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How the FBI Intercepts Cell Phone Data
From Schneier on Security

How the FBI Intercepts Cell Phone Data

Good article on "Stingrays," which the FBI uses to monitor cell phone data. Basically, they trick the phone into joining a fake network. And, since cell phones...

Addressing Showrooming with Price Matching
From The Eponymous Pickle

Addressing Showrooming with Price Matching

In Shopperception.  Good thoughts on this threat:  " ... Throughout this article we presented a possible threat and how retailers are reacting with defensive campaigns...

A Broken Promise
From Wild WebMink

A Broken Promise

Microsoft was fined for being a scofflaw and for failing to self-regulate as it had promised, not (just) for a “technical oversight”. I explain more on InfoWorld...

Browser Security
From Schneier on Security

Browser Security

Interesting discussion on browser security from Communications of the ACM. Also, an article on browser and web privacy from the same issue.

What form of behaviour change does climate change call for?
From Putting People First

What form of behaviour change does climate change call for?

Jonathan Rowson @Jonathan_Rowson, who leads the RSA Social Brain Centre, recently gave a 15 minute presentation on the Social Brain Centre’s emerging ideas relating...

Reaching those beyond Big Data
From Putting People First

Reaching those beyond Big Data

Opening up the Stories to Action edition of Ethnography Matters is Panthea Lee’s @panthealee moving story about a human trafficking outreach campaign that her company...

Tableau Webinar Tomorrow
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tableau Webinar Tomorrow

Of interest: " ... web seminar Tableau is hosting tomorrow (3/6). The webinar starts at 2p eastern and will feature current Tableau customers speaking about how...

To Sell is Human
From The Eponymous Pickle

To Sell is Human

FromWharton:  Excellent interview and video with Daniel Pink, a favorite author of mine.  He was recently a guest lecturer at my Alma Mater.   About his new book...

The NSA's Ragtime Surveillance Program and the Need for Leaks
From Schneier on Security

The NSA's Ragtime Surveillance Program and the Need for Leaks

A new book reveals details about the NSA's Ragtime surveillance program: A book published earlier this month, "Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry...

Challenges of Mobile Business Intelligence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Challenges of Mobile Business Intelligence

A topic I am currently exploring.   Scale of display, security, effectiveness of interaction are among the concerns.  And software that can properly deal with that...

Measuring Advertising
From The Eponymous Pickle

Measuring Advertising

Measurement of outcomes is always interesting to me, so this led to the announcement below:The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative (WCAI) and the SEI Center's...

Airwriting
From The Eponymous Pickle

Airwriting

In Popsci: Understanding gestural generation of text.  Airwriting.

Cautions About Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cautions About Big Data

In TDWI:  Three things that matter with Big Data.  These cautions apply to all data based projects and thus should always be considered and addressed.   I would...

Online Credit Card Usage
From The Eponymous Pickle

Online Credit Card Usage

In Supermarket News:   A snippet of information about online credit usage.  " ... Many Wal-Mart Stores shoppers who purchase online and opt to pay with cash at...

ACM/IEEE-C​S CS2013 Ironman-v1​.0 draft released
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

ACM/IEEE-C​S CS2013 Ironman-v1​.0 draft released

Those of you interested in undergraduate computer science education will be interested in the latest draft of the ACM/IEEE-CS CS 2013 curriculum recommendations...

Al Qaeda Document on Avoiding Drone Strikes
From Schneier on Security

Al Qaeda Document on Avoiding Drone Strikes

Interesting: 3 – Spreading the reflective pieces of glass on a car or on the roof of the building. 4 – Placing a group of skilled snipers to hunt the drone, especially...

Radio Gets Second Screen
From The Eponymous Pickle

Radio Gets Second Screen

In AdAge:     Music ID App Soundhound will lead you to supporting screen for music playing nearby,   Will be interesting to see how well the combination of media...

Ahold Boosts Online
From The Eponymous Pickle

Ahold Boosts Online

In Food Business News, another major retailer pushes online. " ... Ahold USA, which reports that sales increased 3% in fiscal 2012, to $25.8 billion, says it will...

Innovation in Consumer Goods Companies
From The Eponymous Pickle

Innovation in Consumer Goods Companies

In CGT:  What consumer goods companies are doing for innovation: " ... What do Nestlé, Campbell Soup Company and General Mills all have in common? They  all beat...

IBM In-Store Image Recognition App
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM In-Store Image Recognition App

In PopAI:  IBM Research steering shoppers in the store and combatting showrooming.  In the early days of our retail innovation center we worked with IBM image recognition...
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