John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 19, 2013

'The post Yahoo! And Tumblr: It’s About Display, Streams & Native at Scale appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. The world is atwitter about Tumblr’s big exit to Yahoo!, and from what I can tell it seems this one is going to really happen (ATD is covering it well). There are plenty of smart and appropriate takes on why this move makes sense (see GigaOm ) but I think a lot of it boils down to the trends driving Yahoo’s massive display business.

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ChiefTech

MAY 23, 2013

'Yesterday I attended day 1 of SAP SuccessFactor''s SuccessConnect conference in Sydney. I was there to learn more about SAP''s roadmap for its enterprise social software offering (SAP Jam) and also to see how well it currently extends into the broader SAP''s HR technology ecosystem. One of the pleasant surprises of the day was seeing the latest mobile app from SuccessFactors, which integrates JAM and other applications from their suite: I have to admit this app really raises the bar in terms of

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 24, 2013

On May 23, 2013, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”) issued a position paper (the “Paper”) proposing revisions to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) to better align PIPEDA with the risks facing a modern information economy. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart addressed the release of the Paper in her remarks at the IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium, stating that “[i]t is increasingly clear that the law is not up to the task o

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ChiefTech

MAY 21, 2013

'Interesting series of posts from Jane McConnell about the perspective of HR on the digital workplace (aka intranets, enterprise social software, etc). The first two posts (with another to come) ask: Is HR the missing player we are waiting for in the digital workplace? Why is HR late for social collaboration? Firstly, despite the low representation in Jane''s survey data I think the findings are reasonably representative of the HR view-point: HR says the Digital Workplace''s primary purpose is t

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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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Hunton Privacy

MAY 24, 2013

On May 20, 2013, the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate issued its Annual Report 2012 (the “Report,” summary available in English ). The number of inquiries, complaints and supervision proceedings have remained the same over the last few years. The main topics of complaints include employment relations, CCTV, electronic direct marketing and social media.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 22, 2013

On May 9, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a declaratory ruling clarifying the liability of a seller for violations of the Telemarketing Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) made by third-party telemarketers and others who place calls to market the seller’s products or services. Among its provisions, the TCPA makes it unlawful to “initiate any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice without the prior express consent of the

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 21, 2013

Lisa J. Sotto , head of Hunton & Williams LLP’s Privacy and Data Security practice and managing partner of the New York office, was recently re-appointed as Chair of the Department of Homeland Security’s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (“DPIAC”). Sotto was first appointed Chair of DPIAC in 2012 for a one-year term. This most recent tenure will expire in April 2014.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 21, 2013

On May 20, 2013, the Irish Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (“ODPC”) published its annual report for 2012 (the “Report”). The Report summarizes the activities of the ODPC during 2012, including its investigations and audits, policy matters, and European and international activities. Key themes of the Report include: data sharing in the public sector; additional staffing and resources of the ODPC; complaints from individuals, in particular in relation to data subject access rights and d

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 20, 2013

On May 16, 2013, UK Trade & Investment (“UKTI”), a UK government department working with businesses based in the UK to ensure their success in international markets, published the first export strategy paper (the “Paper”) on the UK’s approach to the $100 billion annual cybersecurity export market. In November 2011, the UK’s Cyber Security Strategy was published.

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