Groupon outperformed analysts' revenue expectations on Tuesday by announcing $506.5 million in revenue for the last quarter, more than double the revenue from the year-earlier period. But it still reported a net loss.
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Groupon Reports Loss in First Quarterly Filing After IPO
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Fountain: Plain-Text Markup Format for Screenwriting
Daring Fireball8 Feb 2012 | 2:40 pmWhat Markdown is for web content, Fountain is for screenplays. Looks great. See more in the announcements from co-creators Stu Maschwitz and John August. (Writes August, “Good ideas sometimes sit around for a while.” True.) ★ -
Chrome for Android beta: rough, but already a great mobile browser
TechBlog8 Feb 2012 | 6:22 amGoogle’s mobile operating system, Android, was released just after Chrome, the search giant’s desktop browser. Most folks were surprised that the browser included in the early versions of Android weren’t called Chrome, but maybe that was a good thing. After all the early browser on Android was pretty lame. The software got a much-needed improvement [...] -
DKNY Takes Top Honors at Fashion 2.0 Awards
Mashable!8 Feb 2012 | 6:41 pmAfter nabbing four of the eight awards handed out at last year’s Fashion 2.0 Awards, apparel brand DKNY was once again recognized for its use of digital media, taking home awards for Best Twitter and Best Blog by a Fashion Brand. The honors are well deserved. DKNY’s Twitter account and Tumblr blog, both of which are run by Donna Karan International SVP of Global Communciations Aliza Licht, are entertaining, informative and exceptionally on-brand. The Twitter account features, among other things, live blogs of CW show Gossip Girl each week, and frequently engages in conversations… -
Forget the People’s Choice Awards, we’ve got Twitter
GigaOM8 Feb 2012 | 4:09 pmWho needs an awards show to tell us what movies and actors fans prefer when we have Twitter? In yet another partnership with the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, IBM is turning its skills in social-media sentiment analysis to Hollywood awards so the world can see which movies and stars are generating the most buzz on Twitter. IBM has done similar analyses of both the World Series and the Super Bowl, and although they’re no doubt part of a marketing effort to demonstrate its big data prowess, the projects are pretty fun and rather insightful. It’s new Senti-meter, which appears as…
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Advertising Age - Digital
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Groupon Reports Loss in First Quarterly Filing After IPO
8 Feb 2012 | 2:53 pmGroupon outperformed analysts' revenue expectations on Tuesday by announcing $506.5 million in revenue for the last quarter, more than double the revenue from the year-earlier period. But it still reported a net loss. -
RB Pumps up Spending in Developing Markets
8 Feb 2012 | 1:34 pmReckitt Benckiser will invest around $160 million more in marketing globally but report it through a "Brand Equity Index" that puts more emphasis on digital. -
GigaOm Buys Digital-Media News Site PaidContent
8 Feb 2012 | 10:57 amOm Malik's GigaOm is acquiring the digital-media news site PaidContent.org from London-based Guardian News & Media. -
Blip Raises Another $12 Million, Still Seeking CEO
8 Feb 2012 | 7:52 amIndie web-TV distributor Blip.tv has raised more than $12 million in a mix of equity and debt financing, with participation from existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and Canaan Partners as well as Silicon Valley Bank. -
Join Hulu, Facebook, Spotify, Sony and Verizon at Ad Age Digital 2012
8 Feb 2012 | 7:30 amAd Age Digital 2012 will feature drill-downs in social, mobile, video, gaming and e-commerce, as well as a second round of Brand Hacks, where a promising group of startups pitch new ideas to brands, and brands help startups find revenue.
