5 Things About The Big Data Economy that Managers Should Know


At the turn of the 20th century, most people lived as they had in the middle ages.  Almost half of the US population was employed in agriculture.  Life expectancy was less than 50 years....

Intuit Super Bowl 2014 Ad is the Best


With over 100 million salivating Super Bowl viewers on deck, it no longer shocks me that companies will pay $4 million for a spot. I also acquiesced to the notion that this event is not a football...

Display Ads are as Compelling As TV Spots


In the lobby of Google’s Building 900 at its Mountain View headquarters, there’s a display of Google-colored squares and rectangles that looks like a bland abstract-art piece. It turns out these are...

Super Bowl 2014 Ads: Predicted Winners And Losers


This article is by Jeri Smith, president...

Twin Toilets in a Stall at Sochi Olympics 2014


A BBC correspondent tweeted a photo of a men’s stall with two commodes side by side in Russia’s Sochi Olympics Biathlon Center. This obvious foolishness prompted the opposition leader to question...

Government Panel urges To End Phone Data Spying


Government oversight panel urges end to phone data spying, records purge WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided government task force that reviewed the National Security Agency's surveillance program...

Who’s Paying For the Free Airport Wi-Fi?


With banks of blinking slot machines situated just past the security check, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas will never be a “normal” airport. But the tourism and convention money that...