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Why iPads, Google Plus, and the Next Big Thing Escape Market Research

[pl_row] [pl_col col=12] [pl_text] The initial reaction to Google+ has been extremely positive.  Not even three weeks old, and it already has 10 million+ users – making it the fastest growing social network in history – beating even Facebook, Twitter and MySpace in terms of growth rate.    All early indicators are that people love …

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Watson’s Triumph in Jeopardy: A Loss for Humans, A Win For Humanity!

Like millions of others, I watched  as  humanity’s best players were  trounced on the  US TV quiz show Jeopardy! last night by a computer system named Watson built by IBM.    I was fascinated by Watson  – as  it rekindled my interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) first cultivated in graduate school.  I recalled my own …

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