Thursday May 9, 2024

Enforced PR

The online advertising industry is now backing an approach that would put “Do Not Track” buttons on web browsers.  It is safe to say that advertisers would not have agreed to this had not regulators threatened enforcement.  It is called “lifted eyebrow” regulation.  Regulators show concern and an industry acts on its own before laws […]

Money’s Worth?

Does money buy elections?  We’ll see this year.  Already tens of millions have been spent in communications and organization just to win the Republican nomination — and the result is far from clear.  Money buys speech, but it doesn’t purchase votes in an honest election.  If it did, Romney would be the nominee for the […]

Safety and Communication

The auto industry’s emphasis on linking drivers to the world via cell phone and internet has produced safety concerns.  On the other hand, the manufacturers’ research into vehicle-to-vehicle communication has reaped praise even from a frequent critic.   In other words, there is desirable and undesirable communication in cars.  It seems today that most work is […]

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How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did – Forbes The other side of Data Mining. Reminds me of Google Buzz. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. You need to customize after a certain point based on a customer’s terms…not simply your level of insight. Tweet This Post

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Ford’s social media strategy entrepreneurial | EnterChange Ford’s Craig Daitch presented at Cincinnati Social Media’s February event. This is a great recap and Q&A with Craig from The Cincinnati Enquirer Tweet This Post

Whistleblowers Rarely Win

This is a painful story.  The man who blew the whistle on Olympus and its financial chicanery has to fear for his life.  It is one more example of a hard truth.  Whistleblowers rarely win.  Doing the right thing, taking the proper action, standing against the system means one is targeted now and for a […]

How Did This Happen?

How did this happen?  An investor spends billions to build a digital network only to discover that his radio spectrum overpowers GPS and the Federal Communications Commission axes the network.   The size of the failure is so stunning that one wonders who was talking to whom throughout the development.  Predictably, LightSquared says it will […]

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The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies 2012 | Fast Company Tweet This Post

The Results Of A Bad Reputation

This is what a bad reputation reaps.  Rupert Murdoch can do no right these days as the noose of the law pulls tighter about him and his son.  News Corp is a battleground on which its executives are in retreat and trying to save themselves.  It is almost quaint now to remember that not so […]

Better Late Than Never

This is better late than never but it leaves open a question of why it wasn’t done before.  Apple should have had some inkling of how Chinese subcontractor factories are run and how employees were being treated.  With that understanding, it should have been aware that it had a potentially explosive situation on its hands. […]