Image via CrunchBase I don't get it. Or really, corporate boards and senior management don't get it. There's Apple. And then there's everybody else. Apple is a different kind of company. They think different. They plan their products better and they execute better. It's that simple. They are product marketers first, and figure out which … Read more
eComm founder, Lee Dryburgh, explains in a very passionately written post what’s up with eComm 2011 in a very personal way. I have already promised Lee the support of my agency again to manage the influencer relations sector, and hope others jump in as well to support him where he needs help. eComm is about … Read more
A few years ago many companies and developers stuck their toe in the water with Facebook developing calling applications. About a year ago Vonage developed a Facebook app that made it easy to contact friends who are using the social network. Now a new service is trying to do talk plus and the jingle, jangl … Read more
In what has to be both a hedge on spectrum and a move to prevent anyone else from jumping up in class,AT&T has made a strategic move to acquire all of T-Mobile in the USA. What they get is similar wireless technology in GSM/HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE, plus they also get Wi-Fi that AT&T can use (or … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Is GetSatisfaction.com's SXSW HomeSick Blues remake/remodel of the Bob Dylan "Homesick Blues" true creative parody or is it a royal ripoff of long time wine maker Randall Grahm's "Sub-terroir Rhonesick Blues" marketing video? Grahm, who I have casually known via wine events and mutual friends since 1989 totally punked the wine reviewer world, taking pots shots … Read more
Amtrak is getting it right. After a successful deployment on the Acela trains in the Northeastern USA and up in the Pacific Northwest on the Cascades line, they have decided to add Wi-Fi to 450 rail cars using technology from UK based Nomad Digital. This is a huge plus for the riders of the rails … Read more
Amtrak is getting it right. After a successful deployment on the Acela trains in the Northeastern USA and up in the Pacific Northwest on the Cascades line, they have decided to add Wi-Fi to 450 rail cars using technology from UK based Nomad Digital. This is a huge plus for the riders of the rails … Read more
With AOL buying the Huffington Post we're seeing the start of a media buying media spree. This is all about ad serving, not about content. Don't be deceived. AOL's future is in serving up ads something they are deperately trying to do by aggregating pop-culture content on a global level and with Patch.com on a … Read more
Image via CrunchBase James Kendrick, who left JK On The Run at GigaOm for a more focused writing role at ZD-Net at the end of last year comments on the 16 percent return rate in the USA for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, tablet device being sold around the globe. James cites the 2 year locked … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Gizmodo has taken a look at the recent news from Google and the opportunity in the USA to port your mobile number to Google Voice and presented the pros and cons. In my view if you're using an Android phone, then the deeper integration of GV makes it less of a hurdle, … Read more
