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Comment: Quick Question - jwallace - 5/31/2012
Comment: Re: OUTRAGE - jwallace - 5/31/2012
Comment: OUTRAGE - jwallace - 5/31/2012
Comment: Re: Future?! - SecTech - 5/31/2012
Comment: Re: Yep - pcharles - 5/31/2012
Comment: Re: Future?! - Kim Davis - 5/31/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Mary Jander - 5/31/2012
Comment: Re: Future?! - Mary Jander - 5/31/2012
Comment: Re: In conclusion? - abdlah - 5/31/2012
Comment: Mitt's bitter end? - Paul Whyte - 5/31/2012
Comment: Re: Future?! - taimur_tz - 5/31/2012
Comment: Re: In conclusion? - ChrisTOP - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: In conclusion? - ChrisTOP - 5/30/2012
Comment: typo... or is it? - ChrisTOP - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Mobile A No Go - cvargas - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Question - robjvargas - 5/30/2012
#Amercia: Mitt's Epic Marketing Fail
CMO Clan Editor's Blog  
5/30/2012   22 comments
The Romney team's misspelling of America on an iPhone app is a major marketing blunder.
Comment: Re: Future?! - Mary Jander - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Future?! - The Dream Chaser - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Question - aum007 - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Academic fodder - abdlah - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Academic fodder - abdlah - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Mary Jander - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Chris Poley - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Academic fodder - aum007 - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Question - aum007 - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Academic fodder - abdlah - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: Question - aum007 - 5/30/2012
Comment: Re: In conclusion? - abdlah - 5/29/2012
Comment: Future?! - abdlah - 5/29/2012
Facebook Looks to Its Future
Jeff Kaplan  
5/29/2012   26 comments
Facebook has become a household word for social communication, but it must prove its worth as a marketing platform.
Comment: Re: In conclusion? - ChrisTOP - 5/29/2012
Comment: In conclusion? - Nicole Ferraro - 5/29/2012
How Social Media Changed Business for the Better
Jeff Fleischman  
5/29/2012   19 comments
Far from isolating us at work, social networking has increased our connection and engagement with others.
Comment: Re: a question - Ron_Miller - 5/29/2012
Comment: Re: High Crime - pcharles - 5/29/2012
Comment: Re: a question - nimantha.de - 5/29/2012
Comment: Re: a question - Ron_Miller - 5/29/2012
Comment: Re: a question - nimantha.de - 5/29/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Chris Poley - 5/29/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Kicheko - 5/29/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Chris Poley - 5/29/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Kicheko - 5/29/2012
Comment: Re: Question - DukeW - 5/28/2012
Comment: Re: Question - cjon316 - 5/28/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Chris Poley - 5/28/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Chris Poley - 5/28/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Chris Poley - 5/28/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Chris Poley - 5/28/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Chris Poley - 5/28/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Chris Poley - 5/28/2012
Comment: Re: Question - robjvargas - 5/28/2012
Comment: Re: Question - DukeW - 5/27/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Joe Stanganelli - 5/27/2012
Comment: Re: Question - Brian Newby - 5/27/2012
Comment: Re: Question - The Dream Chaser - 5/27/2012
Comment: Re: goals - abdlah - 5/27/2012
Comment: Academic fodder - abdlah - 5/27/2012
Comment: Question - Joe Stanganelli - 5/26/2012
Comment: social media mobile - slfisher - 5/26/2012
Comment: Re: Nasdaq to NYSE - WaqasAltaf - 5/26/2012
Comment: Re: goals - Chris Poley - 5/26/2012
Comment: Re: goals - WaqasAltaf - 5/26/2012
Comment: Nasdaq to NYSE - WaqasAltaf - 5/26/2012
Comment: Re: goals - The Dream Chaser - 5/25/2012
Comment: Re: goals - The Dream Chaser - 5/25/2012
Comment: goals - slfisher - 5/25/2012
Comment: Bump in the road - Mitch Wagner - 5/25/2012
Facebook Autopsy Proceeds – Lawsuits & Probes Abound
Chris Poley  
5/25/2012   91 comments
The post mortem on Facebook's IPO disaster continues with litigation and inquiries galore.
Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: IBM Product Manager Mark Frigon on Smarter Web Analytics & Privacy
Todd Watson  
5/24/2012   Post a comment
Talking with Mark Frigon about analytics and Internet privacy.
Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: IBM VP Maria Winans on Smarter Commerce Marketing
Todd Watson  
5/24/2012   Post a comment
Maria Winans of IBM Software on the trend toward communicating more with the "line-of-business" customer set.
Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: Jose Luis-Iribarren on Social Network Diffusion
Todd Watson  
5/24/2012   Post a comment
A former IBMer recalls pathfinding days in social networking.
Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: Marriott’s Stephan Chase on Customer-Centricity
Todd Watson  
5/24/2012   Post a comment
A top hotelier talks about customer relationships.
Comment: Re: Fiasco - Nicole Ferraro - 5/24/2012
Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: IBM VP & GM Yuchun Lee on Marketing Automation & Optimization
Todd Watson  
5/24/2012   Post a comment
Chatting with Yuchun Lee about smarter commerce and enhanced social metrics.
