Atlanta e-commerce startups help retailers prepare for Black Friday rush
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been praised as drivers of economic growth, criticized for the crass commercialism they promote, and even given their own episode on Comedy Central’s South Park. This holiday season retailers are bracing themselves for an even bigger season. Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales alone added up to more than $14 billion […]
Inside the net neutrality debate
The proposed changes to net neutrality rules by the Federal Communications Commission is the most hotly contested rule change in the history of the agency. More than one million comments from participants on both sides have been received since May 15. The initial commenting period is now closed and the FCC is expected to hand down a final ruling by the […]
Predikto partners with New York Air Brake
New York Air Brake has adopted the Predikto MAX auto-dynamic machine learning engine for its train control technology offerings. The predictive analytics component will be integrated into Air Brake’s Locomotive Engineer Assist/Display & Event Recorder (LEADER) product. In an official statement, Predikto’s CEO Mario Montag said: Partnering with a premier technology company in the rail industry, such […]
How should we go about collecting conference attendee data for better conferences?
I met a self-described “global marketer,” I’ll call him “Bob,” recently at a hackathon and our conversation turned to one of the ideas/projects that had placed in the top three spots at that hackathon. The project, we’ll call it “E,” aimed to facilitate a better experience at multi-track conferences by collecting attendee data. Basic idea: […]