In this episode, Byron and Jared talk about rights for machines, empathy, ethics, singularity, designing AI experiences, transparency, and a return to…
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Research
Four Questions For: David Brin
What are the key revolutionary developments that are about to happen or that are happening in artificial intelligence? Portions of the intelligencia…
Read MoreSharing the map of the future
I am attending IBM’s Connect conference in Orlando, and there’s some really interesting development work being demoed here, in particular a new…
Read MoreGoogle reports 68% jump in government takedown requests
A US government agency is yanking apps from Google Play -- that's just one finding from Google's latest Transparency Report.…
Read MoreThe crisis for government data in a 21st century shutdown
U.S. society depends on open government data. When the government shuts down, that data is at risk, and so are the citizens who rely on it. The Obama administration needs to take action action to restore faith in government data as a civic resource and platform for business.…
Read MoreAcxiom’s data disclosure: transparent .. or just tricky?
A data broker tried to show us what it knows about our lives -- but the transparency ploy quickly fell flat with both consumers and privacy advocates. That doesn't mean it shouldn't get points for effort.…
Read MoreThe Kickstarter Principle: Crowdfunding doesn’t work without transparency and trust
The inspiring story of a young girl who wanted to build a video game, and raised more than $20,000 on Kickstarter to do so, quickly turned sour after her mother turned out to be a successful entrepreneur.…
Read MoreNYT public editor: Sometimes transparency triumphs over objectivity
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan says in some cases transparency by journalists can trump the principle of objectivity, although she still argues that reporters should refrain from expressing opinions. Unfortunately for the Times, that horse has already left the barn.…
Read MoreIn health care, price transparency alone isn’t enough
As startups and consumer advocates push for more transparency in health care pricing, a study in the Journal of Consumer Research looks at how the price of medication can influence consumers' perceived health risk.…
Read MorePrivacy to porno: What censorship means around the world [map]
We mapped Google's transparency data to see which countries want online content removed and why. It turns out that censorship is in the eye of the beholder.…
Read MoreGlassmap’s founders get clear about online privacy
Software services and applications are becoming increasingly intertwined with users’ lives, and this connection is leading to greater privacy concerns. Geoffrey Woo and Jon Zhang of Glassmap say there are four things that really matter: real-time adaptiveness, transparency, the right amount of privacy, and user-service symmetry.…
Read MoreDispatches from Cloud Connect 2012: AWS under attack
Amazon, the market leader, plays at the infrastructure level. But there was a lot of talk at Cloud Connect about Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings, where cloud folks think the real action will ultimately lie. The company will soon have to address these shifts as well as trends on the enterprise side around security, control and transparency that are pushing many organizations toward the private cloud.…
Read MoreIt’s time to admit that journalists are human beings
In the wake of the sanctioning of a public-radio host for being involved in an Occupy Wall Street protest, former Slate media critic Jack Shafer says that media outlets should stop trying to force their journalists to pretend that they are soul-less robots without opinions.…
Read MoreWrike speeds up its social project management software
Wrike's new release adds increased flexibility and speed to the project management software, which is designed to allow companies to crowdsource project management by taking advantage of the "work graph."…
Read MoreFor startups transparency is transformative
Startup founders and company leaders are the ones who define its culture. By being open and transparent, they build a company with a healthy and a positive outlook. On the flip side, culture of fear and hiding erodes trust and proves to be counterproductive.…
Read MoreThe importance of transparency in collaboration
Transparency is something we want from our collaborators, know has value, but often lag about providing ourselves. While studies show transparency nearly always results in better outcomes, people often withhold information because they feel it would take too much time or are uncomfortable sharing it.…
Read MoreNew York City Sees Its Future as a Data Platform
New York City's new Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne said New York City is trying to turn the city's government into a platform that enables developers and individuals to take data about life in the metropolis and use it to create apps, services and other resources.…
Read MoreClarizen: Add a Little Transparency to Your Projects
Are you willing to show everyone just how your projects are going? One of the features of Clarizen's project management software is the Roadmap Widget, which is meant to be published on your website, offering some transparency into the project management process.…
Read MoreWhen It Comes to Open Data, Is Transparency Enough?
The push to free up more public information and make government more transparent is one of the primary goals of the "Government 2.0" movement. But sociologist Danah Boyd warned attendees at the recent Gov 2.0 conference that there is a downside to all this new transparency.…
Read MoreAre You an Influencer?
Aaron Brazell, aka @technosailor and founder and lead editor of Technosailor.com, when he spoke at Izeafest 2009, shared his thoughts on what…
Read MoreTransparency, Tools and Tech Companies
I'm the first to admit it: When it comes to the intersection of green and IT, I'm often a little fixated on "smart technologies" that can help squeeze inefficiency out of our systems, whether we're talking smart grid, smart appliances (coming by 2015!), virtualization and cloud computing, demand response or even smart trash. But this week, I started thinking about another role that IT plays in developing sustainable businesses — facilitating transparency.…
Read MoreApp Store Roundtable: Transparency and the Approval System
For our next installment of the App Store Roundtable, we talked with developers about an issue that comes up time and again: the…
Read MoreWindow Management With Afloat
One of my ‘pet peeves’ about OS X is the inability to force a window to remain on top of all the…
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