GOOGLE DOMINATES THE MOBILE APP MARKET, HAS 5 OF THE TOP 6 APPS IN THE U.S.
Wondering why Apple (AAPL) is sinking so much effort into building its own Maps application? Because it doesn’t want Google (GOOG) to gobble up all the revenue from big-name mobile applications....
View ArticleConnecting the world a Microsoft documentary
This video documentary by Microsoft explores how digital and specifically, Interaction Design, is and will change our lives in an ever connect world. It’s 18 minutes long but well worth a watch. I...
View ArticleCURATED SOCIAL COMMERCE: WHAT ZUMBA COULD LEARN FROM BRAZILIAN RETAIL GIANT...
Looking for social commerce inspiration? Here’s an interesting initiative from Magazine Luiza, Brazil’s4th largest retailer , that builds on the curated commerce trend. Last year and bucking the trend...
View ArticleRevealed: Secret PIIs in your Unstructured Data!
Personally identifiable information or PII is pretty intuitive. If you know someone’s phone, social security, or credit card number, you have a direct link to their identity. Hackers use these...
View ArticleChanges Big Data And Technology Have Brought Into The Retail Industry
There was once a time when retailers relied on large spreadsheets to keep track of things. Critical employees had to fly around in order to find the best products and maintain the best inventory....
View ArticleEmail Security: It’s Every Employee’s Business
Email security has become part of the job description for every employee. All it takes is one employee to cause a breach that opens up the entire company. For example, consider The New York Times: the...
View ArticleMetadata Matters, Part I
True or false: metadata can be used to discover important patterns and behaviors in social networks? This is as true now as it has been since the start of electronic communications: those whom you...
View ArticleBig Data and The Nonprofit Organization
I’m a little bit behind on the hot topic of Big Data, but I’ve been meaning to write about it for awhile, and just got… busy. It’s maybe less of a hot topic now than a month or few months ago, but I...
View ArticleHow Sports Fans Engage With Social Media
Below there are some great statistics on how sports fans engage with social media: Some key highlights: The number 1 social media platform is Facebook, followed by Youtube and then twitter On game day...
View ArticleBig Data, for Better or Worse: 90% of World’s Data Generated Over Last Two Years
A full 90% of all the data in the world has been generated over the last two years. The internet companies are awash with data that can be grouped and utilised. Is this a good thing? An increasing...
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