Sat.Jul 27, 2013 - Fri.Aug 02, 2013

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An Afternoon at the Media Lab: Where The Lines Between Physical and Digital Are Permeable

John Battelle's Searchblog

'The post An Afternoon at the Media Lab: Where The Lines Between Physical and Digital Are Permeable appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Yesterday I took my son to the MIT Media Lab, hallowed ground for me, as reading Stewart Brand’s 1988 “ The Media Lab ” propelled me toward helping to create Wired magazine, where I edited the founding Director of the Lab, Nicholas Negroponte , for five years (he wrote the back column of the magazine).

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Leonardi & Treem: Understanding the barriers to success and benefits of enterprise social software

ChiefTech

'I just discovered some work by Paul Leonardi, a professor of communication at Northwestern University with an appointment at the Kellogg School in the US, who has been researching what he calls ''Enterprise Social Media'' (ESM). Investigating the implementation of a enterprise social network , called A-Life, at a credit card company, he found that after six months those who had used the enterprise social networking site had: improved their ability to find information by 31%. improved their abil

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Office 365 Known Issues

JKevinParker

Microsoft maintains a "Known Issues" page for Office 365, including SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and Lync Online. Check it for your current issues: Office 365 Known Issues.

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North Dakota Amends Breach Notification Law to Cover Health Information

Hunton Privacy

On April 19, 2013, the North Dakota legislature amended the state’s breach notification law (Section 51-30-01 of the North Dakota Century Code) to expand the definition of “personal information” to include “health insurance information” and “medical information.” Pursuant to the amended breach law, “health insurance information” is defined to mean an “individual’s health insurance policy number or subscriber identification number and any unique identifier used by a health insurer to identify the

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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Liquid Markets Win: On Boats, Planes and Automobiles

John Battelle's Searchblog

'The post Liquid Markets Win: On Boats, Planes and Automobiles appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. One of the key themes in our upcoming book has to do with the interaction of information and the physical world – in particular, how all things physical become “liquid” when activated by just the right information. But when you’re writing (and thinking out loud) about this topic, it’s easy to fall into an academic cadence, because information theory is

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Using Powershell to Fix Regional Settings in Exchange Online for Office 365

JKevinParker

After transitioning our company to Office 365, I noticed some meetings being scheduled showing some users had their time zone set to "(UTC) Monrovia, Reykjavik". Users are prompted to choose their time zone when first logging in to Office 365 Outlook Web App, so there is a way to fix this. The problem is that not all users chose to do that. To fix this in bulk, use PowerShell.

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FTC Issues Updated COPPA FAQs

Hunton Privacy

On July 26, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission announced updates to its frequently asked questions regarding the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”). The updated FAQs, which have replaced the June 2013 version on the FTC’s Business Center website, provide additional information in the sections addressing websites and online services directed to children and disclosure of information to third parties.

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Coffee morning in Melbourne on Tue 6th August

ChiefTech

'I''m going to be in Melbourne for a few days next week and thought it would be good to organise a coffee morning. We''ll be talking about everything from social intranets and knowledge management to government 2.0 and social innovation. Come along to chat and catch up. When : Tuesday 6th August, 8am to 9.30am. Where : Jasper Kitchen at the Jasper Hotel , 489 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000.

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Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Enacts New Privacy Regulations for the Telecommunications Sector

Hunton Privacy

On July 16, 2013, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (the “MIIT”) issued a new rule entitled Provisions on the Registration of Real Identity Information of Telephone Users (the “Provisions”), which will take effect on September 1, 2013. The Provisions were issued pursuant to the Resolution of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Relating to Strengthening the Protection of Information on the Internet (the “Resolution”) and the

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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.

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NTIA Multi-Stakeholder Process Yields Mobile App Transparency Code of Conduct

Hunton Privacy

On July 25, 2013, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced the release of the Short Form Notice Code of Conduct to Promote Transparency in Mobile App Practices , which was developed through the Privacy Multistakeholder Process: Mobile Application Transparency convened by the Department of Commerce.