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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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Google Book Settlement
One of my favorite and long-time read blogs, the Language Log, has a good piece by Mark Liberman on the Google Book Settlement. There is an ongoing conference at...
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Social Media as Mass Marketing
Tom Peters posts on Social Media as Mass Marketing ... Not the Future. A critical and historical view of the topic.
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Location-Aware Home Screen on IPhone
It is reported in ReadwriteWeb that Apple is patenting the idea of a location-aware home screen for the IPhone. Imagine a home screen that would show a map, local...
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TV vs Internet Advertising
From Progressive Grocer and GMA, on a new report: ' ... Early results of studies from comScore, in partnership with dunnhumbyUSA, indicate that advertising on the...
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Open Source BI Solutions
Mike Cristiani sends along a link to a whitepaper by Tableau Software: factors to consider when evaluating open source bi solutions '... This paper discusses the...
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Unilever Crowdsources Ads
Unliever is going to the public for new ad ideas. ' ... Unilever is offering $10,000 (
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Pioneering Study in Neuromarketing
Comments on work by Martin Lindstrom described in his Buylogy book: ' ... A pioneering study on Neuromarketing will change forever the way marketers and advertisers...
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Yale Summer Math Program
The summer math program for Economics Phds at Yale. Nice mix of practical math topics.
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Mining the Web for Feelings
In the NYT: Mining the Web for Feelings, Not Facts. The article is a bit thin, but worth reading. Another favorite topic of mine since the early days of linking...
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Free Antivirus Software
Computerworld looks at a number of options. Useful.-
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Complexities of Virtual Makeover
In Storefrontbacktalk, this was an area we looked at in some detail. And several different times with different technologies One of my favorite technical experiments...
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Newspapers Colluding, Surviving
In Techdirt. Interesting piece on the survival of newspapers. Including the use of acts of congress to remove collusion penalties and the use of payment walls....
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Roof Tile Solar Panels
A nice idea, no mention of cost. Would like to see the idea played out broadly.
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Augmented Reality on the iPhone
The idea continues to creep forward. I had an accidental introduction to it recently at the beach doing some star watching. An application called Star Walk lets...
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Stone Skipping at the Shore
Recently had a delightful week at the beach. As I have a number of times I took along James Trefil's book: A Scientist at the Seashore. Its a fun book if you want...
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HEMA Product Page
A colleague sends along a link to the Dutch department store HEMA. A fun bit of flash. Wait for it to develop.
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Virtual Worlds for Training
An area that I always thought made lots of sense, yet I have yet to see an example of where it works effectively. Using Virtual worlds for training, a case study...
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DotSpot and the Wisdom of Crowds
Interesting Piece out of Knowledge@Wharton:Innovation and Entrepreneurship Farhad Mohit: DotSpots and the Wisdom of Crowds Entrepreneur Farhad Mohit is hardly...
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CTO Discussion on Cloud Computing
CACM Queue holds a very good CTO round table discussion. Plus lots of good links. While I believe I have a good understanding of what cloud computing means, no...
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