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Study Shows Nothing Relevant About People Who Tweet
Editor's Blog  
9/30/2011   34 comments
Another band of researchers publishes a nonsensical survey of people's happiness based on Tweets. Hooray, world.
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - Rich Adler - 9/29/2011
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - abdlah - 9/28/2011
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - abdlah - 9/28/2011
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - antonis - 9/28/2011
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - Mary Jander - 9/27/2011
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - Kim Davis - 9/27/2011
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - abdlah - 9/27/2011
Comment: Re: Hired to be fired - antonis - 9/27/2011
Comment: Re: Hired to be fired - antonis - 9/27/2011
Comment: Leaders in Hiding - scucci - 9/27/2011
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - Gigi - 9/27/2011
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - abdlah - 9/27/2011
Comment: Re: Oh HP! - Mr. Roques - 9/26/2011
Comment: Oh HP! - abdlah - 9/26/2011
Comment: Re: Annoying - Kim Davis - 9/26/2011
Comment: Re: Annoying - Joanne Goldman - 9/26/2011
Comment: Hired to be fired - nasimson - 9/26/2011
Comment: Re: Ridiculous - Mary Jander - 9/26/2011
Comment: Ridiculous - Mary Jander - 9/26/2011
Comment: Wow - Nicole Ferraro - 9/26/2011
HP's Tab for Fired CEOs Tops $80M
Robert McGarvey  
9/26/2011   36 comments
Over the last six years, HP's board has hired and fired three CEOs, paying them over $80M to disappear. Now they've hired a fourth.
Comment: 1 question 1 comment - jwallace - 9/22/2011
Interpretive Recitations of Reactions to New Facebook
what.the.ferraro  
9/22/2011   23 comments
Based on reactions in Nicole's Newsfeed, everyone hates this version of Facebook.
Comment: Re: Annoying - Kim Davis - 9/21/2011
Comment: Re: Inconsistency - Mary Jander - 9/20/2011
Comment: Re: Albert Sez - Kim Davis - 9/20/2011
Comment: Inconsistency - Kim Davis - 9/20/2011
Comment: Re: Annoying - Kim Davis - 9/20/2011
Comment: Annoying - Nicole Ferraro - 9/20/2011
Comment: Re: Sad - Nicole Ferraro - 9/20/2011
Comment: Re: Sad - Ron_Miller - 9/20/2011
Comment: Sad - Nicole Ferraro - 9/20/2011
WSJ Goes Bonkers for Social
Editor's Blog  
9/20/2011   5 comments
The Wall Street Journal Social app does not meet the needs served by RSS feeds or Twitter and will not change the way we consume news.
Comment: Re: Albert Sez - Nicole Ferraro - 9/20/2011
Comment: Re: Albert Sez - Kim Davis - 9/20/2011
Comment: Re: Albert Sez - Kim Davis - 9/20/2011
Comment: Re: Albert Sez - Mary Jander - 9/20/2011
Comment: Re: Albert Sez - Mary Jander - 9/20/2011
Comment: Albert Sez - The Dream Chaser - 9/20/2011
Facebook as Media Platform? Sigh
Kim Davis  
9/20/2011   8 comments
Facebook seems to be stumbling from idea to idea without having a coherent strategy.
'Anonymous' Makes Disturbing Turn to Hate Speech
Ron Miller  
9/20/2011   22 comments
An announcement from the hacker group is accompanied by slurs that indicate a disturbing shift in activity.
Comment: Re: Harsh? - Kim Davis - 9/19/2011
Comment: Harsh? - MalAsh123 - 9/19/2011
Comment: Re: loyalty - Joe Stanganelli - 9/19/2011
Comment: Re: loyalty - Joe Stanganelli - 9/19/2011
Comment: Re: loyalty - kq4ym - 9/19/2011
Comment: Re: loyalty - Gigi - 9/19/2011
Facebook's New Friends Lists Make Things Awkward
Second Shooter  
9/19/2011   6 comments
Facebook's "Improved Friends Lists" are rolling out, but they're inferior to Google+ Circles.