Comment: Dwolla security - Cameron Laird - 5/24/2012
Comment: Re: Fiasco - Mr. Roques - 5/23/2012
Comment: Re: Fiasco - Nicole Ferraro - 5/23/2012
Comment: Re: It gets better - Kim Davis - 5/23/2012
Comment: Re: Fiasco - The Dream Chaser - 5/23/2012
Comment: Re: Fiasco - nimantha.de - 5/23/2012
Comment: Re: Progress so far? - nasimson - 5/23/2012
Comment: Re: Fiasco - Nicole Ferraro - 5/22/2012
Comment: Fiasco - The Dream Chaser - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: Mobile A No Go - Ron_Miller - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: It gets better - jabailo - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: High Crime - Kim Davis - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: Mobile A No Go - Kim Davis - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: It gets better - Kim Davis - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: It gets better - jabailo - 5/22/2012
Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: IBM’s Yuchun Lee Doubles Down on Social Marketing
Todd Watson  
5/22/2012   Post a comment
Smarter commerce is an important opportunity for enterprise marketing management.
Five New Challenges for Facebook, Post-IPO
Editor's Blog  
5/22/2012   20 comments
Fixing mobile, getting into China, and proving its ad model rank among Facebook's major challenges as a newly public company.
Dwolla Could Speed Online Payments, If Banks Go Along
Scott Koegler  
5/22/2012   12 comments
Dwolla challenges PayPal in cost and transaction time. But banks and credit companies must deploy its API for merchants to benefit fully.
Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: A Q&A With Mobile Startup Deja Mi CEO Justin Miller
Todd Watson  
5/22/2012   Post a comment
Talking smarter commerce with Deja Mi CEO Justin Miller.
Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: Craig Hayman on Remembering Great Customer Experiences
Todd Watson  
5/22/2012   Post a comment
How smart customers benefit from adopting smarter commerce.
Live @ IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit Madrid: Deja Mi, Deja Vu
Todd Watson  
5/22/2012   Post a comment
Reflections on the opening day of the IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit.
Comment: Re: Mobile A No Go - Ron_Miller - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: Mobile A No Go - cvargas - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: High Crime - Chris Poley - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: High Crime - pcharles - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: Just In Time? - pcharles - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: Just In Time? - Chris Poley - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: a question - Ron_Miller - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: a question - nimantha.de - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: a question - Ron_Miller - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: No simple task - nasimson - 5/22/2012
Comment: a question - Mashka - 5/22/2012
Comment: Re: Yep - Ron_Miller - 5/21/2012
Comment: Where's My Advance? - jabailo - 5/21/2012
Comment: Re: Yep - jabailo - 5/21/2012
Comment: Re: Mobile A No Go - Ron_Miller - 5/21/2012
Comment: Re: Yep - Ron_Miller - 5/21/2012
Comment: Mobile A No Go - cvargas - 5/21/2012
Comment: Re: Yep - Nicole Ferraro - 5/21/2012
Comment: Re: Yep - Ron_Miller - 5/21/2012
Comment: Yep - Chris Poley - 5/21/2012
Facebook Must Get Its Mobile Act Together
Ron Miller  
5/21/2012   44 comments
If Facebook hopes to reap advertising success from mobile apps, it must put energy into a better mobile interface.
Comment: No simple task - Mary Jander - 5/21/2012
Comment: Re: High Crime - Chris Poley - 5/21/2012
Gathering the World's Data
Gil Elbaz  
5/21/2012   2 comments
Gil Elbaz, is trying to aggregate all the world's information. But… that's not so simple.
Comment: Re: High Crime - pcharles - 5/19/2012
Comment: Facebook IPO and G+ - hounhosp - 5/18/2012
Comment: Re: Hyperlocal! - Mary Jander - 5/18/2012
Comment: Re: Hyperlocal! - Kim Davis - 5/18/2012
Comment: Hyperlocal! - Mary Jander - 5/18/2012
Google Can't Redefine Search to Avoid Litigation
Robert McGarvey  
5/18/2012   32 comments
Google's attempts to attribute to search engines a medley of free speech and free press rights is being met with skepticism.
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - Chris Poley - 5/18/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - Kicheko - 5/18/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - Chris Poley - 5/18/2012
Comment: Re: High Crime - Chris Poley - 5/18/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - Kicheko - 5/18/2012
Comment: Re: High Crime - pcharles - 5/17/2012
Marketers Still Not 'Jumping In' to Digital
CMO Clan Editor's Blog  
5/17/2012   9 comments
Deanna Brown, CEO of Federated Media, talks to Internet Evolution about the evolution of digital marketing and the importance of conversation.
