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Google watching who’s searching for flu information

Sunday, November 16, 2008 21:02 No Comments

Google announced the launch of  flu tracker; a program which keeps tabs on who is searching for flu-related information and displays the level of nationwide activity on a map.   Is this creepy “big brother” stuff, or a useful tool for the CDC? 
Google has created a Predict and Prevent initiative which “supports efforts to identify hotspots where [...]

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eBusiness is Obsolete

Monday, October 20, 2008 9:55 No Comments

No, not the ability to do business on the web.  The term “eBusiness” is now redundant.  All businesses are essentially eBusinesses these days.  And it doesn’t even require a website.
IBM  has been the industry leader in eBusiness, and defined the term as the “transformation of a major business process using internet technologies.”   We’ve all seen the [...]

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