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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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Marketing Hub
Former colleague Rich Kiley has plans to make Cincinnati a world marketing hub. ' ... The fledgling effort to position Cincinnati as a world center for consumer...
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FAQ's About Google Wave
Frequently asked questions about Google Wave. Very good. I have played with Google Wave a bit, and get the general idea, but not why it will make my life easier...
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Shops Looking for You
In Martin Lindstrom's newest newsletter, video of some of his views on what has come to be called augmented reality. Why Search For Shops When The Shops Cansign...
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Thoughts on a Minority Report Interface
A Minority Report Interface shown at CES. When I see Minority Report style gestural interfaces I wonder if this kind of interaction with jump the physical process...
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Ten Companies to Collaborate around Insight
From Research, an interesting concept, including competitors: ' ... Diageo, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft and Procter & Gamble are among 10 companies taking part...
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Metro overtakes Tesco
Metro has overtaken Tesco as the word's second largest retailer in sales.
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Small Business Labs
Always interesting Small Business Labs posts on employee satisfaction, boomer retirement and small business formation.
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Linking Weather to Marketing
A favorite topic is how some retailers and manufacturers can link demand planning to weather. We studied this possibilities as early as the 1970s. Obvious relationships...
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Best Buy and Visa Contactless
In StoreFronBackTalk: Best Buy removes Visa Contactless system. Apparently over a dispute of the cost of valiation systems. A trend? We had a meeting with contactless...
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3D TV Ready for Prime Time
Is this the year for the emergence of 3D-TV? Some thoughts from exhibitors at the Consumer Electronics Show.
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Nanoarticle Use
On the safety of nanoparticle use in products. ' ... The science and technology committee of Britain's upper house of parliament said in a report that use of nanoparticles...
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GIS In Retail
Great article from ESRI: The Future of Retail: Understanding the Geography of the Marketplace Helps Businesses Thrive, by Simon Thompson, ESRI
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Augmenting Packaging Using AR
Had a highly informative chat with Lisa Murphy of Metaio this past week about retail examples of augmented reality, and she pointed me to this interesting example...
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Vision for Augmented Reality
One of our early looked at AR used specialized eyeglasses. Here is more on this approach, though I think that smartphones will make this easier to deliver, at...
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Future of Laundry
Have seen this low-water laundry idea covered for years, but yet to see it commonly implemented. So does a normal washer take water and destroy it? Or is the water...
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Power from Solar Updraft Towers
An interesting combination of solar power and heat draft. Reminds me of methods that use ocean water temperature differences.-
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Webcast on Social Interaction in VR
Transformed Social Interaction in Virtual Reality Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab and an associate professor...
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Mobile Commerce Speed
Evan Schuman surveys the speed of mobile commerce in StoreFrontBackTalk. Are our decisions strongly influenced by mobile site speed?
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DM Broadcast Today
Of Interest: ' ... We're starting the year off strategically at DM Radio, with a show focused on the many values of Data Modeling. Often associated with improving...
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