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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 …
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Locately Shopper Intercept
Locately on DemandTec. I was recently pointed to this path-to-purchase approach that I had not heard of before, another example of an instrumented component,...
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Bricklin on the Tablet Revolution
Dan Bricklin, inventor of the Visicalc spreadsheet, provides some insight into the tablet revolution. There are some clear similarities and striking differences...
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Empowering IT
Tips on empowering IT from the Coca-Cola Company. Their " ... CIO wants to ensure that IT managers are viewed as 'business engineers' and 'true peers,' not pushovers...
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Retailers Shutting Facebook Stores
The curious example of retailers shutting their Facebook stores. " ... A Bloomberg report this weekend pointed out that Gap, J.C. Penney, Nordstrom and GameStop...
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Encarta Killed Britannica
I well remember when Encarta became available on Windows. The simple encyclopedia was bought by Microsoft and we installed it for tests in some admin offices and...
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Analytics Magazine
The March April Analytics Magazine. Lots of background and how-to information. Sports,marketing, public sector, supply chain and more.
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Battling for the Wal-Mart Shelf
4000 new products battle for the Wal-Mart Shelf. Interesting stats in CGT. Is this why online ultimately wins? Though you can see and feel and touch the items...
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Stopping Email Overload
In the HBR: On stopping eMail overload. With more clients and connections the overload is becoming both broader and shallower. " ... Even if you wanted to use...
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Encyclopedia Britannica's 2010 Issue will be its Last in Print
In a true knowledge milestone, the 244 year old Encyclopedia Britannica will cease print editions with the 2010 edition this year. They will continue to produce...
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SAS and Hadoop Connector
From Steve Polilli of SAS:" ... SAS published news of a newly available Hadoop access connector, The new Hadoop support allows the industry
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Browsers and Buyers
Roger Dooley gives a good recap of the presentations at the SXSW conference that dealt with neuromarketing and related capabilities.
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Store Scanning Devices vs Apps
A short piece in the Boston Globe which notes that Stop & Shop is still the only major company that is generally providing in-aisle retail scanning. I worked...
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SAP Seeking to Work With Startups
In the WSJ: An article about how SAP is trying to promote its HANA methods with big data startups. It is naturally difficult for large enterprises to work with...
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On Weak Neuroimaging Science
Stan Dyck sends along a link to this paper about weak neuroimaging science. I did some work with a company in trying to understand how well neuroscience was being...
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Storytelling for Brands.
Storytelling for brands, and storytelling has a timeline, so Facebook timelines can tell a story, including those about brands.
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Backstage at the P&G Digital Meeting
More information about last week's meetings at Procter & Gamble on the power of digital. Background interviews.
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Ethics of Blogging
In the NYT section on Media and Advertising: Good piece by David Carr on the ethics of blogging. On the aspects of aggregation versus completely novel column...
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PepsiCo Expands Digital Incubator
Continued progress in how companies interact with digital innovation. Something we started in 2000 via innovation center and related technology efforts:" ... During...
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Visualization on the iPad
iPad visualization Apps. Some interesting examples of ways to visualize things on a tablet. Tablets are ways to simplify interaction, as are visualization technologies...
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