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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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Analytics as a Path to Value
Good Sloan Review article on analytics and value. I agree, of course. Build key processes into your enterprise to integrate analytical methods. The data is there...
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Venuegen
Venuegen was just brought to my attention. I like the aspect of actually tailoring the venue to the specific meeting need. Constructing a relevant context. their...
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Overcomplicating Charts
In Junk Charts. A good example of how a visualization of data can be overcomplicated. A simple line chart is often much clearer, but avoided simply because it does...
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Phones Getting Smart
In GigaOm: Half of US consumers to use a smartphone by end of next year. It is moving quite quickly and the implication for sensors in the hands of consumers continues...
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Big Blue Blogs
Doug Lautzenheimer posts about IBM blogging. I talked to IBM's social media manager five years ago and was very impressed even then by what I saw. Their white...
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This Blog Mentioned
This blog has been kindly mentioned in the Business intelligence software blog by Doug Lautzenheiser. Thanks! Put his excellent blog on your feed as well.
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R&D Intensity Climbs
From CFO: Companies' "R&D intensity" -- a measure of R&D spending versus total sales -- is on the increase, according to a Booz & Co. survey. The trend is a sign...
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Drug Stores Want to Own 'Well'
An interesting development: In Drug Store News:Walgreen is responding to the changing health care landscape by becoming "a retail health and daily living store,"...
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Pop-Up Stores in Action Today
In 2007 I got to see the operation of a Pop-Up store in action in Columbus, Ohio. An impressive mix of display, merchandising and interaction for the Swash brand...
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Data Mining for Education
Learning how people make mistakes and using that mined information to determine the best way to teach them.
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Spotfire Now on the iPad
I was an early user of Spotfire in the enterprise. Now it is good to see that they have modified it to the point that it can be used on an iPad. I have been hearing...
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ECairn Wins Social Technology Award
From ECairn, which I have followed for some time:" ... Our joint case study with Adobe illustrates the highly differentiated benefits of a very targeted approach...
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Smart Pill Technology
The idea of putting an microchip in a pill has been around for some time. This is the first time I have seen the implementation getting close. There is concern...
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Libraries Lending E Books
I got a note the other day that announced my local library was starting to lend e-books, and even loaning out e-readers. That made me think, what do the publishers...
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The Rise of Self Checkout
I have looked at aspects of retail checkout for some time. Examining methods like RFID tagging, in store hand held scanning, carts that scan their contents and...
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Social Media Law
A good overview piece in E-Commerce Times on recent developments in social media law.
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New Neuroscience Blog
Mind Hacks informs us of what looks to be a new and useful neuroscience blog: Brain Detectives. " ... This fall I became the writer-in-residence at the Montreal...
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Metaio's Augmented Press
For those interested in the topic of augmented reality, I suggest subscribing to Metaio's Augmented Press Newsletter. Largely commerical examples that Metaio is...
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Don't Need this Internet Thing
A significant percentage of US homes don't see the need for the Internet. Ars Technica reports on a US Commerce department survey/study. Highly surprising.
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