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Daring Fireball
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Fountain: Plain-Text Markup Format for Screenwriting
8 Feb 2012 | 2:40 pmWhat Markdown is for web content, Fountain is for screenplays. Looks great. See more in the announcements from co-creators Stu Maschwitz and John August. (Writes August, “Good ideas sometimes sit around for a while.” True.) ★ -
Tweetbot for iPad
8 Feb 2012 | 2:24 pmMy favorite iPhone Twitter client is now available for the iPad too. I’ve been using for a few weeks and it’s just terrific. I love it. ★ -
How iTunes Match Works for Copyright Holders
8 Feb 2012 | 2:22 pmJeff Price got his first iTunes Match royalty check, and he’s happy: A person has a song on her computer hard drive. She clicks on the song and plays it. No one is getting paid. The same person pays iTunes $25 for iMatch. She now clicks on the same song and plays it through her iMatch service. Copyright holders get paid. Same action, same song, one makes money for the copyright holder, and one does not. This is found money that the copyright holders would never have gotten otherwise. I wasn’t really sure before how artists would get paid for iTunes Match. ★ -
Path Makes Things Right
8 Feb 2012 | 2:09 pmDave Morin, CEO of Path: We believe you should have control when it comes to sharing your personal information. We also believe that actions speak louder than words. So, as a clear signal of our commitment to your privacy, we’ve deleted the entire collection of user uploaded contact information from our servers. Your trust matters to us and we want you to feel completely in control of your information on Path. In Path 2.0.6, released to the App Store today, you are prompted to opt in or out of sharing your phone’s contacts with our servers in order to find your friends and family on Path. -
Inside Instagram
8 Feb 2012 | 12:16 pmNice profile by Mat Honan: Instagram isn’t just small; it’s tiny. It’s miniscule. It is famously located in Twitter’s old digs in San Francisco’s South Park neighborhood. But here’s the thing: Instagram subleases its space from another company. Instagram isn’t in Twitter’s old office, it’s in Twitter’s old conference room. The entire company is nothing more than a collection of desks arranged bullpen-style in a room that is smaller than most two-car garages. ★
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TechBlog
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Chrome for Android beta: rough, but already a great mobile browser
8 Feb 2012 | 6:22 amGoogle’s mobile operating system, Android, was released just after Chrome, the search giant’s desktop browser. Most folks were surprised that the browser included in the early versions of Android weren’t called Chrome, but maybe that was a good thing. After all the early browser on Android was pretty lame. The software got a much-needed improvement [...] -
Linkpost | 2.8.2012
8 Feb 2012 | 4:51 amUpdated 12:16 p.m. • Microsoft to launch Windows 8 Consumer Preview at MWC – Specifically, on Feb. 29. And First Windows 8 ‘Consumer Preview’ preinstalled apps revealed • With Viacom deal, Amazon looks like a real competitor to Netflix – It dramatically increases the number of TV shows available for streaming on Amazon Prime. • [...] -
AT&T’s moral obligation: If you throttle it, help us count it
7 Feb 2012 | 6:44 amBack in 2008, when cable Internet provider Comcast said it would start capping customers’ data usage at 250 gigabytes a month, it provided no way for users to know if they had hit that ceiling. This was clearly unfair, and I wrote a blog post titled Comcast’s moral obligation: If you cap it, help us [...] -
Linkpost | 2.7.2012
7 Feb 2012 | 5:03 amUpdated 3:34 p.m. • Yahoo! chairman Roy Bostock and three others to leave its board – Struggling Yahoo shakes up its board of directors. And Exclusive: Four Yahoo Board Members to Depart, Two New Ones Arrive and Three More on the Way (Like I Said) • Software apps have triggered half a million U.S. jobs, [...] -
In Houston, are AT&T’s data throttling limits getting lower? [Updated]
6 Feb 2012 | 6:13 amOne of the ironies of the Internet Age is that “unlimited” access to the Net isn’t really “unlimited”. You may have signed up for service that seems infinite, but chances are at this the amount of data you can download and/or upload is restricted in some way. Either you’ll pay more after going over a [...]
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Mashable!
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DKNY Takes Top Honors at Fashion 2.0 Awards
8 Feb 2012 | 6:41 pmAfter nabbing four of the eight awards handed out at last year’s Fashion 2.0 Awards, apparel brand DKNY was once again recognized for its use of digital media, taking home awards for Best Twitter and Best Blog by a Fashion Brand. The honors are well deserved. DKNY’s Twitter account and Tumblr blog, both of which are run by Donna Karan International SVP of Global Communciations Aliza Licht, are entertaining, informative and exceptionally on-brand. The Twitter account features, among other things, live blogs of CW show Gossip Girl each week, and frequently engages in conversations… -
Connected Cars: How to Accelerate Mainstream Adoption
8 Feb 2012 | 6:20 pmSteve Tengler is a user experience (UX) director at Altia, Inc. He spent over 20 years in automotive design at OnStar, Nissan and Ford. Every so often, the media tells us about an automotive manufacturer on the cusp of delivering wireless, cooperative systems. The reader immediately thinks of Knight Rider, and wanders through a fantasy of connected car heaven. However, this type of news is often miles from accurate; connected car offerings in the near-to-distant future are a different reality. This article examines the delays behind that “nearly done” automotive technology, and analyzes… -
Snooki Channels Her Inner Zuckerberg With New Facebook Game
