John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 5, 2012
The post Locked and Bloated appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. ( image Vator News ) Companies get big. Companies gain market dominance. Companies slowly pivot from their original values. Companies justify those shifts with nods to shareholder value, or consistent user experience, or inconsistent implementations of their platforms by (former) partners.
Collaboration 2.0
DECEMBER 5, 2012
Mary Meeker's slide vividly depicts the relentless march of mobile OS into the heart of desktop QWERTY keyboard land.
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JKevinParker
DECEMBER 1, 2012
[ Update: I got my discs faster than I thought. ]. I love Apple products. I am not a zealot like some, as I am a Microsoft SharePoint Architect and I often have projects going on Linux or BSD Unix as well. But since MacBook Pros started shipping with dual core Intel processors, I have really enjoyed the powerful, elegant, and almost hassle-free computing environment.
ChiefTech
DECEMBER 5, 2012
Some new Australian case studies from across the Microsoft family: Woods Bagot - Microsoft SharePoint 2013 pilot. NSC Group - Using a free Yammer network. (if the article is paywalled, try this link (PDF) provided by NSC Group). A quote from Woods Bagot: “With the addition of the new social features, we can use SharePoint to help us quickly achieve a more engaging intranet.”.
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.
John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 1, 2012
The post One Less iPhone Purchased: Day One With The Nexus appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. I finally did it – I slipped the sim from my failing iPhone 4 into a shiny new Google Nexus last night. And damn, the thing just worked. And it’s So. Much. Better. But… there are things I wish it had. I figure I’ll take notes here, so folks can both learn from my experience, as well as tell me what an idiot I am help me out.
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Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 7, 2012
On November 23, 2012, the German Federal Council ( Bundesrat or the “Council”) published its comments on the European Commission’s strategy on cloud computing and also submitted them to the Commission. The Council considers that the strategy in its current form does not deal adequately with several issues unique to cloud computing. These issues include: A lack of clear certification requirements and enforcement mechanisms in the draft General Data Protection Regulation (even though certification
Interactive Information Management
DECEMBER 4, 2012
Selling Federal Enterprise Architecture A taxonomy of subject areas, from which to develop a prioritized marketing and communications plan to evangelize EA activities within and among US Federal Government organizations and constituents. Any and all feedback is appreciated, particularly in developing and extending this discussion as a tool for use – more information and details are also available.
John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 6, 2012
The post Another Thoughtful Personal Essay: Fragile appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. You know that phenomenon that happens – right after you first notice a pattern, you then start seeing it everywhere? Well, here’s another wonderful personal essay, again by a young(er) author (Nathan Kontny) involved in the tech world, this time about losing a friend with whom he worked.
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 7, 2012
On December 6, 2012, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) for violations of the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”). The suit, which the Attorney General filed in the San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that Delta failed to conspicuously post a privacy policy within Delta’s “Fly Delta” mobile application to inform users of what personally identifiable information is collected and how it is being used by the co
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Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 6, 2012
On December 5, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the online advertising company Epic Marketplace, Inc. (“Epic”) agreed to settle charges that it engaged in “history sniffing” to secretly and illegally collect information about consumers’ interest in sensitive medical and financial issues. History sniffing is the practice of determining whether a consumer has previously visited a webpage by checking how a browser displays a hyperlink.
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 6, 2012
The Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives Blog examines issues related to professional use of social media: who owns social media accounts, contacts and valuable consumer data when an employee resigns? Read the full blog entry.
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 4, 2012
On November 30, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission announced the issuance of an interim final rule (“Interim Final Rule”) that makes the definition of “creditor” in the FTC’s Identity Theft Red Flags Rule (“Red Flags Rule”) consistent with the definition contained in the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010. The Red Flags Rule, which was initially promulgated in 2007, requires “financial institutions” and “creditors” to develop identity theft prevention programs that detect potential “red
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 4, 2012
On November 20, 2012, the European Network and Information Security Agency (“ENISA”) published a new report entitled “ The Right to Be Forgotten – Between Expectations and Practice.” The report complements two earlier papers which focused on data collection and storage and online behavioral advertising , and focuses on the technical implications of the proposed General Data Protection Regulation’s new right to be forgotten.
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Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 4, 2012
On November 21, 2012, the UK Committee of Advertising Practice (“CAP”) released new rules on online behavioral advertising (“OBA”). CAP is the UK body which writes and maintains the UK advertising codes, which are administered and enforced by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”). The New CAP Rules. The new OBA rules (contained in Appendix 3 of the CAP Code) contain four new requirements for marketers and third parties engaging in OBA.
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 3, 2012
On November 29, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a declaratory ruling finding that certain text messages businesses send to confirm a consumer’s request to opt out of text message programs do not violate a federal prohibition on sending text messages without prior express consent. This prohibition has spawned class actions against companies that have followed the provisions in the Mobile Marketing Association’s U.S.
John Battelle's Searchblog
DECEMBER 4, 2012
The post Writing Every So Often: The Personal Essay Makes A Comeback appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Browsing Hacker News, which I’ll admit I don’t read very closely (because, well, I’m not a hacker), I saw an interesting headline: I quit Twitter for a month and it changed my thinking about mostly everything. Well, that’s going to get my attention.
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