A bit bit of research on = emerging trends in the overall mobile industry, originally done for a client. Fairly broad scope. From Open Kernel Labs Deck on Emerging Trends In Mobile Virtualization $7 billion expected to be spent on mobile applications in 2010 1.2 billion mobile phones shipped globally in 2009 (North America is 180 [...]
Lately it seems like PR agencies, companies, everyone is realizing the power of social media, good pr, community involvement, and Google. There have been a few instances lately of companies realizing how powerful this “new media” is, but still not understanding the true power of it, and royally screwing up. The most recent, highest profile [...]
Last week was then annual Search Engine Strategies New York conference. It’s billed as “the intersection of search, marketing & commerce”, and includes talks, panels and discussion on many aspects of the online search world – both Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM). I work in SEO, and attended most of the [...]
Surfing the web a few minutes ago, I accidentally typed in a URL incorrectly. Instead of a normal 404-not found error page, lo and behold, I got this Road Runner Internet “Website Suggestions” page. What’s going on here? Is Road Runner really snooping my web traffic that aggressively? This is the first time I’ve seen [...]
I just read over on TechCrunch that “micro celebrity” videoblogger Sarah Meyers just launched here latest project. Pop17, as its called, is a videoblog looking directly at the age of the internet micro celebrity. Her first official interview is with Jamie Wilkinson, who teaches a class called “Internet Famous” over at Parsons New School for [...]
No matter how cool or innovative a particular new technology is, without the critical big business adoption process, it’s usually doomed. We’re in the midst of seeing this with Joost, as they can’t sign the big content deals with major providers. We’re NOT, however, seeing this doom with OpenID – it seems to be doing [...]
I’m officially calling the format war finished. Blu-ray has emerged as the clear winner, thanks to two deciding influences – the studios and the porn industry. The major windfall for Blu-ray from the studios was Warner Brothers’ decision to go blu-ray exclusive.. just the thing that the industry needed to help sway the tide. Before [...]
Broitman, I think you’re right on with giving Google the openness award. Your importance of being open article is spot on, but I just wanted to step back a bit to how they got to this new openness. Google has to free up technologies that can have the most impact in an open environment. Technologies [...]
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