Author: JD Rucker
Why Facebook Will Eventually Win the Social News Race
Feb 14 by JD Rucker | 1 commentIf you want to hear the bright side of a company, you ask the CEO. If you want to hear the challenges, you ask the COO (unless the company is failing, in which case you ask the CFO). If you want to hear the truth, you talk to the CTO. That’s exactly what more »
We've Isolated the Problem
Feb 13 by JD Rucker | 3 commentsInfections of various types are normally the cause of computer problems. It could be malware, worms, viruses, or any number of security threats that spread from computer to computer through networks and the Internet. In this case, the problem more »
Understanding the JC Penney Link Scheme that Landed them in Google's Crosshairs
Feb 12 by JD Rucker | 9 commentsIt’s inevitable. No matter how big a company is, how carefully they go about doing it, or how sorry they are when they’re caught, black hat SEO techniques never end well. Google is the judge, jury, and executioner of search and they wield a sharp more »
Online Dating Con Artists Make Money From Romance
Feb 11 by JD Rucker | 9 commentsIt’s human nature to be at our most vulnerable when dealing with issues of the heart. Scam-masters and con artists know this and they’re taking advantage of the online dating craze that has grown for a decade and that shows no signs of slowing. more »
The Death of the Shopping Cart
Feb 10 by JD Rucker | 2 commentsThe thing that truly sparked the initial growth of eCommerce has become the greatest point of abandonment on sites that try to sell us stuff. The online shopping cart – a once cool and integral part of the retail end of the Internet – has devolved more »
Steve Jobs Was Human Once
Feb 9 by JD Rucker | 2 commentsMany claim he has a reality distortion field around him that takes whatever he really says and converts it into something that people instantly and unequivocally believe. Others claim that he is an android from the future, someone who doesn’t more »
The Quest for Power in Africa
Feb 9 by JD Rucker | add commentDespite it’s vast size, tremendous population, and abundance of natural resources, Africa still has the lowest per-capita use of power of any continent. It isn’t that they don’t need it – with any population of that magnitude, the ability more »
How We Are Tracked Online
Feb 8 by JD Rucker | add commentThe news is jam-packed with stories about online privacy, “do not track,” and Internet security issues. With proposals for a National Internet ID and do-not-track legislation on the table, it’s clear that 2011 will be a year when much will boil over in the privacy more »
17 Years Ago, "What is 'Internet'?" Was Asked on The Today Show
Jan 30 by JD Rucker | 3 commentsHas it really only been 17 years? Apparently, Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel had no idea what the Internet was, or even for certain what “@” meant. We can watch this video and laugh now, but this thing that seems to have engulfed many of our lives more »
How Technology has Changed the Tax Dynamic
Jan 29 by JD Rucker | add commentThe phrase “file your taxes” is quickly becoming obsolete. Technology is becoming the driving force behind the yearly process that once required calculators, pens, and a guide book. The sale of stamps is even down during tax season (a funny more »
Ray Kurzweil's Tech Predictions Have Been Eerily Accurate
Jan 27 by JD Rucker | 1 commentThe Wall Street Journal called him “the restless genius.” Forbes said he was “the ultimate thinking machine.” by Forbes magazine. Inc. Magazine proclaimed him the “rightful heir to Thomas Edison.” Author. Inventor. Futurist. more »
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