8 Feb 2012 | 6:07 pmSnooki's Match Game Jersey Shore star Zucki ... uh, I mean Snooki has just unleashed her first Facebook game. Dubbed Snooki’s Match Game, it strikingly resembles Facemash, Mark Zuckerberg's site from 2003 that challenged users to pick the hotter person pictured in two separate photographs.Click here to view this gallery.Jersey Shore star Zucki … uh, I mean Snooki, has just unleashed her first Facebook game. Dubbed Snooki’s Match Game, it bears a striking resemblance to Facemash, Mark Zuckerberg‘s site from 2003 that challenged users to pick the hotter person pictured in two… -
ESPN’s ‘Complain About Women’ Option Exposed by Twitter User
8 Feb 2012 | 5:42 pmUntil Tuesday, ESPN had a special section on its website for viewers to complain specifically about announcers who happen to be female. “Commentator — dislike female commentators,” read one option in a drop-down menu that enables viewers to provide feedback about coverage topics including blacked-out games, camera angels and audio/video issues, according to a screenshot posted by Twitter user Megan Soisson on Tuesday. Here is the tweet: wait this is a serious complaint of @espn viewers? twitter.com/msois/status/1… — Megan Soisson (@msois) February 7, 2012 Soisson is… -
Valley Still Beats Alley in Meetup Tech Groups
8 Feb 2012 | 5:31 pmSilicon Valley’s tech scene still beats out Silicon Alley’s, at least as far as Meetup numbers go. Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman announced at the 6,180-member New York Tech Meetup on Wednesday that Bay area tech Meetup groups had more RSVPs in 2011 than those in any other city. New York City had the second-most members of Meetup tech group RSVPers, followed by London, Washington D.C. and Chicago. The fastest-growing tech scene on Meetup, based on RSVPs, was Hong Kong, followed by Melbourne, Detroit and Paris. This ranking, of course, is heavily dependent upon Meetup adoption and not…
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GigaOM
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Forget the People’s Choice Awards, we’ve got Twitter
8 Feb 2012 | 4:09 pmWho needs an awards show to tell us what movies and actors fans prefer when we have Twitter? In yet another partnership with the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, IBM is turning its skills in social-media sentiment analysis to Hollywood awards so the world can see which movies and stars are generating the most buzz on Twitter. IBM has done similar analyses of both the World Series and the Super Bowl, and although they’re no doubt part of a marketing effort to demonstrate its big data prowess, the projects are pretty fun and rather insightful. It’s new Senti-meter, which appears as… -
Is Ericsson rolling out 3G using someone else’s technology?
8 Feb 2012 | 4:09 pmWhen Ericsson bought Nortel’s wireless business in 2009 it instantly propelled itself to the top of the North American mobile infrastructure heap, largely because the deal exposed the Swedish vendor to the dominant network technology in the U.S., CDMA. But the CDMA portfolio Ericsson bought wasn’t entirely Nortel’s own. Rather than develop CDMA’s 3G component, EV-DO, internally, Nortel licensed the technology from radio specialist Airvana. Now Airvana is claiming that Ericsson is reneging on its licensing deal and is instead selling a “knock-off” version of its EV-DO technology to… -
Facebook’s monthly rent is $1M+, and other gems from S-1 update
8 Feb 2012 | 3:37 pmFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Facebook on Wednesday updated its S-1 document to the Securities and Exchange commission for its planned initial public offering, and it’s a veritable data dump of new information about the social networking company. The good news is, we’re digging through it so you don’t have to. Here are some of the more interesting tidbits disclosed in this latest regulatory filing: The rent is really dang high.You think you spend a lot of money on rent? According to the new filing, Facebook’s new Menlo Park, Calif. campus is costing the company well… -
To the BBC and others: Twitter is not your competition
8 Feb 2012 | 3:03 pmJust a day after Sky News told its journalists they should not post any kind of breaking news to Twitter — and also blocked them from retweeting anyone but an official Sky News account — the BBC has released a new version of its social-media policies that also requires reporters to file updates to news editors first rather than posting breaking news to Twitter. The BBC’s social-media editor says the policy isn’t as draconian as some critics are portraying it, but the emphasis on protecting the British national broadcaster’s existing news structure is just another… -
Reorg complete, Cisco hops back on the acquisition trail
8 Feb 2012 | 2:58 pmCisco, an incredibly active acquirer, is ready to start doing deals again, according to CEO John Chambers on the networking company’s financial results call Wednesday afternoon. Chambers said,”We expect to be more active with acquisitions,” and the company will focus on its five core areas of focus. Those five areas are switching and routing, the data center, collaboration, video and architectures for business transformation. In the last year Cisco has done six acquisitions with half of those occurring in the last three quarters while it was handling its restructuring. As…
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Unclutterer
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Unitasker Wednesday: Puppy Tweets
8 Feb 2012 | 7:13 amAll Unitasker Wednesday posts are jokes — we don’t want you to buy these items, we want you to laugh at their ridiculousness. Enjoy! I don’t usually consider novelty items for unitasker selections. However, when novelties fail at being novel, I can’t pass up on such easy targets. This week, I present to you Puppy Tweets: What is a Puppy Tweets? It’s a device your dog wears around its neck that transmits messages to your computer so your dog can tweet. Because, um, tweeting is something you really want your dog to do? From the product description on Amazon: When your dog… -
Knowing your strengths and weaknesses can improve your uncluttering and organizing projects
