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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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Wal-Mart Labs Buys Analytics
Have not heard much from WM labs of late, but these acquisitions are interesting. " ... Walmart, via its Silicon Valley innovation lab @WalmartLabs, has made another...
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Apple IOS7 Redesign
Images Shown in this report show a flatter, simpler, fewer color design. I know that this is 'in' now, but my initial reaction that this mostly looks 'cheaper'....
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Does Prism Kill the Cloud?
In CWorld: Not sure I agree with the premise, but it is worth thinking about. Do concepts like the Cloud concentrate information and thus make it easier for governments...
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What is Shopper Marketing?
In Shopperception: Part 1 of what looks like a good introduction to the topic." ... If products are not purchased, nothing else matters. The best marketing and...
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Gamification for Employees
In CIO, more about using game dynamics to engage employees. We took a look at this with a number of potential applications, and found it was more difficult than...
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Pointing to This Blog
In preparation for a talk I am giving Tuesday on analytics applications I added a slide that would point to this blog. Aimed at people in the auditorium thatFranz...
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Electronic Contact Lenses
In Technology Review: Another non new idea. Brought to the forefront by all the other embed-able ideas like Glass, and even retinal implants. Would take away...
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Rapid Prototyping for Design
MJ Perry points to a video about the use of 3D printing and rapid prototyping for design by an automobile company. Instructive piece.
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Are We Nodes in the Internet of Things?
In GigaOM: Will we all become nodes on the Internet of Things? Our things may be, we are heading quickly in that direction. But please retain your own individuality...
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Focus the Technology on the Purpose
On the business purpose. Don't just try to stay out ahead of the technologies as they evolve. Almost all technologies are developments of previous ideas. Not...
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CIOs Promoting Gamification
An overplayed piece. Using game strategy can be useful for internal and externally facing capabilities. Consider it a deeper, more psychological part of the user...
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Wal-Mart E-Commerce
Wal-Mart CEO predicts that their E-Commerce sales will be $10 Billion this year. Continued online surge from traditional retailing.
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Combining Bio Sensor Tools
It makes sense to think of using multiple bio sensors and combining their capabilities, which is what these firms have done, worth a look. " ... Facial expression...
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Google Comments on Data
In Google Blog: Commenting on how they deal with government information requests.
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Costco vs Amazon in Grocery
In BusinessWeek: " ... Amazon is expanding in the grocery business, which could create a headache for CEO Jeff Bezos' onetime mentor, Costco Wholesale CEO Jim...
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Think Like a Consumer
In AdAge: Think less like an executive, more like a consumer. Agree, an executive is not your typical consumer. In the many innovation center tours I gave for...
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Multiple Prisms with Similar Purposes
The Prism system has been much in the news today, apparently a multiple dimension-ed data gathering and predictive analytics system, recently exposed as a government...
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CG Execs Share Marketing Insights
From CGT: Mention of a number of interesting items including the use of Big Data. The meeting was named: " "Datatopia: From Big Data to Meaningful Customer...
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Fuzzy Logix
Newly brought to my attention and examining in more depth. Fuzzy Logix. " .... We enable companies to embed in-database analytics directly into their business...
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