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- 2/28/2013

Jon Carter 2/28/2013 31 comments
It takes a big man to work with big-data.

- 2/28/2013

- 2/27/2013

Executive Clan Editor's Blog 2/27/2013 42 comments
Marissa Mayer shocked the business world when she announced the end of telecommuting at Yahoo. The program may have been abused, but ending it was wrong.

- 2/27/2013

- 2/26/2013

Derrick Wood 2/26/2013 46 comments
There's always one who doesn't get it, isn't there?

- 2/26/2013

- 2/25/2013

- 2/24/2013

- 2/23/2013

- 2/22/2013

Editor's Blog 2/22/2013 41 comments
Burger King and Jeep were very publicly hacked, but Facebook avoided a similar fate when it was hit. Pinterest got a big infusion of cash, Twitter users can live on beyond the grave, and Google Glass tries to get trendy.

- 2/22/2013

- 2/21/2013

Dave Hussell 2/21/2013 42 comments
E-Readers and books are not completely interchangeable.

- 2/21/2013

- 2/20/2013

Geoff Beckman 2/20/2013 47 comments
IT pros can learn a lesson from Boeing's public Dreamliner nightmare.

- 2/20/2013

- 2/19/2013

Hilary Allison 2/19/2013 48 comments
Moving up from the Gerber.

- 2/19/2013

- 2/18/2013

- 2/17/2013

- 2/16/2013

- 2/15/2013

Editor's Blog 2/15/2013 8 comments
On a week when some Michigan residents thought zombies were invading, President Obama signed a security agreement designed to protect us from real threats.

- 2/15/2013

- 2/14/2013

Dan Cypra 2/14/2013 27 comments
Google is unforgiving about SEO gaming -- even when its own contractors are guilty of this error.

- 2/13/2013

Security Clan Editor's Blog 2/13/2013 9 comments
Shodan is a search engine that exposes the deep flaws in Internet security.

- 2/13/2013

- 2/12/2013

Editor's Blog 2/12/2013 53 comments
Internet publishing is the one industry in the world devoted to making it harder for people to use its products.

- 2/12/2013

Derrick Wood 2/12/2013 31 comments
Wouldn't you like to know when someone is being economical with the truth?

- 2/12/2013

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- 2/10/2013

- 2/9/2013

- 2/8/2013

Editor's Blog 2/8/2013 52 comments
From Facebook crashes and Apple smartwatches to an iPhone name controversy and a LinkedIn bonanza, there were lots of highs and lows this week.

- 2/8/2013

Matt Heusser 2/8/2013 37 comments
What if you built a website and everyone came? Then it didn't work. During the Super Bowl.

- 2/8/2013

- 2/7/2013

Jon Carter 2/7/2013 23 comments
Of course, there's an app for it.

Kim Davis 2/7/2013 2 comments
Restaurants ban diners from taking photos, but checking messages, texting, and tweeting are OK.

- 2/6/2013

Security Clan Editor's Blog 2/6/2013 38 comments
Google's redesigned Image Search raises serious intellectual property questions.

- 2/6/2013

- 2/5/2013

Hilary Allison 2/5/2013 20 comments
Shabby chic and connected.

- 2/5/2013

Analytics Clan Editor's Blog 2/5/2013 16 comments
Big-data's failure to predict the Super Bowl does not detract from its value to the enterprise.

- 2/5/2013

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- 2/2/2013

- 2/1/2013

Editor's Blog 2/1/2013 28 comments
Google shakes up the social media order; Facebook digs deeper into consumers' pockets; and an app that might help you get out of meetings.

- 2/1/2013

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Mary E. Shacklett 5/24/2013 6 comments

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.

most recent post: pcharles... It's doable. Just not all in one big leap. Having a plan and executing step by step is the best appr...

Dan Cypra 5/23/2013 17 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?

most recent post: abdlah... I have found that my clients mostly prefer the .com version of domain names. Personally however, I find...

Matt Heusser 5/23/2013 5 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.

most recent post: abdlah... @ Mitch, I believe the idea here is different from crowdsourcing because it is a controlled (crowdsourcing)...

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.

most recent post: Jason Adams... dcawrey, I agree. There's a lot of things that need to happen first, really. I feel like some of the...

Jon Carter 5/21/2013 21 comments

most recent post: nasimson... "i think children should really learn to let their parents be also on social media. They will be old...

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Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13

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Paul J. Fleuranges
Digital Signage Keeps NYC Subway Straphangers on Track

5|6|13

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Kim Davis
Fast Forward to the Future

4|23|13

20 comments

Mitch Wagner
Google Launches Its Most Depressing Service Yet

4|15|13

10 comments

Second Shooter
Argument Over Top-Level Domains Is 'Stupid'

4|11|13

3 comments

Kim Davis
Ladies, Your Tablet Awaits

3|21|13

37 comments

Wisdom of the Big Chair
NFC Moves Into the Mainstream

3|20|13

No comments

Wisdom of the Big Chair
Integrating Security Into Your Cloud Contract

3|19|13

No comments

Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Collects Customer Information

3|18|13

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Brian Baron
How Edmunds.com Uses Analytics to Customize Site

3|14|13

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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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