Updated: 2012-06-30 05:06:47
Something social this way comes, with a coin changer. Computerworld informs us that “Google+ Looks Poised to Roll Out Social Ads.” We knew this day would come, didn’t we? Writer Cameron Scott got a clue that the time may be upon us when he saw a Google+ job listing for a social ads launch marketing [...]
Updated: 2012-06-30 05:04:15
Here’s a useful list of tools one can use to dupe Google, at Search Engine Journal’s “55 SEO Productivity Tools We Use at Single Grain.” Notice that a number of tools are from Google itself. In fact, the number one item comes free, direct from the search giant. Single Grain‘s list specifies: “Tool #1 – [...]
Updated: 2012-06-30 05:02:23
Dopamine. That chemical is at the root of the problem described in the Pacific Standard’s “Manic Nation: Dr. Peter Whybrow Says We’re Addicted to Stress.” When you think of crazy entrepreneurs and MBAs, boy does this guy have a fresh angle on their behavior. Dr. Whybrow, director of UCLA’s Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, [...]
Updated: 2012-06-29 05:17:23
Akamai CEO Paul Sagan has declared that the ability to instantly deliver online is now make-or-break for businesses, ZDNet reports in “Akamai CEO: We’re Entering ‘Instant Internet’ Phase.” The executive shared his views at the recent GigaOm Structure 2012. The article reports: “‘We’re about to enter a phase where we talk about the instant Internet,’ [...]
Updated: 2012-06-29 05:14:37
IBM has been working hard to build its technology treasure trove; it has acquired over 30 companies, captured hundreds of analytics patents, and made deals with over 27,000 business partners. Now Yahoo Finance reveals, “IBM Launches New Class of Analytics Software to Improve Decision Making.” So, it appears that after many acquisitions, we now have [...]
Updated: 2012-06-29 05:11:39
DachisGroup.com recently posted, “SharePoint 2010: Why after 2 Years is it Still so Hard?” The author points out that SharePoint has grown exponentially, gaining 125 million licenses in just over two years, but some users are still baffled thus stunting some adoption of the platform. The author explains, Unfortunately, despite its ubiquity, SharePoint suffers from [...]
Updated: 2012-06-29 05:10:12
Q-Sensei puts ease-of-use front and center with its latest announcement. Melodika.net reports, “Q-Sensei Announces First Set of Data Visualization Modules and Dashboard Page for Q-Sensei Enterprise.” The new tools help users get the most out of Q-Sensei Enterprise 2.0, a platform that pulls together data from a myriad of sources. The write up tells us: [...]
Updated: 2012-06-29 05:09:22
As an increasing number of companies implement data-heavy Modular Architectures for their product families, computer-aided design (CAD) and product lifecycle management (PLM) suppliers such as Modular Management are enhancing their solutions to support such complex systems. The challenge in designing CAD and PLM systems that effectively integrate with Modular Architectures is discussed in Jakob Asell [...]
Updated: 2012-06-29 05:06:59
Datamation has published a useful list, “50 Open Source Replacements for Proprietary Business Intelligence Software.” Writer Cynthia Harvey notes that recently, CIO’s responding to a Gartner survey cited BI and analytics as their top tech priority for this calendar year. That could mean paying big bucks for proprietary software, or it could mean choosing from [...]
Updated: 2012-06-29 05:04:29
Semantic technology just got a little twisted, but not in a bad way. RolfROLLE explains multiple ways to look at semantics in his blog, ‘RECON 2012 Keynote: The Case for Semantics-Based Methods in Reverse Engineering’ on OpenRCE.org. A bit of insight into Rolf’s view: “The goal of my RECON 2012 keynote speech was to introduce [...]
Updated: 2012-06-15 21:12:33
Larry Wasserman has started the Normal Deviate blog which I added to the blogroll on the right.
Manfred Warmuth points out the UCSC machine learning summer school running July 9-20 which may be of particular interest to those in silicon valley.
Updated: 2012-06-06 14:12:25
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Updated: 2012-06-05 15:04:41
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