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Marketing in 2012 – a window into the future

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The Future of Marketing at the Media Aces Conference (Feb 2011) At the latest Media Aces* conference (7 February, 2011), I delivered a keynote speech entitled “Marketing in 2012.” There were 400 people on hand and the conference was broadcast in live streaming via TechToc.tv and FrenchWeb.tv. Here a the salient (sorry about the bullet) [...]

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Privacy and Anonymity

The world of the Internet seems to be having a face-off with the concepts of privacy and anonymity.  Google is under criminal investigation for its streetview data on GoogleMaps (BBC News).  Wikileaks is under siege since one of its anonymous sources, a certain ‘rogue’ Bradley Manning (a 22-year-old who had just broken up with his [...]

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WikiLeaks: Wicked or Wonderful leaks?

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WikiLeaks is one  of the most riveting initiatives (read: ongoing battles) on the Internet and is putting a new spin on the transparency-anonymity debate.  The Sunshine Press, which runs WikiLeaks, is an non-profit organization funded by human rights campaigners, investigative journalists, technologists and the general public.  The “brown paper envelope of the digital age”, WikiLeaks.org could [...]

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