Posts By: Jim Clark

Credit Card Companies Woo Programmers

Posted by & filed under Apple, Ecommerce, M-commerce.

Description: Now the big credit card networks, looking for ways to increase their presence in mobile and online, are replicating that model. In the past year, Visa (V), MasterCard (MA), and American Express (AXP) have spent nearly $3 billion to buy Net-based payment processors. Source: BusinessWeek.com Date: Nov 18, 2010 Want to skip the line… Read more »

Worm Was Perfect for Sabotaging Centrifuges

Posted by & filed under cyber terroism, cyber war, Security.

Description: Experts dissecting the computer worm suspected of being aimed at Iran’s nuclear program have determined that it was precisely calibrated in a way that could send nuclear centrifuges wildly out of control. Source: The New York Times Date: Nov 18, 2010 Their conclusion, while not definitive, begins to clear some of the fog around the Stuxnet… Read more »

When the Assembly Line Moves Online

Posted by & filed under Cloud Computing, M-commerce, outsourcing, Supply Chain Management, System development.

Description: DO one assigned task on your computer. It shouldn’t take you more than two seconds. Repeat 14,399 times. Congratulations! Your eight-hour work day is complete. Source: NYT.com Date: Oct. 30, 2010 No such workplace yet exists, but with the fiendishly clever creation of standardized two-second tasks, delivered to any computer connected to the Internet,… Read more »

The Google-Apple-Facebook Battle

Posted by & filed under Apple, FaceBook, Google.

Description: The battle for total world domination has moved well beyond the computer operating system, and even beyond the computer. The biggest contenders at the moment are Google ), Facebook and Apple. Source: Forbes.com Date: Nov 8, 2010 In the mid 1990s, when Microsoft seemed invincible, company leaders hung posters inside their offices with the letters “TWD” boldly emblazoned… Read more »

Labor board: Facebook vent against supervisor not grounds for firing

Posted by & filed under Human Resources, IS ethics, Social Media.

Description: The  National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against a Connecticut company for firing an employee after she posted critical, derogatory comments about her supervisor on Facebook. Source: CNN.com Date: Nov 10, 2010 The labor relations board argues that workers’ criticism of their bosses on social networking sites like Facebook is generally “a… Read more »

Amazon.com Said to Be Near Agreement to Buy Diapers.com Owner

Posted by & filed under Ecommerce, M-commerce, revenue model, Supply Chain Management.

Description: Quidsi, which expects to ship 500 million diapers this year, will help Amazon cater to new parents and gain expertise in warehouse management and low-cost shipping. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Nov 8, 2010 The company profits from diaper-buying customers who also purchase higher-margin products such as brand-name baby shampoo, wipes and formula.  Amazon is looking… Read more »