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October 6, 2013 •
Innovation, News •
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Irritating as passwords are, most companies aren’t going to rush to buy new authentication technology for all that a bunch of new ideas have been discussed in the Wall Street Journal. We’ve been hearing for years about biometrics, three-factor...
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August 17, 2013 •
Innovation, News •
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We’ve all been impressed by the clever and revealing things that can be done with big data sets in terms of graphic representation of deep and complex relationships; but IT World has found that it’s possible to be too impressed by these data...
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August 17, 2013 •
News, Standards & Regulation •
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The FAA approval of certain unmanned aerial vehicle systems clears the way for the go-ahead for commercial operations. While a lot of thought has already gone into managing this lofty population explosion, nonetheless the day is coming when these things...
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August 14, 2013 •
News, Standards & Regulation •
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The Australians may be on to something, according to the Register’s article about a down under think tank that’s proposing the establishment of a new ministry of “Security and Resilience”. There are certainly some good ideas here for...
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August 7, 2013 •
Management Practice, News •
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Forrester’s Manish Bahl has some advice for Indian companies dealing with the rupee’s decline. His suggestions are worth heeding regardless of the country or point on the economic cycle you find yourself in. Readers of dot Leader are familiar...
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August 5, 2013 •
Business Models, News •
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The New York Times published an article in their “Bits” section about the state of the art in machine-brain interfaces. This technology may be more advanced than you realize. The impetus for the article came from the announcement a couple of...
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August 4, 2013 •
Innovation, News •
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For those who finally got their parents comfortable with computers by heavy reliance on the familiar metaphors of our Skeuomorphic* interfaces, brace yourselves. John Biggs at TechCrunch points out that we’ve started to leave all that behind. What...
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August 4, 2013 •
Management Practice •
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There’s a lengthy article by Michael Lewis in Vanity Fair about a programmer who is being prosecuted for theft from his employers, Goldman Sachs. The first lesson to be learned here: don’t take code with you when you leave a wealthy and...
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August 1, 2013 •
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Wired’s article about the new Tile key tags raises some interesting possibilities for the technology – and leaves others to the imagination. The primary use case is simply to find lost keys. The user attaches a Tile chip to her key chain and then...
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July 29, 2013 •
Business Models, News •
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Replacing your wallet with your smartphone has been one of those promises of technology, like flying cars or nuclear fusion, that always seems to be just around the corner but never quite lifts off. Google wallet has made in-roads, Apple’s Passbook shows...
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July 29, 2013 •
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Perhaps this should really have been categorized under Innovation, but what caught my eye in this article about vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications was the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation that the National Highway Traffic Safety...
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July 25, 2013 •
Innovation, News, Uncategorized •
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Thanks to TechCrunch for alerting us to what the best-dressed office geeks will be wearing next season. Yes indeed, everyone will soon be opening doors with this fashion accessory. Literally. This near field communications ring can be linked to the...
