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Comment: Question - jwallace - 7/31/2011
Comment: my motto - jwallace - 7/31/2011
Comment: re: Beware - Beau Brendler - 7/31/2011
Comment: re: Beware - Brian Newby - 7/31/2011
Comment: Re: who cares? - srfernando - 7/31/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - torriatte - 7/30/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - aum007 - 7/30/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - torriatte - 7/30/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - torriatte - 7/30/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - torriatte - 7/30/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - torriatte - 7/30/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - aum007 - 7/30/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - aum007 - 7/30/2011
Comment: Well for now - The Dream Chaser - 7/29/2011
Comment: PS. Stay loose - Mary Jander - 7/29/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - Kicheko - 7/29/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - Mr. Roques - 7/29/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - Kim Davis - 7/29/2011
Comment: Re: Give it some time - aum007 - 7/29/2011
Beware Premature Domain Offers!
Beau Brendler  
7/29/2011   3 comments
Most likely, the registrars making such offers don't have the authority.
Comment: Re: no surprise - torriatte - 7/29/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - torriatte - 7/29/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - torriatte - 7/29/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - torriatte - 7/29/2011
Comment: Re: You're Worth It - torriatte - 7/29/2011
Evaluating Google+ Minus Businesses
Editor's Blog  
7/29/2011   15 comments
Google is looking to figure out how best to serve businesses before letting them maintain a presence on the site, but it runs the risk of alienating them first.
Comment: Re: You're Worth It - jabailo - 7/28/2011
Comment: Re: You're Worth It - ecsd - 7/28/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - Kicheko - 7/28/2011
Password to Beverages
Kim Davis  
7/28/2011   7 comments
Bevvy helps you obtain your nightclub benefits discreetly by using a secret password.
Comment: Re: no surprise - Kim Davis - 7/28/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - knoxzoo - 7/28/2011
Comment: Re: no surprise - taimur_tz - 7/28/2011
Comment: Re: Truly Private ... - abdlah - 7/28/2011
Comment: Re: Truly Private ... - Kicheko - 7/28/2011
Comment: no surprise - dbergman - 7/28/2011
Comment: Re: You're Worth It - jabailo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Truly Private ... - abdlah - 7/27/2011
Comment: Careful and Civil - abdlah - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: You're Worth It - ecsd - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Cash is not safer - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Justice Served? - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Black Hat SEOs - Mr. Roques - 7/27/2011
Comment: Justice Served? - Chris Poley - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Black Hat SEOs - modza - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: False Information - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Cash is not safer - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: False Information - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Black Hat SEOs - Kim Davis - 7/27/2011
Comment: False Information - Kim Davis - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Cash is not safer - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Oh, yes!!! - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: who cares? - Mashka - 7/27/2011
Full ACM Interview on Social Intelligence
Todd Watson  
7/27/2011   Post a comment
Here is the full transcript of an interview on social intelligence with the Association for Computing Machinery.
Comment: Re: You're Worth It - torriatte - 7/27/2011
Happy Birthday, IBM Selectric
Todd Watson  
7/27/2011   5 comments
The IBM Selectric Typewriter, introduced in 1961, was an instant hit and sold more than 13 million units before it was retired in 1986.
Comment: Re: You're Worth It - KMT568 - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: The Poll - Paul Whyte - 7/27/2011
Comment: let's ask the experts - M Hulot - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: The Poll - Nicole Ferraro - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: The Poll - Heisenberg11788 - 7/27/2011
Comment: You're Worth It - jabailo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: who cares? - Nicole Ferraro - 7/27/2011
Comment: who cares? - Mashka - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: The Poll - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Oh, yes!!! - Mashka - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Cash is not safer - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Cash is not safer - knoxzoo - 7/27/2011
Comment: Privacy law - Mike Acker - 7/27/2011
Comment: Limited Exposure - cvargas - 7/27/2011
Comment: Hackers: The Movie - cvargas - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: Cash is not safer - cvargas - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: The Poll - Nicole Ferraro - 7/27/2011
Let's Stop Deluding Ourselves About Online Privacy
John Myers  
7/27/2011   80 comments
Credit card companies, insurance companies, and banks have all the facts on you. Believe it.
