April 02, 2012 - Today's most interesting technology, media and entertainment stories:

MasterCard and Visa Investigate Data Breach

Visa and MasterCard are investigating whether a data security breach at one of the main companies that processes transactions improperly exposed ... [read more]

App Used For Tracking Women Pulled From App Store

The mobile app ‘Girls Around Me’ crosses the line from desperate and creepy to downright invasive and scary ... [read more]

Angry Birds, the Cartoon Series, Due This Fall

The story of Angry Birds is coming to a little screen and big screen near you. The wildly popular game is being turned into ... [read more]

Groupon Reports ‘Material Weakness,’ Cuts Quarterly Revenue

Groupon, Inc.,the largest provider of daily deals online, reported a “material weakness” in its financial controls and said fourth-quarter results were worse  ... [read more]

Transparency vs. Information Asymmetry

The asymmetry of knowledge (where one party has more knowledge than the other) has been the distinguishing characteristic of profitable transactions for all of recorded history.  Actually, I’m sure it predates recorded history; I just can’t prove it ... [read more]

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Always On: Proof Consumers Are Enslaved and the Consequences for Brands
by Graeme Hutton 

\We’ve all been culpable at one time or another.  We have glanced at our smartphone in a business meeting, or other sensitive occasion, to check our emails or social media when we know we shouldn’t have.  But why do we do it?

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