As it is with most personal estate and business succession plans, the answer to the question “What happens to my online profiles, email accounts and social media information after I’m gone?” is complicated.    Most social networking websites sites have policies related to access following users’ deaths, and a few state laws clarify the powers executors have to manage these assets. But laws vary, leaving survivors in a thorny maze.  ...

  On his blog, Shawn DuBravac, CEA's chief economist and senior director of research, wrote this week about the growing impact of adaptive curation in applications ranging from Waze to Netflix. Adaptive curation is the analysis of data using algorithms to provide users with better information and experiences. DuBravac writes: I'll say it again, in a digitized world, everything becomes adaptive and you see this unfold in myriad places. We see technology and the...

  The recent history of the ever-changing music industry illustrates the current realities in the marketplace, which we should embrace and learn from. The ongoing transition to new forms of media—from LPs to cassettes, to CDs, to digital—are just a few examples of the ways technology disrupts business and impels change. It is worth noting that when it comes to these developments, there is nothing new under the sun. Disrupting business is what innovation does. Old...

Spring is in the air and National Remodeling Month has arrived. This month-long celebration in May takes place around the time of year when homeowners tend to inch towards remodeling their homes rather than moving. Although the housing market has a brightening outlook, consumers are choosing to improve the comfort and value of their home through remodeling rather than moving to a new home. Some consumers are venturing into creating a connected living home as their remodel project.  ...

Gary Shapiro, CEA’s president and CEO, recently delivered a keynote at The Next Web Conference Europe 2013 in Amsterdam this past month. The Next Web Conference allows professionals from the tech, internet and business communities to come together to discuss pertinent issues to their industries, announce new products and more. Shapiro discussed how to do business and innovate in the 21st century, in addition to his latest book, Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World...