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Mainstream Moves For Data Analytics

July 8, 2013 • Management Practice, News • • Comments (0)

For all that data analytics has been a buzzword for several  years, and there are plenty of players, both vendors and large users, it still seems that for most SMEs, not to mention consumers and citizens, analytics is still something that is done about and to you rather than by you.  Now, while it’s hard [&hellip...

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Telcos Tip-Toeing Away From Wired Phone Service

July 7, 2013 • Business Models, News • • Comments (0)

Forbes and others report that New York’s Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, is frothing over Verizon’s offer to Fire Island residents to replace their wired phone service with wireless for about the same cost.  On the face of it, this is a...

Thousands of New Top Level Domains a Step Closer

July 6, 2013 • News, Standards & Regulation • • Comments (0)

The ICANN has announced the approval by its board of the new 2013 Registry Agreement, under which registrars will be able to offer the new generic Top Level Domain names.  For those feeling confined by the same old .com, .net and .org choices, the gTLD...

Gartner: IT Spend Up By Only 2 Percent

July 6, 2013 • Management Practice, News • • Comments (0)

Research by Gartner suggests that global IT spending will increase by only 2% this year, to $US3.7 trillion.  Sounds like a lot of money, but if we’re looking to climb out of a recession here, it’s not a very big bump.  The stock market has been...

Web Notary

June 23, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

Here’s a useful new idea for small businesses and startup software companies among others: a free online notary.  It appears technically sound, so much so that I’m surprised no one has ever thought of it before.  And the service is free (free is...

Fastest Computer: A Horse Race Without a Post

June 20, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

Title of world’s fastest supercomputer now resides in China.  Their new Tianhe-2 claims nearly 34 petaflops. These laurels get passed around the world regularly: only last year IBM in the US  declared it had the world’s fastest supercomputer,...

VCs Are Hot For Bitcoin

June 19, 2013 • Business Models, News • • Comments (0)

Well, some of them are.  TechCrunch reports that a network of angel investors have raised $7 million in Bitcoin, and even invested $100,000 of it in an offshore (literally – it’s in international waters) startup incubator, BlueSeed.  The initial...

Aetna’s Carepass Opens a New Front in the Privacy War

June 18, 2013 • Business Models, News • • Comments (0)

Insurance companies have an interest in their insureds’ health, and it’s a benign interest: they lose if you lose.  So it makes sense for Aetna to distribute an app , called Carepass, that helps their customers track their fitness goals and...

End of the Telegraph Era

June 17, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

The world’s final telegram is to be sent in India next month. This is the flip side of innovation. We spend so much time peering at the other end of the technology lifecycle, maybe we should take a second to reflect on how quickly our smartphones will...

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