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Daniel Newman

Why Facebook Knows Us Better Than We Know Ourselves

I saw the movie Her not too long ago and it left an impression. The whole idea of Joaquin Phoenix falling in love with his computer’s operating system, which turns out to be “someone” who understands him better than anyone else, makes me wonder if we are headed towards a similar future? While the movie…


Jan Gordon

Watson & Twitter: A Marriage Made in Tech-Heaven?

In a successful marriage, each partner complements the other. Recently, the hi-tech world was abuzz with the news that Watson, IBM’s AI supercomputer, was hooking up with the social media darling Twitter. Some see the pair as a match made in cyber-heaven, which will benefit marketers and small to medium-sized businesses.   But is the much…