Full Contents MS Surface Pricing • Passwords are Weak Security • Anarchist Hacker • Not Mobile First • Video Release Dates • Google App$ • S.E.C is Old-school • 60 Tech Briefs • Just 3 More Microsoft Surface Pro Positioning Drives Pricing I was asked to comment on Microsoft’s pricing of the Surface Pro over at Quibb.com. My comment…
A group of online experimenters at Microsoft has just written a new paper that has the potential to increase the value that A/B and multivariate tests can bring to online businesses. They have documented methods to combine pre-experiment data with experiment data to yield increased sensitivity for testing the performance of new designs and features. They…
Big Name Facebook Pages that Oppose Relevance Filters are Wrong Businesses, non-profits and celebrities promote themselves on Facebook by setting up branded pages. Fans of these entities follow them by “liking” those pages. As a Facebook follower, you might think that by liking a page, you will see every update to it in your newsfeed.…
The man responsible for turning Microsoft Office into a perpetually winning franchise and delivering Windows 7 and 8 on time after the train wreck that was Longhorn/Vista is leaving Microsoft. This is a Good Thing. Sinofsky can build a plan and execute on it like no one else but he is also very inflexible. He…
Contents Gadget Overdose • Microsoft Surface • Hurricane Sandy • Apple Shake-up • Global Consumer Analyses • Security • Build Your Own Servers • Tech Briefs • Just Two More Gadget Overdose: A Big Week for Tech Product Launches The past week has been a big one for product launches. As TechCrunch notes, it was…
The AeroQuad quad-rotor featured in this video was named as one of the 6 Top Robots of Maker Faire. Read about all 6 robots at the bottom of this post. Google Trying to Preempt EU Anti-Trust Action but Critics Not Impressed If you’ve used Google for a hotel search recently, you’ve probably seen Google’s Hotel…
Contents Predictions for New Kindles • Nokia 920 • Anonymous Hacking Claims not Supported • Primer on A/B Testing • T-Mobile: Bring your Own iPhone • Startups’ Enterprise Advantage • Tech Briefs • TechPop • Blue Sky and Clouds in Your Office Recent Gadget News 1: Amazon Announces new Kindles Amazon announced a range of…
Contents Samsung Copying • Nokia to Benefit? • Amazon Web Services Impact • Amazon Prime Popularity • Zero-day Java Exploit • Tech News in Brief • 3D Printed Shoes and Airplanes Even considering the $1.05B Verdict, Copying Has Paid Off for Samsung This article argues that Samsung’s strategy to copy from Apple’s iPhone design was…
Contents “Big Data” Origins • SkyDrive Facelift • Kid’s & Programming • Hire People, not Contract Firms • Mars Panorama & Parody Where “Big Data” Came From Informative article in the New York Times on the origin and meaning of the term “Big Data,” in layman’s terms. New York Times Want to Teach a Kid…
Contents Marissa Mayer to Lead Yahoo • Microsoft’s Lost Mojo • Office 13 • MS<–>NBC.com • Nexus 7 Sells Out • Xbox on Top • Just Two More Wow: Marissa Mayer Takes Over At Yahoo I don’t think anyone saw this coming. Google executive Marissa Mayer has been named the new CEO of Yahoo. The…
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