Vivek Kundra, the first CIO of the U.S. federal government, is leaving after two and a half years to take a fellowship at Harvard. Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/7G1WF3DsByM/vivek-kundra-the-first-cio-of-the-us-federal-government-is-leaving-after-two-and-a-half-years-to-take-a-fellowsh-2011-6
Daily Archives: June 17, 2011
SAICAST: What Took Facebook So Long To Make An iPad App? (RIMM)
See Also: Use These iPad Apps To Fight Evil, Read Comic Books THE APPLE INVESTOR: App Revenue To Exceed Music In Next Three Years RIM Guidance Terrible, Layoffs Ahead, Shares Tank SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON ITUNES HERE Research In Motion hit rock bottom after reporting devastating earnings and announcing layoffs ahead yesterday. Jay...
Turntable.fm and SoundCloud ushering in new era of social music
Is 2011 the year of online music? It sure seems that way. From the introduction of iCloud and cloud music offerings from Amazon and Google to Spotify’s rapid growth in Europe to this week’s public offering by Pandora , digital music has never seemed more interesting. Or more social. As Om wrote in his post earlier...
Photogram: A Simple, Fun Photo-Sharing App for iPhone
Above: Sample Photogram Even though there are social networking sharing mechanisms built in to give the app a more universal appeal, the app’s target demographic is, to be sure, parents. Like me. And especially parents who need to share iPhone photos with their kids’ grandparents, and everyone else who “doesn’t have a Facebook yet.”...
In Saudi Arabia Today, A Lady Went for a Drive in a Car
There is no law against women driving in Saudi Arabia. That doesn’t keep women who drive from being arrested, though, as the case of Manal Al-Sharif proves. Instead of laws, the kingdom’s women are forbidden from driving due to fatwas, or religious opinions, rendered by ultra-conservative clerics of the influential Wahhabi sect. Today, those...
The final piece of Zynga’s Z Cloud revealed
Zynga has been releasing details about its innovative hybrid cloud deployment –called Z Cloud — over the past year, and it has finally revealed the final piece of the puzzle. Namely, that the private cloud component of its infrastructure was built using Cloud.com’s CloudStack software. Anyone interested in replicating Zynga’s cloud success now has...
The importance of transparency in collaboration
Transparency is something we want from our collaborators, know has value, but often lag about providing ourselves. Don’t you generally like to know what’s going on in your work collaborations? I know my students do. In experiential exercises we do as part of class, term after term, my working professional MBA students (they come...
10 Secrets To Pitching Reporters When No One Knows Who The Heck You Are
See Also: The 25 Hot New York City Startups You Need To Watch 26 Shockingly Offensive Vintage Ads That Would Never Fly Today ANTHONY WEINER, TAKE NOTE: 10 Celebrities Who Came Back From Total PR Ruin To Kick Ass Again For startups, getting press is key to survival. You could have the best team...
Salesforce.com’s Chief Scientist on Why Gamification is the Future of Work
Visit the Qwest resource center for relevant briefs and reports to help you better manage your enterprise. Learn how security threats can be mitigated by implementing layers of control in this brief from Qwest: Five Network Security Threats and How to Protect Your Business Game mechanics have found their way into many aspects of...
INSTANT MBA: People Are More Willing To Buy From You When They’re Scared
Image: Joe Pulizzi See Also: INSTANT MBA: Legacy Is A Stupid Thing INSTANT MBA: Look For People With Uncommon Sense, Not MBA’s INSTANT MBA: The Key to Motivating Employees? Stop Trying Today’s advice comes from SocialTract CEO Joe Pulizzi’s interview with Rick Liebling: “We all now have the ability to create content. We have...