6 Feb 2012 | 8:19 amWe write a great deal on this site about how knowing what you really need can help you unclutter and organize. Do you like to have paper and pens next to you while you work on the computer? Do you access your hole punch five times a day? Do you like to have music on while you fold the laundry? If so, you should have these tools in places you can easily reach while you work on these tasks. Get rid of the things you don’t need, and have available the things you do. In addition to knowing what tools you need, though, it’s also a good idea to know your personal strengths and… -
A year ago on Unclutterer
6 Feb 2012 | 7:30 am2011 January resolution wrap up, and introduction of February resolution In 2011, I’m trying out small, monthly resolutions instead of large, annual New Year’s resolutions. My public resolution for January was to be more organized in the kitchen, and create and use more nutritious meal plans for my family. In February, I will go through everything — absolutely everything — in my office. Unitasker Wednesday: Watermelon knife This year, I vow to impress watermelons! I shall feel no shame about using a multi-functional knife. Instead, I will win the watermelons’… -
Workspace of the Week: Stylishly simple
3 Feb 2012 | 7:27 amThis week’s Workspace of the Week is Sean’s mid-century modern table desk: I really enjoy looking at this week’s workspace selection because it’s utilitarian, but not absent of style. The surfaces are uncluttered and free of distracting items to pull one away from actual work. The cables are nice and orderly, the large calendar is a striking point of focus, and the desk provides ample workspace to spread out materials if necessary. My guess is that less-often-accessed office supplies are contained in the drawers to the right of the desk. Thank you, Sean, for sharing your… -
Popular road in Britain reworked to be clutter free
2 Feb 2012 | 7:57 amToday’s edition of Britain’s Daily Mail includes an article, photo gallery, and impressive infographic describing London’s newest clutter-free street, which officially opened earlier today. The piece “No kerbs, pavements or nanny-state signs: Britain’s longest clutter-free street is unveiled to make things SAFER” explains the initiative to improve safety on this stretch of road by removing visual distractions: Britain’s longest ‘clutter-free’ street was opened today with the aim of making cars and people co-exist harmoniously — without the need…
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Mobile
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Is your smartphone a good investment? If it’s an iPhone, yes
8 Feb 2012 | 2:25 pmCredit: Priceonomics Priceonomics, which keeps track of the resale value of items like cars, bikes and gadgets, published a report Wednesday that shows how the value of iPhones, Android devices and BlackBerrys hold up over time. Short answer: iPhones, even years-old models, retain their value the longest, which means iPhone owners can recoup the most money when they go to resell their phones. Here’s the method they used: We measure depreciation by comparing a phone’s current used price to its new price (without a contract) the day it was released. We examined all iPhone… -
Who wants DoubleTwist unlock codes? Here’s 25.
8 Feb 2012 | 2:16 pmEarlier today, I shared information on the latest update to DoubleTwist, the free media management software for Android. The news was that over-the-air podcasting support was added as part of a $4.99 in-app purchase from the free app. That investment gets you some additional features as well: AirPlay, wireless media sync, album art downloads, a multi-band equalizer and more. Rather than just read my experiences with the app, the DoubleTwist folks kindly offered 25 unlock codes for GigaOm readers, so if you hurry, you can get them right here. I happened to be in conversation with the… -
Time to flash a Galaxy Nexus custom ROM. Here’s why.
8 Feb 2012 | 1:17 pmAfter using the stock Google Android software on my Galaxy Nexus for two months, I’m getting antsy. Tuesday’s release of the Chrome beta for Android scratched my itch for something new, because it’s a great browser. And I’m having fun using Google Wallet to pay for purchases too. But now it’s time for a custom ROM to reinvigorate the Nexus experience! This is one of the appeals of Android that people often overlook: total customization of an Android phone for the user interface, software functions, notifications and more. If you’re an iPhone user, the… -
Why we are buying paidContent
8 Feb 2012 | 11:05 amFirst the news: Yes, the rumors are true. We are indeed buying the assets of ContentNext Media from Guardian News & Media Limited. And no, we are not disclosing the terms of the deal, except that we are buying the entire group of properties — paidContent.org, mocoNews.net, contentSutra and paidContent:UK and that a representative of Guardian News & Media will join our board of directors as an observer. A few weeks ago when Paul Walborsky, CEO of GigaOM, came to the board and suggested that we should try and acquire paidContent, my fellow board members — Jon Callaghan (True… -
AT&T: We did fine at the Super Bowl, but give us more spectrum
8 Feb 2012 | 10:38 amAT&T had quite the Super Bowl. At the game AT&T’s networks carried 215 GB of traffic, placed 74,204 phone calls and transmitted 722,296 SMS messages, according to its public policy blog. AT&T reported no problems in handling the traffic and had, in fact, been prepping for game day by adding permanent and temporary capacity. But in what is now becoming a common refrain, AT&T used the event to lobby regulators for more spectrum. Here’s an excerpt from the post, written by AT&T VP Joan Marsh: As the mobile broadband data revolution continues, the urgency for new spectrum…
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NYT > Technology
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State of the Art: Android Phones Go on a Power Trip - State of the Art
8 Feb 2012 | 6:13 pmIn a world crammed with Android phones, HTC, Samsung and Motorola introduce three new models, each of them Verizon 4Gs. -
Is This Living Room Big Enough for My TV?
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In Piracy Debate, Is the Sky Falling?
