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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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Facial Micro Expression Decoder
Swiss startup rolls out this effort. Another example of determining true reactions of consumers in context. Experiments have shown these methods useful when allied...
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Procter Tries Facebook Commerce
Another push forward for Facebook, and Procter gives an indication that Facebook can be a serious place for business. Includes 'shop' and 'shop now' buttons to...
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Qwiki
Took a quick look at the new NYT supported iPad app magazine Qwiki. An overview. A simple location based magazine designed for easy consumption on the iPad. Very...
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Best Practices for Mobile Business Intelligence
Good piece in the Tableau blog. I would like some more whys rather than just best practices. Still this is a nice start to think about the watch outs. I am...
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Hearst Founds an App Lab
In Mashable: " ... Hearst unveiled its fabled App Lab to members of the press Thursday. The lab is a plush, windowless, gadget-filled room designed to serve as...
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3M Visual Impact Scanner
Good article on 3M's work in visual impact scanning. We had talked to them years ago about their research to understand its possible use in store and marketing...
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Quantitative Scent Test
The launch of a method to better understand reaction to brand scent. A former area of research and retail innovation application of mine. Measurement always helps...
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Facebook Facial Recognition
In GigaOm. FaceBook facial recognition. Technology and reactions to that most personal of possessions, your face. Is it a privacy concern? And are the privacy...
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Dispelling Myths about Industry Clusters
Mark Montgomery of Kyield writes: " .... I was interviewed this week about the New Mexico Analytics Cluster project with an article to be published within theMyths...
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Open Social Learning Guild
In the ACM: Ashwin Ram on Open Social Learning. Some good ideas about how to take the obsessions of the youner generation and use them to make learning more efficient...
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Generosity at Work
Harvard post on key success strategies at work, focusing on generosity. Very well put, it is not always reciprocated, but almost always works.
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Revenue Performance Management
An overview of Revenue Performance Management (RPM), which we were always doing, but saw some traction a few years ago. It appears to be driven increasingly to...
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Linked in Games
In Mashable. You can now play a whimsical Tetris-like game in Linkedin with profile head-shots. Does not drive you to a serious goal. But could make you stay on...
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The Future through the NYC 1939-40 World's Fair
Biblion, from the NY Public library. A big fan of predictions of the future and their success or failure. The design of this free ipad app is very well done,...
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Promise of Flexible Displays on the Shelf
We looked at the prospect of using flexible displays on the retail shelf. This CACM article updates more of the possibilities (not full text). Takes thinking...
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Reinventing the Pawnshop
Groupon founders reinvent the pawnshop with Pawngo. Have always been interested about recycling and leveraging the wealth of modern life. Here is another clever...
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Quest to Learn
I was recently introduced to the Quest to Learn school, using gaming ideas to teach. I like their approach, but it remains to be seen if it is effective. ...
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FarmShoring
Colleague Steve King in Small Biz Labs gives a good overview of Farmshoring ... " Farmshoring - also called insourcing - describes outsourcing or locating operations...
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Nielsen and the Ethnic Consumer
Dissecting the Ethnic consumer: In Convience Store News, a look at data about ethnic shopping behavior. " .... From what people watch to what they buy, behavior...
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