Stephen E. Arnold: Is Facebook Ahead of Amazon in Predictive Shopping?

Academic Sees Facebook Chasing Amazon I learned that: The most powerful algorithm is called FBLearner Flow: Facebook could use its massive data on user preferences to anticipate the products that consumers want before consumers even realize it, and could work with retailers on predictive shipping. Facebook also has DeepText and DeepFace. The trio of smart …

Stephen E. Arnold: You Are Your Phone — There Will Be No Anonymnity

Google: Making Cross Correlation Factually Fluffy General Tso Dish? I read “Google China Prototypes Links Searches to Phone Number”. This is one of those write ups which offers some possibly accurate information attributed to anonymous sources or “sources familiar with the project.” Nifty. Nothing like anonymity. But for the moment, let’s assume that queries from …

Stephen E. Arnold: China and Russia Create Post-Google Internet

Silicon Valley: Off Ramp Closed for Repairs? We learned that Alibaba (a Chinese outfit) has entered into a deal with Russian firms for online payments. Reuters reported the tie up in “Alibaba’s JV in Russia to Use Russia’s Payment System.” The system is used in Russia. TechCrunch points out in “Alibaba Goes Big on Russia …

Stephen E. Arnold: IBM Blockchain Banking – Amazon Too But Better?

IBM Embraces Blockchain for Banking: Is Amazon in the Game Too? IBM recently announced the creation of LedgerConnect, a Blockchain powered banking service. This is an interesting move for a company that previously seemed to waver on whether it wanted to associate with this technology most famous for its links to cryptocurrency. However, the pairing …

Stephen E. Arnold: Google Losing to Amazon on Cross-Correlation

Google: Online to Brick and Mortar Cross Correlation Our research suggests that Amazon may have a slight edge in the cross correlation of user data. Google, whether pulling a me too or simply going its own way, has decided to link online and brick and mortar data. The effort was revealed in “Google and MasterCard …

Robert Steele: An Interview with Stephen E. Arnold on Google and Google Search — How the Digital Mummy Might Manipulate Search (Never Mind #GoogleGestapo Censorship)

I have known Stephen E. Arnold since the early 1990’s when he quickly became the only speaker to be demanded by my international audience every year. I have relied on him over the years for truthful open source intelligence and deep insights not available from other commercial sources. Although he is now retired, I believe …