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Google is Monitoring Your Social Distancing
Since all news seems to be COVID-19 focused, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Google is on the job. This interesting news came to us from CNBC in their article, “New Google site shows where people in a community are taking social distancing seriously — and where they’re not.” Google launched a new website that uses…
Read MoreData and Strategy are Partners
Data analytics continues to prove their worth when it comes to strategic business planning. This information came to us from Food Business News in their article, “PepsiCo getting closer to the consumer with data analytics.” One food giant is investing in its data analytics capabilities to stay ahead of the evolving consumer marketplace. When it…
Read MoreMice Expressions and AI?
You might want to file this in the “what the…” folder. Artificial intelligence (AI) is used for a myriad projects and applications, but this just might be the strangest thing I have seen yet. Nature brought this news to us in their article, “Artificial intelligence decodes the facial expressions of mice.” Researchers are using a…
Read MoreLibraries are Giving Open Lending
All emergency response should involve books. This interesting topic came to us from Publisher’s Lunch in their article, “Internet Archive Grants Itself Emergency Copyright Powers for Uncontrolled Digital Lending.” This week the Internet Archive opened the National Emergency Library—a digital collection of 1.4 million books that anyone, anywhere in the world, can check out for…
Read MoreAnalytics to the Rescue
Predictive analytics is the use of data, statistical algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data. The goal is to go beyond knowing what has happened to providing a best assessment of what will happen in the future. Business 2 Community brought this topic to our attention in their…
Read MoreNew Wave of Data Breaches
Data breach takes on an entirely new meaning when it comes to the democracy of American elections. The New York Times brought us this news in their article, “Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump.“ Intelligence officials has warned House lawmakers that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign with the end…
Read MoreSocial Media Under Scrutiny
Recently, Facebook published a whitepaper addressing the need for standardized content regulation. This interesting topic came to us from Social Media Today in their article, “Facebook Publishes New Whitepaper on Standardized Online Content Regulation.” After the Cambridge Analytica scandal and various other issues, media giants (Facebook among them) had increased their spending on lobbyists in order to…
Read MoreChallenging Times for Marketing
Ready to launch your next marketing campaign and a pandemic starts spreading across the globe. Not the best of circumstances, but never fear. The Scholarly Kitchen brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Marketing Amidst a Pandemic.” Marketing is vital even in this unprecedented time we are living in. The approach shouldn’t change…
Read MoreTaxonomy of the K-9 Persuasion
If you are a frequent reader of this blog you know I like unique taxonomies. You also should know that I love dogs. So this particular taxonomy is right up my alley. The Ringer brought us this unique taxonomy in their article, “A Taxonomy of Movie Dogs.” There are many types of dogs and many…
Read MoreDigitization and Data
Digitization is necessary if an organization wants to move to the next level of production and efficiency. Manual processes need to be converted into digital workflows and move them into the cloud. CDO Trends brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Rebooting Data Management for the Digital Era.” Digitization helps your business grow at…
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