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Comment: Re: Timely - nimantha.de - 7/31/2012
Comment: Timely - abdlah - 7/31/2012
Comment: Re: Stopping Auroras - pcharles - 7/31/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mitch Wagner - 7/30/2012
REAL Coupons
Todd Watson  
7/30/2012   4 comments
IBM recently partnered with major German retail hypermarket chain, REAL, to provide a convenient and personalized service to shoppers, even if they forgot their paper coupons back at home.
Comment: Re: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/30/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mary Jander - 7/30/2012
Comment: Re: Stopping Auroras - scucci - 7/30/2012
Comment: Re: Stopping Auroras - scucci - 7/30/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - chuckgregory - 7/29/2012
Comment: Re: Stopping Auroras - pcharles - 7/29/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Paul Whyte - 7/29/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - chuckgregory - 7/29/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - magneticnorth - 7/29/2012
Comment: Jealous but not jaded - cjon316 - 7/28/2012
Comment: Re: Stopping Auroras - cjon316 - 7/28/2012
Comment: Re: Makes sensei - cjon316 - 7/28/2012
Comment: Chick-Fil -A flunks - nasimson - 7/28/2012
Comment: That's strange - nasimson - 7/28/2012
Comment: RIP - Mitch Wagner - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Stopping Auroras - scucci - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mitch Wagner - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mitch Wagner - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Bolingbroke - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - smkinoshita - 7/27/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Mitch Wagner - 7/26/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - smkinoshita - 7/26/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/26/2012
Comment: Re: Responses - smkinoshita - 7/26/2012
Comment: Responses - Kim Davis - 7/26/2012
Chick-Fil-A Flunks Social Media Test
IT Clan Editor's Blog  
7/26/2012   35 comments
The Chick-fil-A restaurant chain confronts a PR nightmare but fails to make good on social networks.
Comment: Re: Less expense - Mitch Wagner - 7/26/2012
Google Wallet’s WiFi Problem
Reiter's Block  
7/26/2012   4 comments
Alan had to "fix" Google Wallet with a minor change to his phone's settings.
Comment: Re: Less expense - Mary Jander - 7/26/2012
Apple Under Attack
Internet Evolution Security Clan Poll  
7/26/2012   Post a comment
Comment: Re: Stopping Auroras - scucci - 7/25/2012
Comment: Company Complexity - abdlah - 7/25/2012
Comment: Online - Joe Stanganelli - 7/25/2012
Jealous of Amazon's Tuition Reimbursement Policy
Sarah Shanfield  
7/25/2012   46 comments
Amazon's tuition reimbursement program draws envy from a young worker.
Comment: another nuance - slfisher - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Less expense - Mitch Wagner - 7/24/2012
Comment: Book Business in China - wjk - 7/24/2012
Box Launches Windows Phone App
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
7/24/2012   Post a comment
Box launches its first Windows Phone productivity app.
Comment: Re: Regulate all sales - DukeW - 7/24/2012
Comment: Regulate all sales - Kim Davis - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Less expense - Brian Newby - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Stopping Auroras - Ariella - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Stopping Auroras - Ariella - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Strategy - Ariella - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Less expense - Paul Whyte - 7/24/2012
Comment: Stopping Auroras - Ariella - 7/24/2012
Online Ammo Sales Ban Won't Stop More Auroras
Robert McGarvey  
7/24/2012   59 comments
James Holmes, the alleged Aurora killer, bought his ammo online, but it's not likely that stopping Web sales would have saved any lives.
Comment: Re: Amazon and Tax - WaqasAltaf - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Less expense - Mitch Wagner - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Less expense - Mitch Wagner - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Less expense - Paul Whyte - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Less expense - Chris Poley - 7/24/2012
Comment: Re: Less expense - robjvargas - 7/23/2012
Comment: Less expense - Mitch Wagner - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Curious - Xuefei Peng - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Strategy - Mary Jander - 7/23/2012
One Product, Many Sites: E-Tailers Use Web to Rebrand
Scott Koegler  
7/23/2012   21 comments
Some online retailers are peddling the same products on different Websites to attract customers to their brands.
Comment: Lu Xun - Kim Davis - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Strategy - Kim Davis - 7/23/2012
Don't Succumb to Customer Blindness
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
7/23/2012   8 comments
Understanding the empowered customer should be eCommerce 101 for the midmarket.
Comment: Re: Amazon and Tax - Kim Davis - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Amazon and Tax - Paul Whyte - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Amazon and Tax - Paul Whyte - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Strategy - abdlah - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Amazon and Tax - WaqasAltaf - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Strategy - Mary Jander - 7/23/2012
Comment: Strategy - abdlah - 7/23/2012
Comment: Curious - Chris Poley - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Awe inspiring - Xuefei Peng - 7/23/2012
Comment: Re: Awe inspiring - Kicheko - 7/23/2012
Comment: Awe inspiring - nasimson - 7/23/2012
Books on the Web Spawn a Growing Market in China
Xuefei (Michael) Peng  
7/23/2012   11 comments
Literature created for the Web is a growing art form -- and a booming business -- in China.
