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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Airwriting
In Popsci: Understanding gestural generation of text. Airwriting.
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...
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...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ACM/IEEE-CS 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
From The Eponymous Pickle