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MyNSA: Google for the Private Web
Phil Wolff writes MyNSA: Google for the Private Web. While Google crawls and indexes the public web, the National Security Agency’s PRISM program gets our private web. PRISM is the public service...
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Will you make the Switch to the Smart Home with Belkin or Philips? | Answer...
Is it the Switch or the Bulb? I’ve been looking at the Smart Home again (Note I already own Philips Hue) and looking at WeMo Switches from Belkin and the yet to be launched Ube Dimmer with more...
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Is Chromecast OverHyped Already? Will it really be big? Reality Check? Netflix?
So yes at $35 I bought a Chromecast and expect delivery sometime in August. I’ll do my testing then. First a few clips from the hype vendors and then a little reality check. On a personal level the...
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Thoughts on Pew’s latest report: notable findings on race and privacy via...
Great post by Danah Boyd on the FutureLab blog. Well worth reading. “To adults, services like Facebook that may seem “private” because you can use privacy tools, but they don’t feel that way to youth...
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Wow! Google’s Chromecast Is Amazingly Hackable
A great post and reinforces for me both the potential and the challenges that I wrote about in my post. “Google’s documentation is so far geared towards developers who want to stream media from their...
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110 Predictions For the Next 110 Years – Popular Mechanics | Useless...
An example of when they really get the future wrong! And it wasn’t long ago. Futurism in business isn’t supposed to be a speculation exercise. Well, that is what this article on 110 Predictions for...
View ArticleThis Is What a Travel Site Should Look Like via Wired
I just wish I could shop for travel like this. A little glamour, a little treat, and adventure. It’s just part of the re-thinking that Expedia needs to bring to their business (after announcing poor...
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Wounded… Why wasn’t Amazon there to help? Medical Supplies Opportunity
I was in at Wound Care in Walnut Creek again yesterday getting my “wound” looked at. I’ll provide the quick description of the wound with a small picture set. Left to right. A day or two after the...
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How I Put the Magic back in a 25+ year old Music System < $50 – DACs a...
I was recently talking to my daughter about music and creating a decent audio system – starting with a used amp and speakers from Craigslist. This is a how to take your listening in a more magical...
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The Client Wants Focus Groups and You Believe in Ethnography… What to do?
When a client asks for focus groups and you believe in ethnography what do you do? You value-add to the focus group program. You get subtle on how you do it rather than trying to force them into a...
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Shift Your Mobile Thinking – Bill’s 10 Reasons
When was the last time your reached for your smartphone? Moments ago? I did and read Bill Gurley’s blog post in a big screen optimized format rather than a mobile optimized one – kinda funny. So, a...
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Dear Google – Re Zagat New App – What were you thinking?
Two summers ago I was riding my motorcycle across the states. At breakfast I was planning my lunch stop. I pulled out my Zagat App and found this Hot Dog place on my route. It was a classic find and...
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Why Going Global on Market Research Often Fails, While Succeeding
At Convo we often see two different types of research projects. One is the “global” perspective, and the other is “local”. What’s the difference? Global: A typical global project involves a company...
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What Type of Reporting Out Do You Want as a Client? Making Market Research...
Your research supplier was in today. They stood up in your boardroom and made a presentation. Depending on your brief it may be pithy, or detailed. It may well be just what you need. I hope it helped...
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IoT – Internet of Things – GigaOm report & review – Context? Local Clouds?...
I just read the GigaOm research report on the Internet of Things: a market landscape. It is very good and has lots in it that made me think. I particularly appreciated its business and efficiency...
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Initial Thoughts on chromecast and the Killer Features “On” &“Movie Streaming”
I received my “chromecast” and have begun testing. My observations so far below. Overall as a device has real promise and fails to live up to its launch claims relative to iOS. Netflix and YouTube are...
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Are You Sure You Want to Know What Google Knows About You?
“In 2,200 words, Google’s privacy policy puts few restrictions on how much it can collect or use…. Google has…” http://buff.ly/13AkcXv It’s not news that Google knows more about you than your parents...
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Social Sentiment – Your Company and the Mobile Challenge
I liked the chart via Jeremiah Owyang from NetBase on social media sentiment in the Collaborative Economy. I think there is a bigger story here. This is Jeremiah’s description: These new startups...
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Chromecast Shifts Expectations Around TV – Will Media Remote Apps Now Add...
Who will win the SmartTV love affair? What does the remote of the future look like? How is Google Chromecast shaping up against AppleTV? My latest experiments with Chromecast and Philips Hue (Yes the...
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AMBER Alert Usability by Craig Hockenberry
Awesome post on usability and how the amber alert was pushed to mobiles in California last night. They are now turned off on my phone. If they had used the accelerometer they may have worked out who...
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