May 21, 2024 This landmark AI legislation will have a ripple effect across the globe The European Union’s AI Act, the first of its kind, will set the global standard for safeguards on artificial intelligence. BY Reuters Europe’s landmark rules on artificial intelligence will enter into force next month after EU countries endorsed on Tuesday a … Continue reading This landmark AI legislation will have a ripple effect across the globe
April 24, 2024 How these towns are successfully fighting the ‘Airbnb Effect’ Communities across the US are finding clever ways to crack down on the short-term housing market, making more homes available for residents. BY Corey Buhay This story was originally published by Reasons to Be Cheerful. Late last year, New York City made headlines when … Continue reading How these towns are successfully fighting the ‘Airbnb Effect’
Apple’s extended holiday return policy is now in effect The grace period gives you extra time to return Apple gifts you just didn’t love. Stephanie Barnes Fri, Nov 3, 2023 Aly Song / reuters Apple’s extended return policy has kicked in, which means the holiday season is officially upon us. Apple typically offers a … Continue reading Apple’s extended holiday return policy is now in effect
The HALO Effect: Is Cross-Media Measurement Here? by Maarten Albarda , Featured Contributor, May 26, 2023 A few weeks ago, I attended the ARF conference in New York, which I wrote about here. During the conference, executives from various platforms and a few walled gardens shared their points of view on the joint industry committee … Continue reading The HALO Effect: Is Cross-Media Measurement Here?
By Michael Grothaus April 28, 2023 Over the past several months, the tech industry has been hit by mass layoffs at nearly every major company, including Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, to name a few. And just in the last week alone, Dropbox and Lyft joined the fray with significant staff reductions. But … Continue reading Leaders, your mass layoffs may have an unintended side effect that hurts the company’s bottom line
Despite the supply chain crisis, the after-effects of COVID and the threat to coal as an energy source, Santa was determined to make Christmas happen. William Terdoslavich on December 22, 2022 Christmas used to be easy. The kid mail poured in. Santa made the call who was naughty or nice. Elves made the toys, loaded … Continue reading Claus and effect
By Carl D. Marci May 18, 2022 Scanning the news online, a headline catches my attention: “Man, Distracted by Electronic Device, Identified after Falling to Death at Sunset Cliffs.” The authorities identified the victim as a 33-year-old Indiana man who was visiting friends in San Diego. Witnesses said he was not watching he was … Continue reading A neuroscientist on the shifts in our media use and the effect on our brains
Social Media And The Butterfly Effect by Maarten Albarda , Featured Contributor, May 13, 2022 I remember seeing a presentation by Professor Jennifer Aaker at Stanford University in 2010, based on her book “The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change.” The talk, and her book, outlined … Continue reading Social Media And The Butterfly Effect
Dave Bushy December 6, 2021 My apologies to the physicists who might be reading this. I’m no expert on quantum mechanics. But I am a lifelong learner. So when I saw an article recently on “Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle,” I read further and learned about what is called the “Observer Effect,” which, in physics, is described … Continue reading The Observer Effect and Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Steven Imke November 11, 2021 The secret sauce in creating a product or service that has the potential to go viral is adding something that creates more value when more people in the user’s network use or adopt it. This is known as the network effect. Facebook understood the network effect concept very well. If … Continue reading How to Go Viral with the Network Effect?
