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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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Major Brands Customer Data Breached
A number of major brands, including Kroger, had their data breached. The article describes the extent of the break, but also the implications regarding the types...
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Measures of Data
A Focus Infographic on measures of data that is worth a look.
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Broken Links in the Supply Chain
Have been involved in a major supply chain analysis lately. It was an area I worked in early in my career. This Economist article discusses the effect of the...
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Google and Recipes
In Roughtype: As a foodie much interested in how we interact with information about food and recipes online I found this quite interesting. How recipes are searched...
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Letting Your Friends Tailor Your Search
In Technology Review: About Google's +1, searching and social networks. Letting your friends help prioritize search results. Like the old idea of letting friends...
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Statistical Significance
The Number Guy blogs about statistical significance. A frequently asked question: Is it significant? And it turns out often a troublesome concept. Don't let...
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50 Years of the Marketing Science Institute
The Marketing Science Institute has created a web site that celebrates its 50th anniversary. Some interesting links and features.
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Fuzzy Hashing Finds Spam and More
Finding spam using fuzzy hashing and other uses. " ... 'Fuzzy hashing' was invented to flag spam emails, but has found application in everything from malware detection...
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SimpleGeo Location Database
For geolocation developers:" .... SimpleGeo's hosted spatial database service Storage was released from private beta. This is the flagship product from the company...
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Sherry Turkle on the Death of the Phone
Currently reading Sherry Turkle's book, mentioned below:A podcast from HBR IdeaCast: Productivity, Multitasking, and the Death of the PhoneFeatured Guest: Sherry...
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Empower Research Site and Blog
I was told that Empower Research has updated their blog. Here it is. I was recently introduced to some of their work. Emphasizes social media research, Media...
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Google Working on Face Recognition App
Have now worked on a number of image recognition applications. And have always noticed the big G working around the edges of this space. Here Engadget describes...
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Lessons from Loyalty Marketing on Job Growth
Post from the Burghard group. " ... Eric Canada has studied the impact of existing companies on job growth in communities. His data suggest attraction generally...
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Reinventing Analysis With Memory
A quite interesting video series by Saffron Technology, I have mentioned them in this space a number of times. A unique application of technology for the enterprise...
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Apps as the New Wallet
Good piece in GigaOm about the continuing march towards the smartphone largely replacing the credit card and the wallet. Covers as well as some of the issues...
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Mynd: A Thought Cap by Neurofocus
In FastCompany: Thinking Cap: "Mynd" Is the First Dry, iPhone-Compatible, Portable Brain Scanner "Neuromarketing goes mobile with this lightweight, dry, and iPhone...
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Online Degrees: Future Phone View
Anna Miller sends along a link to a good article on the future of phones in her blog. She writes for Online Degree: " ... When we first started Online Degree...
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Educators, Enterprises and Gaming
An HBR post asks when educators will get serious about gaming? The same question could also be asked about when business will become serious about gaming constructs...
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GPS Check-ins, True and False
Short piece on the opportunity of using GPS check-ins for disaster relief and location. Nice idea I had been thinking about. But at the same time showing the ease...
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