Description: Hate waiting for delivery of your online purchases? Well now there’s Zipments.ca, who cater to your delivery with personalized couriers. Source: Techvibes Date: February 7, 2014 Admit it, our busy schedules stop us from getting stuff done (I know—the irony!). The solution: We share resources and help each other. Vancouver-based Zipments.ca is making it happen with a selected group… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Personalization
A Room with a SKU: SuiteQ Lets You Design a Room and Buy the Contents
Description: A new app, SuiteQ allows you to set up a room with furniture to your liking – and then buy the products. Source: Techvibes Date: January 24, 2014 Every so often, I see start-up companies rehashing an idea that’s been done to death many, many times before, either because they haven’t done their market… Read more »
Hello Biometrics, Goodbye Passwords?
Description: Researchers at Purdue University say it’s coming soon: Biometrics – identification by human traits – is leading the way forward, making it possible to log in with a simple scan of your iris or fingerprint. Source: Globe&Mail Date: December 5, 2013 Your personal features are about to become the highest level security method against anything worth… Read more »
Wibidata Machine Learning Platform Offers Capabilities Comparable To Amazon.com And Google
Description: Wibidata, the application builder, has launched a new platform that will add a personal touch for users. Users will gain access to relevant search results and personalized content similar to Google. Source: Tech Crunch Date: November 29, 2013 Wibidata, a big data application provider, has a new platform for building real-time apps that shows the increasing accessibility… Read more »
Understanding Unicorn: A dive into Facebook’s Graph Search
Description: An inside look at the details of Facebook Graph Search, the new search tool that allows Facebook users to search people, places, and things and the connections between them more easily. Source: CNet Date: February 21st, 2013 MENLO PARK, Calif.–On the surface, Facebook’s new Graph Search is touted as a new method to enable more connections… Read more »
How To Specialize Yourself Right Out Of A Job
Description: For decades, experts and specialists have been highly valued and sought after. However, these specialist rely on niche funding whereas generalists are widely employable. It appears that in the midst of an economic recession the jack-of-all-trades may find the most success. Source: fastcompany.com Date: August 29th, 2012 For the past several decades, the specialist… Read more »
How a Pile of Student Debt Inspired a Venture-Backed Startup
Description: Under the staggering debt of post-secondary loans, Rob Ebrahimi saw an opportunity to create a repayment recommendation tool that could help solve debt issues across America. In a sector where scammers and dishonest debt-management services can take advantage of uneducated consumers, ReadyForZero is empowering users to take control of their debt in a simple and… Read more »
Uncle Sam is Watching your tweets
Description: Be mindful of your social media postings, Homeland security is watching. CNN’s Lizzy O’Leary reports. Source: cnn.com Date: Feb 16, 2012 Questions for discussion: Do you feel this is an invasion of privacy? Why or Why not?
How Companies Learn Your Secrets
Description: Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question: “If we wanted to figure out if a customer is pregnant, even if she didn’t want us to know, can you do that? ” Source:… Read more »
What the Internet in Hiding From You
Description: Randi Kaye talks to Eli Pariser about why he says web personalization could have dangerous consequences Source: CNN .com Date: Nov 1, 2011 Questions for discussion: Is collaborative filtering a positive feature for consumers? explain 2. List 3 positive and 3 negative consequences of information filtering.
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Introduction to Information Systems, 3rd Canadian Binder Ready Version Update Edition
R. Kelly Rainer, Casey G. Cegielski, Ingrid Splettstoesser-Hogeterp, Cristobal Sanchez-Rodriguez
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August 2015, © 2016
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