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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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Historic Platform Shift
Smartphones, Tablets to overtake PCs in the next 18 months. In Computerworld.
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What are Scientists Reading
I had noticed when Springer started experimenting with letting readers look inside their vast library of excellent technical books online. Now they have a free...
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Social Customer Engagement Index Survey
The Society for New Communications Research is very pleased to be collaborating with the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals, SOCAP and Social Media Today's...
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iPad as a Divergence Product
I know I have been somewhat skeptical of the iPad as a novel product. Here is an article in Adage which looks at it differently. Comparing it to the now long...
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Tesco Launches Mobile Site
My always observant UK retail correspondent reports that retailer Tesco has launched a mobile version of its remote site.
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Google Enters eBook Market
A good overview of Google's entry into the ebook market, from an educational perspective. A very large number of texts are included.
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Gmail Alert Monitor Update
A Gmail alert monitor I had not heard of: Scott's Gmail Alert (SGA) has been a great desktop notifier for a long time. In the just-released version 5, however,predecessors...
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Procter CIO is Chief of the Year
In InformationWeek:Former long-time colleague Filippo Passerini of P&G is named CIO of the year. " ... How does Filippo Passerini and his team hope to digitize...
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Spherical Tours
Rently brought to my attention: Spherical Images." .... A London-based virtual tour company, Spherical Images provide HD quality virtual tours by photographing...
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Tagging Starter Kits
Motorola is offering some out-of-the-box RFID starter kits for companies that want to understand the technology and its application. Good idea. " ... Motorola...
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Productive Obsessions
Intriguing Ideaconnection interview. The role of a kind of obsession in thinking. " .... IdeaConnection Interview with Eric Maisel, Co-author of Brainstorm, and...
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On Bayesian Networks
A very good overview article by Adnan Darwiche in the December Communications of the ACM: ... What are Bayesian networks and why are their applications growing...
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Social Games as an Advertising Frontier
Good article in Mashable/Business: Reasons Why Social Games Are the Next Advertising Frontier I do like the idea, but also think it is much harder to implement...
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Physics Simulator using MS Surface: In Retail?
Remember Microsoft Surface? I barely do, and I saw a demonstration of it to show the dynamics of crowd interactions. I have rarely seen it mentioned beyond that...
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Card Trick and Data Compression
In Technology Review, a clever discovery: Card Trick Leads to New Bound on Data Compression A magician's card trick has prompted a mathematical re-evaluation of...
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iMotions Eyetracking Tool
A video on the IMotions eyetracking tool. More at their site. " ... To gain a new level of consumer insights to know how your customers perceive, behave and interact...
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Common Craft Explanatory Videos
My colleague Walter Riker (see his Ease of Blogging site) sends along a link to the site Common Craft. " ... little 3 minute videos for explanation on technology...
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IPads in Academia
In CACM: Faculty innovators explore iPad use. I am still unconvinced that there are that many fundamental differences between say a small laptop and an iPad. ...
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The Value of Smart Swarms
New book in the pile and now being read: The Smart Swarm: How Understanding Flocks, Schools, and Colonies Can Make Us Better at Communicating, Decision Making,. ...
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