Comment: Black Hat SEOs - kq4ym - 7/27/2011
Comment: The Big Bad Wolf - kq4ym - 7/27/2011
Comment: Re: The Poll - nimantha.de - 7/27/2011
Drawing the Line on SEO Tactics
Alfred Wong  
7/27/2011   18 comments
Search engine optimization appears to be as much black art as helpful strategy, and awareness of the fine points is important for enterprises.
Comment: The Poll - knoxzoo - 7/26/2011
Comment: Re: Aww - Nicole Ferraro - 7/26/2011
Comment: Aww - The Dream Chaser - 7/26/2011
Privacy Is a Losing Battle Online
Editor's Blog  
7/26/2011   30 comments
Our new Big Report, The Web's War on Privacy, should convince users that it's time to clean up their online acts.
The Web's War on Privacy
The Big Report  
7/26/2011   17 comments
The Internet's hallmark qualities of openness and connectivity continue to breed a range of threats to personal privacy. We look at the potential costs of maintaining a Web presence and ask how we can best keep the rightfully private private.
Comment: Re: Different? - cvargas - 7/25/2011
Comment: Re: Different? - kq4ym - 7/25/2011
Comment: NFC merits and demerits - Gigi - 7/25/2011
Comment: Re: gotta say - cvargas - 7/24/2011
Comment: Re: gotta say - slfisher - 7/24/2011
Comment: Re: gotta say - cvargas - 7/24/2011
Comment: Re: Different? - cvargas - 7/24/2011
Comment: gotta say - slfisher - 7/24/2011
Comment: Re: Different? - magneticnorth - 7/24/2011
Comment: Re: Different? - abdlah - 7/22/2011
Comment: Re: Different? - Mary Jander - 7/22/2011
Comment: Re: Different? - cvargas - 7/22/2011
Comment: Re: Different? - cvargas - 7/22/2011
Comment: Re: Different? - Kim Davis - 7/22/2011
Comment: Different? - abdlah - 7/22/2011
Open or Closed, NFC Prospects Abound
Chris S. Vargas  
7/22/2011   41 comments
Near Field Communication can be applied in different ways, heralding interesting apps in the mobile and marketing arenas.
Comment: Sunny Charleston - dbergman - 7/21/2011
Comment: Smarter Web Metrics - DHagar - 7/19/2011
IBM 2Q 2011 Earnings: Revenue Up 12%, Net Income Up 11%
Todd Watson  
7/19/2011   Post a comment
IBM's earnings report shows strong growth across the board.
Comment: just goes to show - slfisher - 7/18/2011
Comment: Smarter Web Metrics - i said it - 7/18/2011
Smarter Web Metrics
Todd Watson  
7/18/2011   7 comments
IBM is announcing software that helps marketers understand online behavior and refine their marketing activities accordingly.
Comment: Re: Changes - Mary Jander - 7/18/2011
Comment: Re: Changes - Susan Fourtané - 7/18/2011
Comment: Re: - Awilliams - 7/18/2011
 Executive Clan Chat: Rethinking the Web's Real Influence on Business
IE Radio  
7/18/2011   262 comments
For many executives and their organizations, the real transformation of online commerce will require a lot of soul-searching -- and some very difficult changes.
Comment: Re: - Paul Whyte - 7/18/2011
Comment: Re: - Paul Whyte - 7/18/2011
Comment: Join us shortly! - Mary Jander - 7/18/2011
Comment: Re: Changes - Mary Jander - 7/18/2011
Comment: Changes - Susan Fourtané - 7/18/2011
Comment: Re: Big changes - modza - 7/14/2011
Comment: Re: Big changes - Mary Jander - 7/14/2011
Comment: Re: Big changes - modza - 7/14/2011
Comment: Re: start up or... - modza - 7/14/2011
Comment: start up or... - Mashka - 7/14/2011
Comment: Re: Big changes - Mary Jander - 7/13/2011
Comment: MLM - knoxzoo - 7/13/2011
Comment: Re: Big changes - Mary Jander - 7/13/2011
Comment: Big changes - Nicole Ferraro - 7/13/2011
Comment: The speed of change - Kim Davis - 7/13/2011
Rethinking the Web's Real Influence on Business
Executive Clan Editor's Blog  
7/13/2011   20 comments
At least one expert thinks businesses aren't getting what they might from the Internet – and won't until they change fundamentally.