8 Feb 2012 | 5:54 pmMedia and Internet giants at odds over dealing with purloined content on the Web may need to agree first on exactly how bad the problem is. -
Cisco Posts Better-Than-Expected Profit
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Sprint Posts a Net Loss Despite a Gain on iPhone
8 Feb 2012 | 5:25 pmThe nation’s No. 3 cellphone carrier reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.3 billion, or 43 cents a share, on revenue that climbed 5 percent to $8.7 billion.
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ReadWriteWeb
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Daily Wrap: January's List of Apps You Need to See and more
8 Feb 2012 | 6:00 pmDan Rowinski rounds up the best apps, in our opinion, of January 2012. This and more in today's Daily Wrap. Sometimes it's difficult to catch everything that hits tech media in a day, so we wrap up some of the most talked about stories. We give you a daily recap of what you missed in the ReadWriteWeb Community, including a link to some of the most popular discussions in our offsite communities on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ as well. Sponsor New iPhone, iPad and Android Apps for January 2012 In what is surely a labor of love, Dan Rowinski combs through the mass of apps released… -
Stop Saying "Finally"
8 Feb 2012 | 5:50 pmFIIIINALLY! Google released a Chrome beta for Android! GODDDDD. What took them so long? All the Ice Cream Sandwich users have been waiting, like, FOREVER! Finally, Tweetbot for iPad came out. I've only been asking them for, like, EIGHT MONTHS! Jeez. Apple fiiiinally released iTunes Match after a whole month, and it didn't even work right! Listen to how this sounds. How do we, the tech bloggers, get away with headlines like this? Where do users get off complaining impatiently about updates to a service that costs them $2.99? Or a free service? Let's have a reality check. Remember how awesome… -
10 Ways to Win Over Writers
8 Feb 2012 | 5:00 pmAs a PR person, product developer, CEO or whatever, you're probably more interested in getting noticed by the media than developing a relationship with a particular writer. That's one way to go about it. Then there's that old-fashioned "building a relationship with a real person not a robot" idea. You know, treating people like people and taking the time to get to know them. Oh right, yeah, forgot about that. Writers, like artists, are sensitive to ideas and people. But not every writer will get you or your product - and in the tech world as in any world, each writer has their own… -
Nginx Continues Growth, Adds Commercial Offerings
8 Feb 2012 | 4:30 pmAccording to the Netcraft Web Server Survey for February 2012, Nginx was "the only server to experience a non-negligible market share increase this month" by picking up 0.27 percentage points. Good news for the upstart Web server, just as the brand-new company behind Nginx takes the wraps off its commercial packages. Nginx has had quite the growth spurt over the past year. In February of last year Nginx had 7.57% of the market, or about 21 million domains hosted with Nginx. Microsoft had 20.04%, or about 57 million. Apache was at 60.10%, with more than 171 million domains. Sponsor… -
Do Your Users Get You? Test Them With Solidify
8 Feb 2012 | 3:59 pmZURB launched yet another handy design application to help anyone test Web products they're working on. This one is called Solidify. It takes care of one of the most annoying parts of building an interface: testing clickable prototypes. Solidify lets you build a working test of your design and give it to users to see if it makes sense to them. It also gives you analytics on how your testers performed. Along with the new app, ZURB opened a new apps page showcasing all the great Web design helpers it has made, many of which we've covered on ReadWriteWeb. ZURB's tools let you make simple…
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Dave Winer's "Scripting News" weblog
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Take 3
8 Feb 2012 | 5:38 pmApparently we're not finished with this story. I forgot I had written this piece about Path at the end of 2012. 11/15/10: The tech industry is a virus. "After entering my name and email address, gender and password, it asked if it can use my location. I said yes. Then I went to the People section to start looking for friends to share my pictures with. I was astonished to see a list of suggestions, all of whom are people I know. I was confused. How could they know I know all these people? I jumped to an incorrect conclusion, they were all following me. I smiled -- it's really cool that all… -
I don't like my last post
8 Feb 2012 | 1:26 pmThis doesn't happen often, but it does happen. I don't like the post I wrote about Path. I'm not taking it back, and I don't want to explain it too much. I don't know what anyone else should or shouldn't do. Sometimes I get the idea that I do, but then I realize I don't. I don't like it when people say what I should do. And I'm a fan of the Golden Rule. I'm going to be more careful about software I install, and will look for developers to say clearly that they aren't doing anything with my address book. I will feel better about using Apple's products, which I do, if they would consider the… -
Glad I don't use Path
8 Feb 2012 | 7:30 amNo software company wants people to feel the way any iPhone user feels about Path right now. That's their problem. Path investor Mike Arrington gets it 100 percent wrong. Companies caught stealing private data from users have a serious problem, possibly one that can't be recovered from. He shouldn't put his own rep out there. His advice to Path is terrible. Instead he should be quietly working with his other investments to be sure they aren't doing the bone-headed thing Path was doing with users' data, and if they are, they should proactively clean up their act, publicly. I just took a look… -
Free lunches often have a price
7 Feb 2012 | 12:48 pmI care about the open web because it's the platform I develop on. I have good skills and development tools for the Web and Mac OS and Windows. So that's where I develop. If I have my way I'll be able to continue doing that indefinitely, but I worry about Apple and the future of the Mac. I have a feeling the same reasons I can't develop for IOS will turn out to make the Mac impossible for me to work on. Or maybe I'll have to stop updating my system at some point. For a while it seemed that Twitter was part of the platform. The API was open to anyone, and was largely unlimited. It was an open… -
What a wonderful game!
