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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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Examining Online Returns
In Retailwire: A discussion of online returns. Easy returns are becoming a big issue for online purchases. How can they be better addressed? " ... With free...
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Dell and Dropbox
A interesting interaction. In my own experience I am seeing more people using Dropbox as a standard tool, working well on all the standard devices. I often...
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Showrooming at Best Buy
I had not realized I was part of BestBuy's showrooming strategy. I was there for the first time in months last week. But they did not ultimately convert me.In...
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NFL Tackling Big Data
In our recent executive briefing we used the work by the NBA using video imaged game recording for gathering big data to understand the detail of game and player...
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Showrooming and Webrooming
A retail story, Inspired by a post by correspondent Herb Sorensen. I relate our experience: .... We were recently in local Costco buying a relatively expensive...
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Data Engines
Data Engines. A reminder of this topic, which I had forgotten about. You want to perform some analytic process, but where is the required data? Often a big issue...
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Too Many Images
Very useful ideas, especially when we have more happening on mobile and thus smaller spaces.Online Shopping Choices: Less Is Sometimes Better Than More Online shopping...
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Role of Intuition in Analytics: Abductive Reasoning
Intuition, creativity, even directed randomness are parts of analytics. And thus also part of what we are now calling 'Big Data'. Now how we do implement the...
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Bosch and the Internet of Things
In CWorld: With a special emphasis on Sensors and MEMs. We experimented with several early developers in the smart appliance space." ... Bosch says the future...
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Mood Sensing Interfaces
Affective computing, and a mention of Clippy. we were there testing it. Is it an essential part of AI? " ... Nearly a decade after its retirement, the advice...
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What Should be Done With Dark Data?
In CWorld: This is always an issue, in the past we often reviewed data being gathered and either stopped gathering it or aggregated it. Often aggregating to uselessness...
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Inventing and Nurturing the Joke
Who invented the joke? Famed classicist Mary Beard claims it was the Romans. A joke is an explosive, minimal point making story connecting with our emotions in...
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Creating Reality Distortion Fields
My former boss Bob Herbold, writing on leadership, talks about reality distortion fields. A term new to me. " ... In summary, when there are big opportunities...
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Death of the Tablet Magazine
In GigaOM: I don't follow this closely, but have experimented with methods like Flipboard. Overall this surprises me. With particular criticism of the Apple...
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Tracking You Everywhere
Google Is Testing A Program That Tracks You Everywhere You Go, in the Business Insider. Pointing to a report in DigiDay.
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Informs Conference on Business of Big Data
I see that Bill Franks of Teradata will be the keynote speaker at the Informs conference on The Business of Big Data. San Jose, June 22-24. " ... Putting BigAt...
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Japanese Robot Dominates DARPA
Contrary to other reports. In CWorld. " ... Japanese robot crushes rivals at DARPA challengeResearchers advance state of the art in humanoid robot competitionThe...
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DARPA Robot Challenge Viewed
MIT Technology review provides a number of still shots from the DARPA robotics challenge. Another note says that Google's Robot 'recruits' dominated the activity...
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Retailers Embrace Digital Coupons
Via Steve Frenda, Managing Director, The Path to Purchase Institute in LinkedinWell done piece authored by Google's ZaversThe Tipping Point: Retailers Embrace.Lots...
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