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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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Buyology Inc Releases NeuroTypes
I see that the neuromarketing firm Buyology Inc has released their Neurotype approach, applying it to determine the ranking of the most desired brands for men and...
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Developing Mobile Apps
Interesting piece in Computerworld:Escape the App Store: 4 ways to create smartphone Web apps By Peter Wayner" So you want to get your software in the hands of...
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Wikipedia Now 10 Years Old, and it Works
Everyone has problems with the Wikipedia, now over ten years old, but it does work and it is often the place to go first for encyclopedia style information. ...
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The Shelf Life of Great Ideas
In VentureBeat/Entrepreneur Corner: Some interesting startup lessons and ideas. These are the kinds of ideas that aim to set the stage, and are to a large degree...
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Social Network Connector from IBM
I have talked to IBM several times about their development of social connectivity software. What I saw, developed for internal use, was impressive. Now they have...
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Need Help? Expert Help Available.
I wanted to remind my readers that I am a consultant. I have over thirty years of experience with major companies and the US government. I have saved companies...
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Kyield Founder Discusses the Value it Enables
See the video by Kyield Founder Mark Montgomery, at the Kyield site: " ... Kyield is an enterprise software company that revolutionizes the digital work environment...
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Update on Camera Apps
In Technology Review: An update on camera Apps that analyze smartphone camera information and adapt and improve it to improve images.
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New Science of Retailing: Flexible Supply Chains
In the midst of reading: The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance by Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman...
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More Logical, Experimental Economics
In Dan Ariely's excellent blog, He again positions the non rationality of the consumer. Or even of groups of consumers. I have been involved in a number ofcredit...
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Finding Usability Bigs with Automated Tests
In the ACM: " .... Ideally, all software should be easy to use and accessible for a wide range of people. However, software often falls short of these basic goals...
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Credit Card Laws Result in Record Interest Rates
The laws that restricted non interest fees and retroactive interest rates have resulted in rapidly increasing interest rates. Unintended consequences. And the...
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Ads Whispering to the Brain
Now somewhat dated, but still good article on Neuroomarketing in the NYT.What happens in our brains when we watch a compelling TV commercial? For one thing, certain...
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When Your Government Shuts Down the Internet
With the Egyptian crisis and talk of giving our leaders an Internet off switch, we may need to think through how to deal with non universal or non continuous access...
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Every Song an App, Any Stream of Data also?
A recent Wired article made the case that songs can be Apps by adding visuals and anything else the Web can provide. Every song can be an App. It brought to mind...
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NFC: Near Field Communications
A Computerworld short article on the details of NFC. The rumors are out that this technology will be used for i-Wallet applications in Smarpones usch as the I...
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Giant Eagle Uses Behavioral Clusters
Not unusual, but a good direction for Giant Eagle:Giant Eagle will implement "behavioral cluster planning"Giant Eagle will begin using an automated computer system...
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Superbowl Ad Research Competition
Sands Research reports on their annual comparison of Superbowl ads using neuromarketing techniques. An entertaining and instructive experiment of emerging marketing...
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EmPower Research
Newly discovered: EmPower Research. " ... EmPower Research provides Custom Market and Media Intelligence services to Global 2000 companies, and Advertising and...
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