6 Feb 2012 | 6:29 amIt was an interesting but fairly ordinary game until the last few minutes, when it became one for the ages. And a reminder to anyone who thinks strategically, no matter what business they're in, that the linear route isn't always the right way to go. Especially when the stakes are very high. Slate has a great piece that summarizes the oddness of the last few minutes. I'll provide my own summary The Giants had the ball, down by two points, and were in field goal range at the two-minute warning. The Giants had one timeout remaining, the Patriots had two. Those are the variables. At some point…
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Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing
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Altimeter Webinar Recording: State of Social Media Management Industry
8 Feb 2012 | 10:08 amThis week, Altimeter (myself and Andrew Jones, researcher) hosted a webinar stemming from the the recent report on Social Media Proliferation, which you can download the full report on this blog post. In the embedded slides and video below, you’ll be able to get additional insights on how we perceive how this market will change in the coming years: We’ll see a vendor shakeout, although expect pure play vendors of each of the five uses cases to remain Consolidation will occur from market forces of email marketing, web analytics, CMS, marketing automation, brand monitoring, support… -
Hey Retailers! Refine That Mobile Marketing Strategy (Altimeter Report)
7 Feb 2012 | 10:01 amThis latest Altimeter Report, by my colleague Industry Analyst Chris Silva, focuses on how companies must develop a mobile marketing strategy. It sources research from 26 ecosystem contributors including brands, agencies, and technology providers. To learn more about this report, please register for the webinar in which Chris will provide deeper knowledge from the report. This report is powerful in a few ways, it indicates the growth the in space, referencing that 45% of all mobile phone users are carrying a smart phone, and the growth rate for tablets is 23% annually. The report also… -
Five Trends: How Brands Integrated Social, Mobile, and Web into 2012 Super Bowl Advertisements
6 Feb 2012 | 8:39 amBy Altimeter’s Jeremiah Owyang, Brian Solis, and Zak Kirchner Findings: Five Trends Indicate Cross Channel Integration a Mainstay. Super Bowl ads, while only representing the nation’s largest consumer facing ads are a bellwether for advertising trends for the remainder of the year. To best understand these trends, Altimeter Group’s research team analyzed each Ad in real time, and conducted analysis to best understand the advertising trends for 2012. Using Chicago as a middle ground, we reviewed all ads from kickoff till the game clock expired and found that trends out of 87… -
P&G Layoffs Signal Focus on Digital Industry
4 Feb 2012 | 10:49 amLast week was a tremendous change, giant marketer P&G announces 1600 layoffs as they reduce jobs in various roles, and instead shifting budget to digital marketing. The CEO, when pressed, indicates a strong focus on digital marketing, citing: “In the digital space, with things like Facebook and Google and others, we find that return on investment of the advertising when properly designed, when the big idea is there, can be much more efficient” -Bob McDonald, Chairman-CEO, P&G Yet this is a trend, as P&G had previously cut advertising spend on soap operas on traditional TV,… -
People on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Jan 31, 2011
31 Jan 2012 | 7:32 pmMore jobs are coming in on the Web Strategy job board, see right nav, or see the full listing. In particular, AAA is hiring quite a few community managers, hear from their social strategist, Kim who’s listed below as getting promoted at the firm. Both the submissions on this job announcement board, as well as available social media positions at corporations continue to pour in. In this continued digest of job changes, I like to salute those that continue to join the industry in roles focused on social media, see the archives, which I’ve been tracking since Q4, 2007. People on…
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Google Operating System
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No New Mail? Try Google+
8 Feb 2012 | 2:50 pmWhat's the message displayed by Gmail when there's no message in your inbox? If you answered "No new mail! Want to read updates from your favorite sites? Try Google Reader", you are right. It was Google's subtle way to promote Google Reader.Before Google Reader was released, Gmail's "inbox zero" message used to be: "No new mail! There's always Google News if you're looking for something to read."Now that Google focuses on developing Google+, a modern version of Google Reader, Gmail's new message is: "No new mail! See what people are talking about on Google+." The links sends Gmail users to… -
Chrome for Android
7 Feb 2012 | 11:02 amMany people wondered why Android's built-in browser is not called Chrome. One of the reasons is that Android's browser doesn't have many of the features of the desktop browser: data sync (bookmark sync is available in Android 4.0), extensions, themes, apps. Another reason is that Android's browser is updated less frequently than the Chrome browser because it's included in the operating system. Most OEMs ship their own browsers, so not many people use the stock Android browsers.Now Chrome is available for Android 4.0 and it won't replace the standard browser on your device. "Like the desktop… -
Google's Experimental Interface for Related Image Searches
6 Feb 2012 | 8:43 amGoogle's image search engine tests a new interface for related searches. Instead of only displaying a list of queries, Google also shows small thumbnails. Mouse over a query and you'll see 3 image results in a preview box.{ Thanks, Pontus. } -
