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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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Wal-Mart Tests Online Grocery Delivery
It has been rumored for some time, now the test is to proceed in California.
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Weapons of Mass Assignment
In CACM: A Technical article, with implications for privacy-aware open source development: Weapons of Mass AssigmentA Ruby on Rails app highlights some serious,...
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Gamification of Social Media
Scott Monty, the head of social media for Ford Motor Company, discusses the gamification of social media. Gamification of business processes is a favorite topic...
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Brain-Computer Interfaces
An article and video showing an example of brain computer interfaces for communications and control. " .... Brain activity produces electrical signals detectable...
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Procter & Gamble Uses Pepto Bismol Social Media
A good and detailed case study of the use of Cinco de Mayo festival and a viral YouTube App to promote a consumer packaged goods video. Good example of how big...
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Links on Ubiquitous Sensors
Some interesting links on ubiquitous sensors in Techdirt that attracted by attention. Some more useful than others, but worth exploring. It is about gathering...
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Social Networking for Business Collaboration?
For informal communication and alerting, yes, but for ongoing collaboration? I agree, not in its current form. In Ecommerce Times: Is 'Social' Business Collaboration...
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Opinion Stats Done Wrong
A good post in the ACM blog about how opinion statistics are often done wrong. I have seen similar things done in the enterprise. Well worth understanding. The...
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Google's Groupon Clone Goes Live
Google has released its own Groupon offering. Having now used Groupon a number of times I can understand the attraction. Yet I still get the feeling Groupon is sloppily...
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Unilever Exits BrainJuicer
Unilever has sold off its position in online research agency BrainJuicer, after an usually lengthy eight year investment. A quick look at BrainJuicer seems totheir...
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Photo Cruising in Google Earth
A new browsing capability has been added to Google Earth called Cruising that lets you move through posted images. Nice idea, though it is most interesting where...
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Tech Jobs Booming
Mark Perry on booming technology jobs. Which should lead to more training, learning and transitional opportunities.
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IPhone Tracks Everywhere You Go
This got lots of attention today, in the Washington Post and in The Guardian. A file full of unencrypted GPS coordinates in your IPhone or IPad, ready to be picked...
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Rethinking Performance Assessment
An article in the HBR: " ... In a collaborative enterprise, individual capabilities become valuable only if they contribute to the success of the whole. The standard...
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A Robot to Staff the Production Line
A prototype robot, called FRIDA, which has some human characteristics, to staff the production line. The way I understand this, the humanoid form allows it to...
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Neuromarketing Challenge
Roger Dooley presents a neuromarketing challenge. He asks for examples you can share where neuromarketing has been proved directly valuable to industry. Nicely...
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Neuroscience Impact on Market Research
Excellent Article on Neuroscience Impact on Market Research Industry, via Ron Wright, CEO of Sands's Research. He writes: " ... Thought you might find this article...
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Dynamic Ticket Pricing
Ticketmaster had decided to start dynamically adjust the prices of tickets it sells, depending on demand. This in theory will address the ticket scalping seen...
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Towards the Retail Genome: More on Wal-Mart and Kosmix
In Datawocky: On Teasing Patterns from Data, with Applications to Search, Social Media, and Advertising, Anand of Kosmix writes: " ... At Kosmix, we
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