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Comment: Re: How Secure is it? - SecTech - 4/30/2011
Comment: Internal App stores - SecTech - 4/30/2011
Comment: How Secure is it? - SecTech - 4/30/2011
Comment: Is that right? - Mashka - 4/30/2011
Comment: what are the benefits? - Mashka - 4/30/2011
Visa Gives Credibility to Square With Investment
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/29/2011   4 comments
Visa has invested in mobile credit/debit card startup Square, which is something of a renegade in the space
Comment: Re: A deal's a deal - Kicheko - 4/29/2011
Comment: Re: A deal's a deal - Kicheko - 4/28/2011
Comment: Re: Not so out there - lek1981 - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: Not so out there - lek1981 - 4/27/2011
Comment: Who's the boss - dbergman - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: A deal's a deal - taimur_tz - 4/27/2011
Comment: Re: A deal's a deal - jwallace - 4/27/2011
CIOs Benefit From Mobile Enterprise App Stores
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/27/2011   22 comments
Bringing app stores in-house helps handle the ever-increasing number of mobile devices coming to the market
Facebook Throws Hat Into Deal Ring
Ron Miller  
4/27/2011   53 comments
Facebook has followed Google in giving Groupon and LivingSocial some competition in the 'daily deal' coupon space
What’s the Big Deal?
Todd Watson  
4/27/2011   6 comments
I'm no shopping guru, but I do spend money, and I don't mind being offered a good deal
Comment: Agreed on Choice - smkinoshita - 4/25/2011
Rethinking Online Tracking
Michael Kassner  
4/25/2011   17 comments
Online tracking has its place, but this user would rather have the choice to be tracked or not
Comment: Is it secure?? - dcuperus - 4/23/2011
Comment: Re: Not so out there - pcharles - 4/21/2011
Comment: Not so out there - Mary Jander - 4/21/2011
Supply Chain Analytics: New Kid on IT's Block
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
4/21/2011   15 comments
Supply chain analytics is being hailed as a savior for many industries, but it's not yet a reality for most IT pros
Children, Rejoice! Toys R Us Sells iPads
Reiter's Block  
4/21/2011   9 comments
Toys R Us has begun selling the iPad 2, demonstrating Apple’s foray into the toddler market.
Comment: Yes. - nathanwosnack - 4/20/2011
Pondering the Need for a TLD
Beau Brendler  
4/20/2011   9 comments
Top-level domains of all kinds may soon be for sale, but the jury's out on whether search engines care.
Comment: Re: Pay by phone - Mike Acker - 4/19/2011
Comment: Re: Choices - Michael Singer - 4/19/2011
Comment: Pay by phone - javeriayounes - 4/19/2011
Comment: Choices - sbewley - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: Lots Of Holes - Kim Davis - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: Lots Of Holes - cvargas - 4/18/2011
Comment: Re: Lots Of Holes - Kim Davis - 4/18/2011
Comment: Lots Of Holes - cvargas - 4/18/2011
Privacy Rights Bill Lacks Credibility & Teeth
Security Clan Editor's Blog  
4/18/2011   14 comments
The McCain-Kerry privacy bill, launched last week, disappointed consumer rights groups but was welcomed by Internet businesses. The bill addresses only commercial privacy, not privacy from government agency surveillance
Pay by Phone
Internet Evolution Poll  
4/18/2011   11 comments
Would you make payments directly to and from your bank account via a mobile service?
Comment: The new thing... - Mary Jander - 4/18/2011
Social CRM Puts Midmarket in the Zone
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
4/18/2011   13 comments
Being aware of what their customers are saying can help midmarket companies strengthen their businesses and prevent negative talk about their brands
Q&A With Del Monte CIO: Getting Cloud From a Can
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/15/2011   8 comments
Using Internet-related technologies has helped this iconic company make a better connection between the farm and the kitchen
The Internet Is Killing the PC
Second Shooter  
4/15/2011   31 comments
Smartphones and tablets are taking over the role of Internet window from PCs.
It's 'Game On' for Enterprise Execs
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
4/13/2011   2 comments
Gamification is used by social networking and location-based services to help retailers connect with customers. Here are some tips for extending it into the enterprise
Mobile Analytics Moves Center Stage
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
4/7/2011   7 comments
Mobile analytics is proving to be a field of remarkable growth, worthy of study by any IT pro with an eye to the future
Comment: Review - Mike Acker - 4/2/2011
Comment: time has come - nasimson - 4/2/2011
Comment: The Foursquare Mall - jabailo - 4/1/2011
Amazon Explores NFC Payments
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
4/1/2011   4 comments
An unnamed source says Amazon.com is considering offering payments with Near Field Communications within three to five months




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Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
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Dan Cypra   5/23/2013   31 comments
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
Matt Heusser
Matt Heusser   5/23/2013   13 comments
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
David Weldon
David Weldon   5/22/2013   15 comments
In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M.
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   4 comments


Whole Foods Global Wine Purchaser Doug Bell told me about some of the constraints on using analytics in the US wine market.
Paul J. Fleuranges
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.
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In the 1970 science fiction thriller
Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M.

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