Google Tests a New Version of the Black Bar
4 Feb 2012 | 3:23 pmWhile Google hasn't abandoned the navigation bar launched last year, both the old and the new interface are used today. If you load google.com in Chrome's incognito mode, the old interface shows up more often than the new UI. The simplified interface made navigation more complicated, even if it looks better than the black bar.Google even tests a slightly updated version of the old bar that uses the services from the new UI, more spacing and a different color scheme.Here's how you can try the latest Google experiment. If you use Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer 8+, open google.com… -
Google Instant, Disabled For Slow Computers
4 Feb 2012 | 11:34 amGoogle Instant is supposed to make searching faster, but you need a pretty good Internet connection, a modern browser and a decent computer. Google Instant is not available if you use IE6 or other outdated browsers and it's automatically disabled if you have a slow Internet connection. Now Google also disables Instant if you have a slow computer. "If Instant gets automatically disabled, we continue to check your computer speed and will re-enable Instant if your performance improves," informs Google. If you don't like this change, you can disable it from the search preferences page. Just…
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Going gothic with bestselling author Anne Rice
8 Feb 2012 | 9:00 amBestselling Southern American author Anne Rice is coming to Google headquarters to discuss her latest book, The Wolf Gift, on Friday, February 24 at 10am PT. One of the most popular authors of contemporary fiction, Rice has bewitched readers with her vampire chronicles, tales of the Mayfair Witches and other metaphysical gothic fiction for more than thirty years. Submit your question online between now and Feb 23 at midnight PT, and it could be asked during the Interview with the Vampire—we mean, the interview with Anne Rice. To watch the live broadcast, tune in to the Authors@Google… -
Introducing Chrome for Android
7 Feb 2012 | 9:40 amIn 2008, we launched Google Chrome to help make the web better. We’re excited that millions of people around the world use Chrome as their primary browser and we want to keep improving that experience. Today, we're introducing Chrome for Android Beta, which brings many of the things you’ve come to love about Chrome to your Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone or tablet. Like the desktop version, Chrome for Android Beta is focused on speed and simplicity, but it also features seamless sign-in and sync so you can take your personalized web browsing experience with you wherever you go,… -
What’s your X? Amplifying technology moonshots
6 Feb 2012 | 6:10 pmLast week, we ran an experiment. We hosted a gathering, called “Solve for X,” for experienced entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists from around the world. The event focused on proposing and discussing technological solutions to some of the world’s greatest problems. Discussions began last week with this small event, and now we invite others to join the conversation on our website and our Google +page. The Solve for X gathering, which we co-hosted with Eric Schmidt, is a place to celebrate a concept we champion internally and that we believe will inspire many others: technology… -
Supporting U.S. student veterans with a new scholarship
6 Feb 2012 | 3:03 pmThe newest addition to the Google scholarships family is the Google Student Veterans of America (SVA) Scholarship. We’re partnering with the nonprofit Student Veterans of America (SVA) to support their mission of providing veterans with the resources, support and advocacy they need to succeed in higher education and throughout their careers. The Google SVA Scholarship is available to student veterans who are pursuing degrees in computer science and related fields in the U.S. for the 2012-2013 academic year. In addition to the financial award, recipients will be invited to attend the annual… -
Super Bowl XLVI: Mobile, Manning and Madonna
6 Feb 2012 | 6:35 amNow that the final Super Bowl touchdown has been scored, the dip bowl wiped clean and the last of the chicken wings devoured, we’re taking a look at some game-day search trends to see what football fans were searching for this year. As the Giants and Patriots battled it out on the field yesterday, U.S. viewers multi-tasked, watching the game on television and also going online more than ever before, turning to their smartphones and tablets to look up players, halftime show performers and their favorite Super Bowl commercials. In fact, around 41% of searches related to [Super Bowl ads] that…
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Critics slam SSL authority for minting certificate for impersonating sites (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
8 Feb 2012 | 5:55 pmDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Critics slam SSL authority for minting certificate for impersonating sites — A subordinate certifcate issued by Trustwave was used to monitor people accessing SSL-protected services on a customer's internal network — Critics are calling for the ouster of Trustwave as a trusted issuer … -
Don't Forgive Path, the Creepy iPhone Company that Misled Us Once Already (Ryan Tate/Gawker)
8 Feb 2012 | 5:45 pmRyan Tate / Gawker: Don't Forgive Path, the Creepy iPhone Company that Misled Us Once Already — The tech world has been consumed today with news the app Path quietly uploaded users' iPhone address books without permission. Path, in an increasingly common Silicon Valley ritual, apologized and promised it wouldn't happen again. -
Eyeing An IPO, HubSpot Adds Akamai's CFO And Former IBM Exec JD Sherman As COO (Leena Rao/TechCrunch)
