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The Digital Skeptic: Investors Would Do Well to Get Real, Not Digital

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:57:00 EDT

Here's the picture: 'Sentiment analysis' is cool but suspect. It only takes one fake tweet to crash the Dow, anyway.

The Digital Skeptic: If You Want to Be Safe Online, Have Less Stuff

Jonathan Blum — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:00 EDT

It turns out it's best to treat one's apps like one's friends: Be very, very careful about which you let close.

The Digital Skeptic: Why Global Roaming As You Know It is Dead

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:00:00 EDT

It looks like Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile are going to have one less gigantic revenue source to tap.

The Digital Skeptic: Here's All the Music Money Lost to the Web

Jonathan Blum — Thu, 09 May 2013 08:00:00 EDT

The Recording Industry Association of America has opened its archives, revealing digital devastation.

The Digital Skeptic: Small Business Will Save Us? It's a Lie

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:00:00 EDT

The truth is, the number of successful small businesses is actually shrinking.

The Digital Skeptic: Big Business Big Data Is in Big Trouble

Jonathan Blum — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:00:00 EDT

The lifeblood of the corporate information economy is about to get commoditized, killing some suppliers.

The Digital Skeptic: What If the Art Market Was the Model for All Markets?

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT

Unlike financial markets, art markets work.

The Digital Skeptic: The Newspaper Gets Its Revenge

Jonathan Blum — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT

What makes real money these days is keeping it small and local, staying calm and ignoring the Web.

The Digital Skeptic: Your High Tech Doesn't Matter Without a Sales Staff

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT

Yes, tomorrow is a fabulous thing. But you still have to sell it.

The Digital Skeptic: Shirley Jones is No Fan of Apple (or Any Technology)

Jonathan Blum — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT

Never mind the $25 million and the Oscar. Shirley Jones has grandkids, and they're not on Facebook either.

The Digital Skeptic: Terms of Service Could Shatter Google Glass

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT

It's hard to see how the wearable devices don't violate privacy and incite court cases, an expert says.

The Digital Skeptic Saves The Economy

Jonathan Blum — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT

Getting our national debt paid, budget balanced and economy humming is not as hard as it appears.

The Digital Skeptic: BEN Spells END for markets

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT

It's just a March Madness betting app, right? Then why is it spelling doom for stock exchanges?

The Digital Skeptic: Disrupting is for Schmucks

Jonathan Blum — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:21:00 EDT

It turns out "being the fingertip of GM" can be more lucrative than trying to supplant GM.

The Digital Skeptic: 'Per Capita' Look at Web Makes Fools of Investors

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:00:00 EDT

The Web takes a certain swagger in being worth basically nothing to any single person who uses it.

The Digital Skeptic: Making Millions From $1,000 Earphones

Jonathan Blum — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:15:00 EDT

Sennheiser knows a thing or two about perfection. And about having a simple, productive innovation process.

The Digital Skeptic: Security Leaks Flatline e-Health Care

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:00:00 EDT

Health care records are essentially unprotected commodities for criminals, an expert says, and not worth much.

The Digital Skeptic: Facebook-Killing Dark Social Rules The Web

Jonathan Blum — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:50:00 EDT

Large swaths of the Web are out of reach of supposedly omnipotent giants such as Google and Facebook.

The Digital Skeptic: It's Not That Samsung's Galaxy S4 Is an iPhone Killer

Jonathan Blum — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:00:00 EDT

When it comes to Apple vs. Samsung, no matter who 'wins', everybody will be bloodied.

The Digital Skeptic: Don't Bet on Zynga's Gambling Ambitions

Jonathan Blum — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:00:00 EDT

Going from social gaming to online gambling is a big step. In one, you don't really lose. In the other, you usually do.