Comment: Re: Amazon and Tax - Mr. Roques - 7/22/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mr. Roques - 7/22/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - hounhosp - 7/22/2012
Comment: Re: Amazon and Tax - WaqasAltaf - 7/22/2012
Comment: Re: Amazon and Tax - WaqasAltaf - 7/22/2012
Comment: Re: Amazon and Tax - DukeW - 7/21/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mary E. Shacklett - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mary Jander - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mashka - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mary Jander - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mashka - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mary Jander - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mashka - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mary Jander - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mashka - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mary Jander - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Hard to Watch - Mashka - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mashka - 7/20/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - nimantha.de - 7/20/2012
Comment: Amazon and Tax - nimantha.de - 7/20/2012
How Amazon Is Turning Sales Tax Policy to Its Advantage
Joe Stanganelli  
7/20/2012   38 comments
By reversing its position on collecting state sales tax and leveraging distribution centers within states, Amazon is turning lemons into lemonade.
Comment: Re: Focus - chuckgregory - 7/19/2012
Comment: Re: Focus - Mary Jander - 7/19/2012
Comment: Re: Hard to Watch - Kim Davis - 7/19/2012
3 Great Examples of Social Media Marketing
CMO Clan Editor's Blog  
7/19/2012   13 comments
It's easy to talk about customer engagement through social networking. But these three companies have demonstrated how it's done.
Comment: Re: Hard to Watch - Mary Jander - 7/19/2012
Comment: Hard to Watch - Kim Davis - 7/19/2012
Comment: Not bad but.... - Chris Poley - 7/19/2012
PayPal Buys Mobile Payments Firm Card.io
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
7/18/2012   Post a comment
PayPal acquires a firm that enables purchases using photos of credit cards.
Making a San Francisco Stunt-Driving Viral Video Sensation
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
7/18/2012   10 comments
Stunt driver Ken Block garnered over 20 million views for a video shot on behalf of DC Shoes. It's a strategy worth examining.
Comment: Re: Focus - Mary E. Shacklett - 7/18/2012
Comment: Focus - abdlah - 7/18/2012
IBM Furthers Focus on Marketers
Todd Watson  
7/18/2012   Post a comment
As marketing organizations take the lead in tech acquisitions, it's notable that IBM has spent some $3 billion making acquisitions in this growing market over the past several years, including the acquisitions of Coremetrics, DemandTec, TeaLeaf, and Unica.
Younger Workers More Relaxed About Privacy
Mary E. Shacklett  
7/18/2012   31 comments
Thanks to the widely differing attitudes people have about online privacy, future laws could be very different from what they are today.
IBM Retail Online Index: Mobile Up, Social Down
Todd Watson  
7/17/2012   Post a comment
Research confirms strong uptick in mobile commerce.
Comment: Re: Lockers - Casey_82 - 7/17/2012
Comment: Re: Exactly - DukeW - 7/14/2012
Comment: Re: Exactly - nimantha.de - 7/14/2012
Comment: Re: FB = Back to HS - kq4ym - 7/13/2012
Comment: Re: Social shopping - kq4ym - 7/13/2012
Comment: Social shopping - Mashka - 7/13/2012
Shopping in the Great White North
Todd Watson  
7/12/2012   3 comments
SHOP.CA, Canada’s largest online e-commerce marketplace, is using analytics software from IBM’s smarter commerce initiative to help engage increasingly empowered online consumers in a unique shopping experience.
Comment: Texas and change - smkinoshita - 7/12/2012
CNBC: Texas Is the 2012 'Top State For Business'
Todd Watson  
7/11/2012   7 comments
Texas is a top location for business, but could do better at providing quality of life.
Smarter Customers Require Smarter Commerce
Todd Watson  
7/10/2012   Post a comment
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit is fast approaching.
Comment: Re: Exactly - DukeW - 7/4/2012
Shopping for That MobileBeat
Todd Watson  
7/3/2012   Post a comment
IBM Research has created a new augmented reality application that gives in-store shoppers instant product details and promotions, all in the palms of their hands.
IBM Tests Mobile Augmented Reality Grocery App
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
7/2/2012   Post a comment
Augmented reality goes mobile, for grocery shopping, at least.




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George Taylor   5/20/2013   2 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

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
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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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Websites Should Consider Tougher ID Verification Policies
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The apartment and house sharing service,
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