Comment: loyalty - Mashka - 9/18/2011
Comment: Re: C'est la vie - scucci - 9/17/2011
Comment: Re: Vive la France - scucci - 9/17/2011
Comment: just curious - slfisher - 9/17/2011
Comment: Re: Vive la France - Kim Davis - 9/16/2011
Comment: C'est la vie - Chris Poley - 9/16/2011
Comment: Vive la France - Bolingbroke - 9/16/2011
New Twitter Role: Path to Knighthood
Joe Stanganelli  
9/16/2011   21 comments
The French government's bestowal of knighthood on a Twittering teacher from South Carolina raises questions.
Bartz Speaks: The Air Turns Blue
Mary Jander  
9/16/2011   9 comments
She should have kept her mouth shut.
Comment: Figured it out - Nicole Ferraro - 9/14/2011
Groupon's Bad Deal for Employees
Kim Davis  
9/14/2011   11 comments
A class action lawsuit alleges that Groupon failed to pay mandated overtime.
Comment: Re: Arrington out? - pcharles - 9/13/2011
Comment: Slippery Slope - Scott Koegler - 9/13/2011
Prepare for Public Displays of Mobile Affection
what.the.ferraro  
9/12/2011   17 comments
The smartphones of the future may be capable of breathing on your face and giving you a kiss. Uh, yay?
Comment: don't understand - Mashka - 9/12/2011
Comment: 419 - Joe Stanganelli - 9/11/2011
Ad Industry Distracts With 'Self-Regulation'
Editor's Blog  
9/9/2011   9 comments
The Interactive Advertising Bureau has implemented a "code of conduct" for the online ad industry that it hopes will keep the federal government away.
Comment: Re: Arrington out? - pcharles - 9/9/2011
Comment: Re: Arrington out? - Kim Davis - 9/8/2011
Comment: Teens are Teens - rasika1000 - 9/8/2011
Comment: Tech Crunch Lohan - Rich Adler - 9/6/2011
Comment: Student Free Speech - NJinFlag - 9/6/2011
Comment: Re: Alarmist - knoxzoo - 9/6/2011
Comment: Zero Tolerance - knoxzoo - 9/6/2011
Comment: Re: Alarmist - Joe Stanganelli - 9/6/2011
Comment: Alarmist - Nicole Ferraro - 9/6/2011
Comment: .... - jwallace - 9/6/2011
Comment: Re: Difference - jwallace - 9/6/2011
Comment: Difference - Joe Stanganelli - 9/6/2011
Woe! TechCrunch Laments Its Impending Demise
Editor's Blog  
9/6/2011   38 comments
Let's all pretend to weep in unison.
Comment: Re: Pendulum swings - aum007 - 9/6/2011
Comment: Parents anywhere? - mtechie - 9/6/2011
Court Allows Teen Girls to Post Racy Photos Online
Joe Stanganelli  
9/6/2011   26 comments
A court rules against an Indiana public school that tried to punish two teenage girls for doing teenage girl things on the Internet.
Comment: Re: Unbelievable - Mary Jander - 9/6/2011
Comment: Re: Unbelievable - kq4ym - 9/2/2011
Comment: Unbelievable - Nicole Ferraro - 9/2/2011
Michael Arrington Still Doesn't Get It
Editor's Blog  
9/2/2011   9 comments
AOL seems unable to explain Michael Arrington's new role as he leaves the editorship of Techcrunch to head an AOL-supported venture-capital business investing in companies he stills plans to write about.
Comment: Re: Waste of time - Tom Nolle - 9/1/2011
Comment: Waste of time - Nicole Ferraro - 9/1/2011
Enough With IPv4 Already!
Second Shooter  
9/1/2011   9 comments
The proposal to make more IPv4 addresses available through a buy-and-sell exchange won't work.




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Ron Miller   5/17/2013   15 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   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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Todd Watson   5/17/2013   1 comment
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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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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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