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More than 300,000 people have signed up to the University of Edinburgh's free massive open online courses (Moocs) since they were first announced in July 2012, it has been revealed. For every student physically studying in Edinburgh, there are now ten online learners, a statement from the university says.
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dramatic shifts in the media and entertainment industry including the way content is produced, shared and monetized.
The man behind the popular app discovery service says he'll spend $13 million in recent funding to personalize app recommendations and get to 100 million users.
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We live in an era of "digital Darwinism," a time when technology and society are evolving faster than the ability of many organizations to adapt. It is for this reason (along with a myriad
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As ubiquitous as Amazon is in some people's lives, it's still just a tiny fraction of the world's retail sales. Heck, it's still a tiny fraction of e-commerce. This chart from Morgan Stanley puts into context the huge opportunity for Amazon to take more share away from traditional retailers. It's just getting started.
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This updated version of the Mobile Retailing Blueprint is a product of the NRF Mobile Retail Initiative. The mission of the Initiative is to be a catalyst for mobile-inspired innovation that enhances the retail shopping experience and improves internal business processes. This retailer-led initiative will guide and direct the industry in the dissemination of mobile-related best practices and the development of standards and documentation for the purpose of maximizing benefits and minimizing implementation expense, ongoing maintenance, and fees.
Creating this document involved retailers, vendors, analysts, and standards organizations. The Blueprintrelates the shared experiences of retailers and vendors who have experimented with mobile applications, leverages their experience, and tailors it to retail.
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Have what it takes to be a Glass Explorer? Tell us what you would do if you had Glass #ifihadglass
"How do you survive and thrive in this fiercely competitive economy? You need a whole new entrepreneurial mindset and skill set. Drawing on the best of Silicon Valley, The Start-Up of You helps you accelerate your career and take control of your future–no matter your profession."
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Since the debut of the iPad, a significant shift has occurred. For the first time, executives not only bought this new device, they bought into it. They became true believers.
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Best Buy ruled retail until it was knocked sideways by the Internet. Can it make a comeback, or is the big-box era officially over?
But Best Buy faced an even more fundamental challenge: The entire big-box retail industry appeared to be dying...
The mobile Internet posed an even larger problem for big boxes. Showrooming was a potentially existential challenge—customers coming into the store to get hands-on experience with a product, then whipping out their smartphone to purchase it from Amazon at a lower price...
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Boards are starting to guide management by asking the right questions about technology.
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Oshyn's WCM Implementation Guide takes you through the process of implementing a new CMS. Drawing on years of experience, Oshyn's team covers what you'll need to do before you start your implementation, what activities are usually left out of the design phase that require special attention, and how to handle the development. The content is great for those new to an implementation or those who have gone through it before but have experienced issues, as it covers the basics and more.
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The frosted-glass doors on the 11th floor of Google’s NYC headquarters part and a woman steps forward to greet me. This is an otherwise normal specimen of humanity. Normal height, slender build;...
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Last year analyst Forrester issued a report describing wearable computing as "the new platform war". Tech analyst Juniper Research estimates that wearable computing will generate $800m (£500m) in revenue this year and $1.5bn in 2014. Annual unit sales of wearable computers will rise from 15m this year to 70m by 2017.
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With this new QR code placement, Estée Lauder knows that this will be useful to their target audience, but is not necessary to get the message of the print ad. “Given the high-end nature of the brand, a good deal of Estée Lauder customers and prospected have smartphones,” Mr. Hasen said. “What I especially like is that Estée Lauder provided enough printed information for the reader who does not have a scanner, the right phone or interest in a QR code,” he said. “The QR code is added value.”
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In the course of that work I have learned that the typical RFP-driven vendor selection process produces poor results. Clients find the technology or services are not what they expected, vendors are frustrated, and projects are delayed and costly. We have all been there.
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Technology is tricky stuff. We respond emotionally to it.
...So we end up with the evaluation spreadsheet. Each row lists some feature or sub-feature that someone has determined the technology must have. These features are all weighted according to their importance.
The columns then reflect all the options. Fill each cell with a number assessing how well this option delivers this feature, and you calculate a score for each option. Select the one with the highest weighted score, and you have the best technology for your needs.
Problem is, this rarely works.
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Apple's retail stores makes more than $6,000 per square foot, more than twice that of the next most productive retailer.
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Working off an advance copy of the report, The New York Times followed the trail to buildings in Shanghai believed to house the unit. When the Times encountered persistent attacks from Chinese hackers last year, it worked with Mandiant to monitor and block the intrusions.
While Chinese officials have dismissed the claims of state-sponsored hacking as “groundless”, numerous media organizations, including Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, and companies have come forward to state that they faced similar attacks.
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Software is becoming critical for almost every company’s performance. Executives should ask what they can learn from business models employed by software providers themselves—and consider the implications for their IT function. 4 Key ideas: 1) Products -> Platforms, 2) Accelerate revenues by creating new business models, 3) Accelerate cycle time by co-creating with customers (and members of your eco-system) and 4) Rigid, bureaucratic and slow -> Agile organisations
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In tech, agile development means releasing iterative and incremental versions of a software product or website, getting input from your customer about that version, learning from that input, and then repeating the process until you reach an improved finished state. More simply put, it is about “Build…measure…learn.”
So could this approach be applied to writing and publishing a book? Can you build a community around an author creating a book? Would it make a better book, a faster process? How would it work?
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At our symposia in Barcelona, Orlando and Gold Coast – I presented my maverick research called “Stop Hiring People; Start Hiring Clusters”. The core idea behind it is that companies should hire pre-formed teams who have learned to work together and have their own tools and work practices, but to hire that team as a permanent asset of the company. This is different to teams of consultants, in that the team is a permanent part of the company. It is different to conventional employment, in that the company doesn’t have a relationship with the individuals in the team, only with the cluster – based on outcomes. The cluster is entirely self-managing – in the extreme case hiring and firing its own members and apportioning remuneration amongst its members, without the knowledge of the company.
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Critics are worried streaming runway shows will change the entire fashion system, from production to sales.
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It compares Barack Obama's online display ads to Mitt Romney's display ads. The gap between the two is stunning. We're not going to say anything about the correlation between online spending and winning an election, we just can't believe the gap between the two candidates.
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Skeptics abound, but the high-tech approach to consumer data seems to pay off.
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Can MOOCs and OER (open educational resources) represent a strategic marketing opportunity for educational institutions?
David Cormier writes about it: "According to the Times Higher article from yesterday, The University of Edinburgh got 300,000 students for its Coursera courses.
The article magically sets out what I have always thought was the most likely business model for MOOCs – the loss leader.
In 220 words they lay out their reasoning… they currently have 2000 online students. They want to have 10000 students. One can imagine that they hope that of the 300K 8000 students not currently registered for ‘for pay’ courses at the institution will decide to pay money to have a longer relationship with their institution."
From the original article by David Cormier: "...your ability to market online courses could increasingly be a question of whether you have the kind of faculty that people want to take a course with.
If i’m looking to learn something about connectivism, and I see George’s name on half the things that are written about them, I’m going to be tempted to take the connectivism course with george at Athabasca.
If he’d published all those things in closed journals, it seems less likely that they would get found..."
Interesting. Insightful. 8/10
Full article: http://www.xedbook.com/?p=120
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