Stephen E. Arnold: Goldman Sachs Web Conference Leaves Out Search Vendors

Goldman Sachs Web Conference Leaves Out Search Vendors What tech companies does the financial sector think are on top right now? TechCrunch discussed invitees ahead of the recent Goldman Sachs Private Internet Company Conference in Las Vegas in, “Here Are the Hottest Companies in Tech Right Now, According to Goldman Sachs.” Reporter Colleen Taylor reproduces …

Stephen E. Arnold: Free Pressures Fee Business Intelligence Bottom Feeders

Business Intelligence: Free Pressures For Fee Solutions I read “KB Crawl sort la tête de l’eau,” published by 01Business. The hook for the article is that KB Crawl, a company harvesting Internet content for business intelligence analyses, has emerged from bankruptcy. Good news for KB Crawl, whose parent company is reported to be KB Intelligence. …

Open Mind: Divide and Conquer with Misinformation — Heal and Unite with Truth

Divide and Conquer I have not posted for a while because, honestly, it has gotten so difficult to differentiate between truth and disinformation (for me at least). One noted blog author that I trust, claims that only 6% of the information found on mainstream media is true, and only about 30% found on the internet. …

Jean Lievens: Dogecoin – Beyond Bitcoin – Public Routing Around and Away from Government

At the time of writing, Bitcoin has fallen from its $1000-plus value, but it’s still sitting high at just $100, or so, less. Because of the ruthless competition involved in Bitcoin mining, intrepid internet entrepreneurs have been moving over to the cheaper, though less competitive alternative, Litecoin. If the trend continues, Litecoin will soon mimic …