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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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Food Continues to get more Affordable
A look at the continued and growing affordability of food. Despite criticisms, the agriculture system is remarkable. Also the effects of international trade.
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Strategic Process Improvement
Brad Power on the importance of improving strategic process in the HBR. I am further a believer in using simulation methods to understand these processes in great...
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Simple Tips for Social Customer Service
Good short piece in BusinessWeek. " .... Adding a social-media layer to your customer-service efforts doesn't have to take much time or energy, writes Pamela O'Hara...
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Fast Paced Auctions with a Smartphone
I posted a while back that I have been helping Cowans Auction House, to improve their ontology and online presence. This week I tracked a historic Guns and Militaria...
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How Retailers Engage Tech Enabled Consumers
Interesting download-able report with registration: The Customer-centric Store 2010: How Retailers Engage Tech-enabled CustomersConsumers
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More about the Tesco Scanning App
More detail about UK retailer Tesco using the Redlaser barcode scanning capability in their IPhone App, including some additional usage scenarios.
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Web is Reborn
Technology Review Magazine on how the Web will be Reborn. " ... The last decade expanded what we could do online, but the Web's basic programming couldn't keep...
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New Bionic Arm
Dean Kamen, of Segway fame, presents at TEDMed and demonstrates a new and improved prosthetic arm. Also a distribution deal for his water purifying machine. He...
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Twitter's 145 Million Users
A GigaOM post on Twitter's 145 Million Users. My comments: I have now used Twitter for over two years. I started using it as an experiment to see if it could increase...
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New Chart Editor in Google Docs
Google Docs has jsust added a new chart editor. I have not tried the original, but it looks good. No where near as sophisiticated as many of the business intelligence...
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IPhone App Detects Snoring Patterns
Another example of Smartphone App as biometric sensor. Have been following these closely. Not sure how well this particular App works, but I like the idea. ...
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Sweet Spots in Quantity Discounts
In Knowledge@Wharton, they discuss quantity discounts in stores like Costco, where big and multipacks rule. I have been a Costco member for years, but always wondered...
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Cool Business Intelligence
From the upcoming TDWI World BI conference: Cool BI: Outlook, BI Search by Cindi HowsonIf you think BI tools have become a commodity, think again. If you think...
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Find My Phone
A website that helps you find your phone. Guess how ... Precious.
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Crime Prediction Software
Shades of a movie I saw a while back: " ... Soon, people will be able to discover criminals long before they do any harm, with the help of new crime prediction...
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Playstation Smartphone
Soon to be released, the Playstation, Android-based smartphone. In Engadget.
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Trimble Acquires Thingmagic
Thingmagic, out of MIT, was one of the first EPC RFID companies we worked with. Here a continued set of mergers in the RFID space. The RFID tracking world has...
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Keeping Retired Knowledge in the Game
I met with the management team at YourEncore today and was further impressed by their approaches, projects and future directions, so I thought I would repeat aYourEncore...
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Tesco Adds Barcode Scanner
Tesco has added a barcode scanner to its IPhone App. A short mention here, which mentions that this can be used at home to add items to a grocery list. This...
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