John Battelle's Searchblog
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
The post In a Nutshell, The Android Problem: Totally Forked appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. ( image ) I’m a fan of “open.” Anyone who knows me, knows this about me. But I’m also a fan of “easy.” And of “good design.” So, for the past couple of years, I’ve been an iPhone user, mainly because it was easy, and had better design than any alternative.
ChiefTech
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
Collaboration software, including the latest generation of enterprise social software, is often put forward as a more effective alternative to email-based communication. But people aren't always convinced - they want to know why they should use a new tool over email which has generally served them quite well, what Andrew McAfee called the 9X email problem.
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Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
On November 15, 2012, the UK Office of Fair Trading (the “OFT”) launched a call for information to investigate whether offering “personalized pricing” based on data companies collect about consumers’ online behavior violates consumer protection legislation in the UK. The OFT will look at how companies gather data related to “consumers’ browsing history, purchases, demographic, hardware, operating system, etc and use this to personalise products and prices.
JKevinParker
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
In my previous post, SharePoint 2010 Web Template Reference and Other Useful Stuff , I listed all of the OOTB Web Templates in SharePoint Server 2010 using a simple PowerShell command. For those who wonder what templates are available in the free SharePoint Foundation 2010, I ran the same command and got these results: SharePoint Foundation 2010 Web Templates.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
ChiefTech
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
This is a list of speakers at Connected Enterprise 2012 who are on Twitter: Brent Lello. Brian Solis. Cory Banks. Cuneyt Uysal. Dev Mookerjee. Erin Grotts. Jacob Morgan. James Dellow <- me! Jeffrey Tobias. Lincoln De Kalb. Mike Handes. Paul Miller. Rob Livingstone. Ross Dawson. Ross Hill. Shawn Callahan. Steve Hopkins. Thierry de Baillon. BTW I'm not sure if we have a hash tag for the event, but I've suggested #cemelb12.
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Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
On November 20, 2012, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published “Anonymisation: Managing Data Protection Risk Code of Practice” (the “Code”). The purpose of the Code is to provide organizations with a framework for assessing the risks of anonymization. It also sets forth good practice recommendations that may be adopted by organizations to provide a “reasonable degree of confidence” that the publication and sharing of anonymized data will not lead to an “inappropriate disclosure
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
On November 16, 2012, European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx published an Opinion on the European Commission’s Communication on cloud computing (part of the Commission’s broader cloud computing strategy ). The Opinion focuses on the accountability principle and emphasizes the importance of clearly defining the responsibilities of all parties involved in cloud computing, and analyzes specific cloud computing issues in the context of both the current EU data protection framework, as wel
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
On November 9, 2012, a federal District Court in Washington certified a national class and a Washington state sub-class in an action alleging that Papa John’s International, Inc. (“Papa John’s”) violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) by sending unsolicited text messages advertising its pizza products. The court determined that plaintiffs had standing and satisfied all other requirements for class certification.
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
In a joint-agency media conference and press release with the Federal Trade Commission today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) used the “rulemaking-through-enforcement” method of regulation to create several de-facto guidelines for what is “unfair, deceptive, or abusive” in mortgage advertising. Bypassing the more arduous rulemaking process, the CFPB published “sample warning letters” that effectively made the following advertising practices illegal: Falsely suggesting – through
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
On December 5, 2012, at 1:00 p.m. EST, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (“ITA”) will be hosting a webinar to discuss data privacy issues. Webinar participants will hear from Commerce privacy experts on the Obama Administration’s privacy blueprint. There also will be an update on significant international data privacy developments such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (“APEC”) forum’s work to implement the Cross-Border Privacy Rules (“CBPRs”) system and
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Following the launch of Hunton & Williams’ Data Protection Executive Briefing Paper on the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation, we are pleased to announce that on November 29, 2012, we will host a further workshop to explore the challenges facing processors under the draft Regulation. In this workshop, attendees will: Explore how obligations on processers are likely to expand significantly; Learn how these new obligations will affect both processors and controllers; and.
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
In partnership with SC Magazine , we are pleased to announce that on November 22-23, 2012, SC Magazine will host its 2012 Virtual Summit “Tackling the Big 3: Clouds, Consumerisation, Cybercrime,” featuring Hunton & Williams partner Bridget Treacy. Following a year of sharp increases in data breaches and regulatory fines, the SC Summit will explore and focus on cybercrime, mobile devices and cloud security – three key priorities for 2013.
JKevinParker
NOVEMBER 17, 2012
As a SharePoint Architect, I have to know a lot of stuff. Well, actually, I have to know how to quickly find the answers for a lot of stuff. There is just too much to know for one brain to store it all. Particularly as an architect and principal management consultant, I must continue to be a Subject Matter Expert in several areas: Enterprise Architecture.
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
JKevinParker
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Background I have walked simultaneously in the worlds of Windows and Unix/Linux/Apple OS X for years. In *nix, I prefer BASH (GNU Bourne-Again SHell) for administration. However, until PowerShell, Windows had nothing that could really compare to Bash. Microsoft had shells: first the COMMAND.COM in MS-DOS/Windows 9x and cmd.exe in Windows NT, then Windows Script Host introduced with Windows 98.
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
On November 13-15, 2012, delegates at the IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress in Brussels were given insight into how discussions with key policymakers are progressing. As European Parliament rapporteur and Member of the European Parliament Jan Philipp Albrecht aims to finalize the reform of the EU Data Protection Directive by the end of the current European Parliament’s mandate in 2014, this ambitious goal faces numerous hurdles.
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