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Boonsri Dickinson
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Internet Use Increases Worldwide, Connections Get Faster
January 25, 2013 10:25 AM Akamai said more than 683 million unique IP addresses from 243 countries or regions logged onto its network in Q3 2012, a 2.7% increase over the second quarter.
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New BYOD Threat: Email That Self-Destructs
January 24, 2013 12:16 PM Employees who bring apps like Wickr to work could bypass enterprise security systems.
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Machine-To-Machine Party Is In Full Swing
January 22, 2013 07:00 AM At CES, I visited the Internet of Things Consortium to see what was happening with startups in the Internet of Things, also known as machine-to-machine, or M2M, space were talking about.
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NQ Mobile Co-CEO Talks About Mobile Security Solutions
January 17, 2013 12:00 PM At CES, BYTE's Boonsri Dickinson caught up with NQ Mobile CEO Omar Khan to talk about mobile security and the recent popularity of Samsung in the marketplace.
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This $299 Robot Can Keep Your House Safe From Intruders
January 15, 2013 02:00 PM At CES, Robotex showed off its latest robot, made with BYOD in mind. This watered-down consumer robot is significantly cheaper than the line of robots Robotex sells to police departments, the military, and corporations.
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iPhone-USB Charger Fits In Your Wallet
January 15, 2013 10:30 AM Noah Dentzel, designer of ChargeCard sat down with BYTE's Boonsri Dickinson to discuss why he decided to do all manufacturing for his USB charger connection in the US and why Kickstarter was a great way to raise $161,000 to get his startup off the ground.
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App Predicts What You're Going To Type
January 14, 2013 01:10 PM Fleksy is an app that can predict what you are typing without requiring you to type accurately. It is used by thousands of blind and visually impaired users. At CES, BYTE's Boonsri Dickinson interviewed Justin Thornton about how he uses Flesky.
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Flingo and the Future of TV
January 11, 2013 03:30 PM Smart TV apps publisher Flingo announced its second screen platform Samba at CES. BYTE's Boonsri Dickinson interviewed Flingo's Ashwin Navin about Flingo's new product that recommends content to TV watchers and allows them to share content on social media. Haier is one of the first two companies that will offer Samba on their TV.
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SAP CIO: How We Do BYOD
January 10, 2013 03:41 PM BYTE's Boonsri Dickinson spoke to Oliver Bussmann, Global CIO and corporate officer at SAP, about BYOD and consumerization of IT. Bussmann talked about how the tablet environment has changed since he first deployed iPads. He also talked about how important it is to be social to build a community online.
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Cars Gear Up For BYOD Era At CES
January 09, 2013 03:42 PM The new Ford Developer Program allows programmers to create apps to interact with the Sync systems in their cars. At CES, BYTE's Boonsri Dickinson went to check out how Ford is going straight to the developers to foster an app ecosystem.
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Famous Hacker Dan Kaminsky Hacks Art Sales
January 04, 2013 12:30 PM Dan Kaminsky thinks it is important to build as well as to break software, and finds that ability through art. BYTE had a rare look at his crib in the Mission, where he lives with artists and musicians. That night, Kaminsky was focused on using technology, in the form of an unconventional text message auction system, to sell his roommate's art.
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Nexus 7 Android Tablets for Christmas At DoubleDutch
December 25, 2012 08:35 AM Why did the founder of Mobile CRM company DoubleDutch give his employees Android Nexus 7 Tablets for XMas? He wanted to inspire them to develop for the platform — not just for the iPad — and explained how enterprise app development is fundamentally changing the way enterprise business is done.
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As Mobile Work Rises, 9-to-5 Jobs Decline
December 24, 2012 09:05 AM Using mobile technology to arm mobile workers, services such as Exec, GigWalk, oDesk, and Uber, are changing the very nature of knowledge-based work. How will you cope?
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eBay Drops Mobile Advertising
December 19, 2012 05:45 PM eBay has decided that advertising inside mobile apps is not worth the effort and that they will end all ads inside their own mobile apps. What does this mean for the future of mobile advertising?
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Dell Acquires Credant For BYOD, Data Security
December 19, 2012 04:51 PM Dell announced today its acquisition of data security company Credant Technologies to beef up its BYOD security toolset.
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Can Foursquare Check Ins Save Apple Maps?
December 18, 2012 05:00 PM Apple is talking to Foursquare about using its local data. Can the move restore Apple's maps reputation?
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Samsung Leaps Past Apple, Nokia
December 18, 2012 04:15 PM As smartphones go mainstream, Samsung is moving well past Apple and Nokia, according to research firm.
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Mobile Device Biometrics: The Eyes Have It
December 10, 2012 08:00 AM When people think biometric security, they think verification through fingerprints or voice. A company called EyeVerify is working on software to bring eye vein verification to your smartphone, providing a safe way to conduct banking transactions as well as other BYOD functions.
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Yerdle: Share Online Rather Than Shop
December 07, 2012 12:07 PM Startup Yerdle lets you trade stuff with Facebook friends. By extending the lives of things by giving them a place to be found on the Internet, Yerdle challenges the for-profit marketplace.
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Subcontract Your Chores Using Your Smartphone
December 06, 2012 07:00 AM In the collaborative consumption culture, Exec and other services let you use your phone to outsource physical tasks. BYTE's Boonsri Dickinson tested the service out while staying at the luxurious W Hotel. In a follow up interview, Exec co-founder and CEO Justin Kan appeared on Valley View to discuss the inspiration for building an executive concierge service and future direction of the company.
Bio
Boonsri Dickinson is the Associate Editor of BYTE. Prior to joining BYTE, she was a freelance journalist for CBS Interactive (SmartPlanet and CNET) and was a staff writer at Business Insider, where she covered startups and venture capital in Silicon Valley. Before that, she was a staff writer at Discover magazine in New York, where she wrote feature stories. While there, she was one of the first people to get her DNA sequenced -- and went dinosaur digging and got a dino named after her.
Today, she's obsessed with all things digital, including web videos and social media. At BYTE, she will trot around the world to tech conferences to discover emerging and major players in technology-- and most likely record her adventures with her iPhone for you to see. While it may not seem like her master's degree in chemical engineering degree is being put to good use, it comes in handy sometimes when she needs to figure out input and output of a process -- and of course, it's an easy way to impress people. However, her interest in technology started back when she was a toddler, back in the 80s when her Dad, a typical computer engineer, subscribed to the original BYTE magazine. Follow her on Twitter at @boonspoon.
By The Numbers
Base: 417 respondents at organizations using or planning to deploy data analytics, BI or statistical analysis software
Data: InformationWeek 2013 Analytics, Business Intelligence and Information Management Survey of 541 business technology professionals, October 2012
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