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - jabailo - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - Chris Poley - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - jabailo - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - Chris Poley - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - Chris Poley - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - jabailo - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - Kim Davis - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - jabailo - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: Crazy Times - Chris Poley - 5/17/2012
Comment: Crazy Times - Kim Davis - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: High Crime - Chris Poley - 5/17/2012
Comment: Re: High Crime - hounhosp - 5/17/2012
Comment: At their peril? - hounhosp - 5/17/2012
Facebook IPO Faces Adulation & Skepticism
Chris Poley  
5/17/2012   60 comments
As Facebook approaches its big go-to-market day tomorrow, it's time to examine the Janus-faced reaction to this IPO.
Tying Marketing With Analytics
Gil Elbaz  
5/17/2012   4 comments
Gil Elbaz, CEO of Factual, talks about the importance of data and analytics for marketers.
Brand Marketers Neglect Google+ at Their Peril
Daniel Sayer  
5/16/2012   34 comments
Google's social network is likely to get more important with time, and brand marketers should be taking full advantage of it.
Comment: Re: ability to think - mtechie - 5/15/2012
Facebook Up Front
Todd Watson  
5/15/2012   Post a comment
Don't underestimate Facebook's place in a data-driven world.
Comment: Re: ability to think - mtechie - 5/15/2012
Comment: Re: ability to think - mtechie - 5/14/2012
Comment: Re: ability to think - mtechie - 5/13/2012
Comment: ability to think - Mashka - 5/12/2012
Google Debuts Android Maps With Indoor Directions
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
5/11/2012   9 comments
Google's new Maps for Android has directions for walking indoors.
Dead Solid Perfect
Todd Watson  
5/11/2012   Post a comment
Golfing at Ponta Vedra.
Comment: Re: Mortifying - Beau Brendler - 5/9/2012
Comment: Re: Mortifying - Beau Brendler - 5/9/2012
Comment: Re: Mortifying - Mary Jander - 5/9/2012
Comment: Mortifying - Nicole Ferraro - 5/9/2012
ICANN Now Offering Refunds to Domain Applicants
Beau Brendler  
5/9/2012   6 comments
ICANN is now offering refunds to new applicants for its top-level domain initiative.
The Internet in 10 Years
The Big Report  
5/8/2012   25 comments
From the transformed enterprise to new interfaces to infrastructure changes and more, we examine what the World Wide Web will look like in 2022.
Comment: speaking from Idaho - slfisher - 5/6/2012
Comment: zero sum game - slfisher - 5/5/2012
Facebook Promotes Mobile in Pre-IPO Video
Alan Reiter's Wireless Web World  
5/4/2012   Post a comment
Facebook promotes advertising opportunities on the eve of its IPO.
Comment: Re: Hmmm - scbennett - 5/4/2012
Comment: Hmmm - Nicole Ferraro - 5/4/2012
Comment: Re: Mature Market - jwallace - 5/4/2012
Comment: Drones A Real Danger? - kq4ym - 5/4/2012
Use of Unmanned Aircraft Raises Privacy Alarms
Steven C. Bennett  
5/4/2012   24 comments
Use of unmanned aircraft "drones," controlled remotely, has both inspired innovation and prompted privacy concerns.
IBM to Acquire Mobile Analytics Provider Tealeaf Technology
Todd Watson  
5/4/2012   Post a comment
IBM acquires Tealeaf Technology to help organizations react faster to consumer trends.
Why StubHub Doesn't Fly a Pirate Flag
Editor's Blog  
5/3/2012   5 comments
Major League Baseball's accommodation with online scalping teaches a lesson in living with piracy.
Comment: Mature Market - Kim Davis - 5/3/2012
Comment: Re: Curious - bmargolies - 5/3/2012
Comment: Curious - Nicole Ferraro - 5/3/2012
Comment: iDespise when - jwallace - 5/3/2012
Comment: Thoughts - Joe Stanganelli - 5/3/2012
When Social Media for B2B Just Doesn't Work
Brian Margolies  
5/3/2012   14 comments
The CIO of New Jersey's largest distributor of wine and spirits is stumped by his firm's lack of social media traction.
Comment: Re: Good stuff - Kim Davis - 5/1/2012
Impact 2012: Steve Mills on How Transaction Processing Rules
Todd Watson  
5/1/2012   1 comment
Transactions make the world go around.
Forbes Business Leadership Forum @ Impact 2012: Put the Customer at the Center of Every Action
Todd Watson  
5/1/2012   1 comment
Forbes executives explain their approach to customer engagement.
Comment: Lovely! - Susan Fourtané - 5/1/2012
Comment: Got to get me one - M Hulot - 5/1/2012
Comment: Good stuff - Chris Poley - 5/1/2012
Talking to Siri Like Zooey
what.the.ferraro  
5/1/2012   19 comments
Nicole and Kim are putting Siri to the test again by channeling their inner Zooey Deschanels.




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Harry Hawk   6/20/2013   1 comment
Social networking sites and search engines continue to hone the tools they use to help advertisers spread their messages, measure results, and avoid fraud.
Jason Mick
Jason Mick   6/19/2013   7 comments
The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
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How Big-Data Is Changing Marketing

6|13|13   |   1:07   |   1 comment


Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   10 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   |   1 comment


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.
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The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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