Online Shopping Booms in China
Xuefei (Michael) Peng  
7/13/2011   15 comments
A bit of government help has boosted the online shopping industry in mainland China over the last year, with more growth on the way.
Comment: Re: Wise advice - Kim Davis - 7/12/2011
Comment: Re: Wise advice - Mary Jander - 7/12/2011
Comment: Re: Just wondering - scbennett - 7/12/2011
Comment: Re: An open door? - scbennett - 7/12/2011
Comment: Re: Wise advice - Kim Davis - 7/12/2011
Comment: An open door? - Kim Davis - 7/12/2011
Comment: Just wondering - Chris Poley - 7/12/2011
 Midmarket Clan Chat: Real-Time Social Media Metrics
IE Radio  
7/12/2011   135 comments
Vendors are offering tools which claim to provide rich real-time feedback loops on social media marketing strategies. Are enterprises, which are still getting to grips with ROI metrics for social media in general, ready to take advantage of these options?
Comment: Re: Wise advice - Mary Jander - 7/12/2011
Comment: Re: Wise advice - Kim Davis - 7/12/2011
US Supreme Court Addresses Data Mining
Steven C. Bennett  
7/12/2011   34 comments
In a recent judgment, Vermont law was declared unconstitutional in its attempt to hinder the sale of data mined online.
Beware the Web's Magic Spreadsheet
John Barnes  
7/12/2011   18 comments
Web-based get-rich-quick schemes are just another instance of a longstanding scam related to technology.
Comment: Web Redesign - rasika1000 - 7/12/2011
Patrick Properties' Web Redesign Divides & Conquers
Scott Koegler  
7/12/2011   8 comments
Moving from one to two distinct Websites helped Patrick Properties puts its best feet forward on the Web.
Comment: Re: Wise advice - Kim Davis - 7/11/2011
Comment: Wise advice - Nicole Ferraro - 7/11/2011
The Appeal of Real-Time Social Media Metrics
Midmarket Clan Editor's Blog  
7/11/2011   11 comments
The challenge of quantifying and analyzing results of social media-based marketing is being met by the development of real-time measurement tools.
Video Killed the Radio Star
Todd Watson  
7/5/2011   Post a comment
Facebook and Google offer video chat, raising questions of functionality, availability, and marketing.
Comment: Re: oh cool! - Gigi - 7/4/2011
Comment: Re: oh cool! - Ariella - 7/4/2011
Comment: Re: oh cool! - antonis - 7/4/2011
Watershed Council Puts Website Purpose First
Scott Koegler  
7/4/2011   8 comments
The Watershed Agricultural Council revamped its Website with to meet goals in line with the group's changes as well as users' new access capabilities.
Comment: Re: oh cool! - rasika1000 - 7/4/2011
Comment: Re: oh cool! - Gigi - 7/3/2011
Comment: astroturfing - slfisher - 7/3/2011
Comment: oh cool! - slfisher - 7/3/2011
Geofencing You In to Sell You Products
Alan Reiter  
7/2/2011   14 comments
Geofencing offers benefits for retailers and consumers but also presents a whole host of privacy problems.




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Paul Korzeniowski
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
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Maria Korolov   5/21/2013   8 comments
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
Joe Stanganelli
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
George Taylor
George Taylor   5/20/2013   10 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?
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Kim Davis
Big-Data Can’t Always Sell Wine

5|21|13   |   2:23   |   3 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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Yahoo Needs to Break Tumblr in Order to Fix It
Joe Stanganelli
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