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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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Procter Looks for a Billion with India Healthcare Startup
An interesting development showing P&G's interest in healthcare delivery. " ... Healthpoint Services is a small startup with a big goal: transforming rural healthcare...
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Brain-Computer Interfaces and Daydreams
Is it possible to eavesdrop on a daydream? Is this a byproduct of the long awaited brain computer interface. In IEEE Spectrum.
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Consultants Building Apps
Quite interesting piece in ReadWriteWeb. Consulting is by its nature a complex and expensive venture. It can price itself out of the needs it seeks to deliver...
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Partner Intelligence
I met today with Doug Lautzenheiser of Partner Intelligence. " ... general manager of BI services, has over 20 years of experience in the industry and has served...
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Risk of inflight WiFi
Security guru Bruce Schneier suggests that the recent bomb plots could mean the end of in-flight Wifi. His blog can be very interesting in security topics.
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Surprising the User
Certainly in a traditional sense the user interface should not surprise the user? But here is a refreshing contrary opinion.
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Mr. Peanut Speaks
Via the GMA Smartbrief. This reminds me of our own work with the long silent Mr. Clean brand image. I was part of a team that made Mr Clean get a personality...
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About Face: Emotionally Effective Advertising
Now Reading: About Face: The Secrets of Emotionally Effective Advertising by Dan Hill. Notably in chapter 4 he talks about focusing on faces. This is a particularly useful...
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Gap Promo Location Case Study
An interesting case study in GigaOM of the use of a location-based check-in capability. What this shows is that people still do not completely understand the concept...
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Payment by SmartPhone at Starbucks
Report of using a barcode based payment method via a IPhone at some Starbucks. Once you have set it up you can use it to pay your bill via a displayed barcode. ...
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On Transforming the Healthcare Enterprise
Mark Montgomery of KYield on Transforming the Enterprise. Read the entire newsletter at the link. He provides his personal answer to the question: How can information...
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US News and World Report Drops Mailed Distribution
I recall reading USN&WR long ago and though I have dropped looking at it over the years. I did have a fondness for it its existence. That was not sufficient to...
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Goodbye Google 411
I see that the Google 411 service is about to be dropped. I had become accustomed to the ability to do accurate hands-free local phone connections using it. Bing...
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New Data Visualization Language
New to me in ReadWriteWeb: A new data visualization language for non-programmers. With the odd name: Impure. The language is completely visual in natureIt's...
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Data Reciprocity with Google
Very interesting article at GigaOM. Google has changed some of its API agreements to try to force more data sharing between vendors. This could make for more...
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Ease of Blogging
Colleague Walter Riker pulls together some good comments in his always interesting Ease of Blogging space. Worth putting on your feed.
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Ovulation/Period App from Procter
An IPhone App that tracks Ovulation from P&G. As might be expected, also markets Always feminine protection products.
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Social Media Strategy and LinkedIn
At a local Business Intelligence meeting I met Crystal Thies, of Crystal Clear Buzz. She does social media strategy. In particular I liked some of her thoughts...
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Uniting Towards Item Level RFID
Something we looked at for years, moving towards the replacement of the barcode. Some predictors had this happening by 2005. Not yet, but some are still looking...
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