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Amazon as an Internet of Things Superpower
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon as an Internet of Things Superpower

In the Motley  Fool:  Very good piece on a number of Amazon IOT dimensions I am currently following.   In particular I am looking forward to trying theAmazon Dash...

Data about China
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data about China

Was involved in the early examination of available data about China, driving retail models.   See Simulex and Agent Models tag.In Clickz:The way data is collected...

Creating A Marketing Persona
From The Eponymous Pickle

Creating A Marketing Persona

Market equity in a persona, simplified.  " ... The foundation of marketing is the process of identifying, meeting, and satisfying customer wants and needs.  In...

Phone an Expert Friend.  Past and Future
From The Eponymous Pickle

Phone an Expert Friend. Past and Future

Has been very interesting to be part of this evolution over the years.Jim Spohrer of CSIG writes. The Future of Phone-a-Friend  (Discussion) The evolution of "Phone...

Tracking Job Loss Through SmartPhone Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Tracking Job Loss Through SmartPhone Data

With the use of a Bayesian model.  Via O'ReillyCan mobile phone data predict economic change?This paper describes a structural break model to correctly detect the...

Mapping Math onto the Real World
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mapping Math onto the Real World

My entire career has been about applying math to real world problems.   This Quanta article in Wired tracks the dilemma.  It remains to be a hard thing to do.  Even...

Jeep Hack Causes 1.4 Million Vehicle Recall
From The Eponymous Pickle

Jeep Hack Causes 1.4 Million Vehicle Recall

Overview of the Crysler recall.  Amazing and frightening look at the future of transportation.  Crysler knew of the possibility long before the hack was demonstrated...

Amazon Business
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Business

Some of the details here are interesting, like including procurement expertise.   See my other posts here on market based procurement and the application of analytics...

Innovation Environments
From The Eponymous Pickle

Innovation Environments

Have worked in strong physical, and in virtual innovation environments.  Still work in the latter.  In fact this blog, its thousands of readers and correspondents...

Sony Drones for Enterprises
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sony Drones for Enterprises

In CIO,   Mobile in three dimensions. Expect a further dimensionalizing of data acquisition. " ... Drones are officially taking over. Not content to cede the market...

Dispel Fear of Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Dispel Fear of Data

Dispel the fear of data, in the HBR.  Despite what we may call data, we all use it, every day, all the time.  So fear is not the problem, a cautious respect for...

Statistical Significance
From The Eponymous Pickle

Statistical Significance

Kaiser Fung takes a core value principle look at the meaning of statistical significance.  His statement is very true, but is it actually useful in practice, except...

IBM Open Sourcing 50 Projects
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Open Sourcing 50 Projects

More movement to Open Source:" ...  IBM has announced a new web portal called developerWorks Open, bringing together various projects they are open sourcing. The...

Future of the Chief Data Officer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of the Chief Data Officer

In SiliconAngle:  Don't in particular like the idea of labeling things with 'Chief', better to have a team of experts, closely connected.  Its the Information -...

New Features in Polinode Networks
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Features in Polinode Networks

A number of new features have been added to the evolving Polinode network analysis system.  The home link has an introductory video and application examples.  1...

Mobile Apps and in-store Impulse Buys
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mobile Apps and in-store Impulse Buys

Time in store is the most influential driver for sales.   Well known.  Now can a mobile App keep them in the store longer? And is that extra time also increaseAre...

Cognitive Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cognitive Analytics

In AnalyticBridge: Some good fundamental lectures on the foundations of cognitive systems.   "... An introduction to Cognitive Analysis, by Scott Mongeau - Deloitte...

Vehicle Hacking and Security
From The Eponymous Pickle

Vehicle Hacking and Security

This came to my mind as I had a new OS update put into my one year old car.  What are the dangers here?  I have no control of anti hacking or anti malware capabilities...

Unilever Partners with Alibaba
From The Eponymous Pickle

Unilever Partners with Alibaba

The breadth of the interaction as stated is interesting.   China is the big future CPG market.  I attended a meeting yesterday that made much of the China mobile...

Gamifying Videos
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gamifying Videos

Interesting simple approach, have not tried:  parWinr" ... Gamify your video – in minutes! ... parWinr’s innovative software lets you quickly turn any video asset...
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