Jean Lievens: Peter Gruber on Internet Immersion – Trillions of Feed-Back Loops

From Peter Gruber: Someone walked into my UCLA class a year ago and three hours later I realized that the business of media and the business of business itself was about to be turned inside out. Internet of Things: From Stadium Pouring Rights to Washing Machine Pouring Rights, a Revolution is Coming EXTRACT: Mickey walks …

NIGHTWATCH: Iraq Headed Toward Sunni Autonomous Region?

Iraq: Prime Minister al-Maliki urged residents and tribes of Fallujah to ‘expel’ al-Qaida militants from the Sunni-dominated city to avoid an all-out battle. Multiple news outlets have reported that the government is planning a major ground and air attack against Fallujah if the residents and tribes fail to oust the al Qaida militants.

Neal Rauhauser: Foreign Policy’s Global Conversation Infographic

Foreign Policy’s Global Conversation Infographic The images and following text were taken from The Global Conversation on Foreign Policy’s site. The site’s graph is user zoomable and the second image shows President Obama, Secretary of State Kerry, and Edward Snowden. I may have to hunt up a print copy and read the full article on …

Stephen E. Arnold: In the Cloud Big Data Meta Data Hack

Finally Some Cloudy News on Metadata For Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, his team broke down data silos and moved all the data to a cloud repository. The team built Narwhal, a shared data store interface for all of the campaigns’ application. Narwhal was dubbed “Obama’s White Whale,” because it is almost a mythical technology that …