   10 comments
In a new book, authors Joe Pine and Kim Korn offer a taxonomy of virtual reality and a look at where it's headed.




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Ron Miller   5/17/2013   14 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.
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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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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
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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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