8 Feb 2012 | 5:20 pmLeena Rao / TechCrunch: Eyeing An IPO, HubSpot Adds Akamai's CFO And Former IBM Exec JD Sherman As COO — Marketing software company HubSpot has brought on a new leader today—Akamai CFO JD Sherman. Sherman has been chief financial officer at Akamai for over 6 years. — Prior to Akamai, Sherman served … -
Groupon: A Business That Does Not Easily Scale (Paulo Santos/Seeking Alpha)
8 Feb 2012 | 5:10 pmPaulo Santos / Seeking Alpha: Groupon: A Business That Does Not Easily Scale — about: GRPN, includes: AMZN, GOOG — As Groupon (GRPN) reports yet another loss, several things become evident. — One of them is that the business Groupon is developing, in the local deals space, does not scale easily. -
Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal (Wall Street Journal)
8 Feb 2012 | 4:50 pmWall Street Journal: Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department is poised to clear Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter, giving Google a powerful armory …
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Down from the Mountain
3 Feb 2012 | 8:17 amI just returned from the World Economic Forum’s 2012 meeting in Davos. These nine issues were the focus of discussion and attention. 1. The European Crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel talked about a coordinated Europe having more power. “We need more steps of integration in the interests of competitiveness… We need structural reforms leading to new jobs…We should have a common foreign policy and binding agreements on the debt levels allowed... Just because we have been at the top for the past 50 years, we cannot take competitiveness for granted.” Mrs. Merkel’s vision of a… -
2012 Trust Barometer: Business Can Earn the License to Lead
25 Jan 2012 | 8:18 amIn 2008-2009, in the wake of a recession that saw large, global companies such as Lehman Brothers and AIG collapse, trust in business imploded. Government stepped in with bailouts and new regulations. But in 2011, government became paralyzed by the politics of extremism and endless haggling – and the public lost confidence. The 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer sees an unprec¬edented nine-point global decline in trust in government. In twelve countries, it trails business, media, and non-governmental organizations as the least trusted institution. This has pushed more countries into the… -
Media Cloverleaf Comes to Life
20 Jan 2012 | 10:14 amI met with senior management of two of the best emerging media companies this week. I come away even more impressed with their ambition and willingness to experiment within the boundaries of quality and integrity. Mike Allen of Politico addressed our global public affairs team in Washington on Wednesday. He said that there are 225 people working at the company. They have gone beyond their digital roots to offer a print product. He joked that Politico is now available in vending machines along Park Avenue in New York City (4,000 print copies are distributed every day in NYC). He noted that the… -
Implementation Science
13 Jan 2012 | 9:50 amI went to a breakfast Wednesday hosted by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health at the World Economic Forum offices in NYC. It was a terrific panel, with five professors and senior members of the corporate healthcare community from important companies such as Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi and BD. The Dean of Mailman School, Linda Fried, started the conversation by challenging the group to come up with new healthcare modalities to offer better quality and broader access within the present level of spending. The first big idea was Implementation Science, based on customer… -
Government and New Media
6 Jan 2012 | 10:51 amI had a chat this morning with my friend Steve Goldsmith, professor at the JFK School of Government at Harvard. He was mayor of Indianapolis and deputy mayor of New York City. We commiserated about the low opinion of government. He believes its reputation problem worsens the farther away its get from a close connection to the people. Local government is still liked by more than 50 percent of voters, state government is in the middle, while Congress has only a nine percent approval rating. Goldsmith had a wonderful anecdote likening government’s reputation woes to a quip he heard growing up…
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Text while you walk (safely this time)
8 Feb 2012 | 6:18 pmIf you’re ever twisted your ankle off a curb, bumped a stranger, or walked into a street post while texting—you need this app. ‘Transparent Screen’ for Android allows you to look through your device so you can anticipate any dangerous obstacles in your way while you’re texting on-the-go by harnessing the power of your camera to create the illusion of transparency. Just watch out for your battery life while using the app, as it’ll drain quickly. Full story at GeekOSystem. All the top tech. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Nintendo and Converse collaborate on an amazing sneaker
8 Feb 2012 | 5:25 pmClear out room in your closets, gamers. Converse is releasing their ‘One Star Super Mario Bros.’ shoe this March! Via Like Cool. Get your Nintendo fix. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Why Congress is way richer than you [infographic]
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The bookcase that’s always ready for more
8 Feb 2012 | 4:19 pmThe thing about bibliophiles is that, before you know it, the bookcase is full and it’s time to drag in a few more boards and cinder blocks to accommodate the newcomers. With the REK, such worries are a thing of the past, as the system accordions out when more space is needed and collapses into a handy rectangle when it’s time to pack up shop and move on to greener pastures. Unfortunately, the price is listed as “on request” meaning the 99% is out of luck, but perhaps it’ll inspire you to hit the workshop for a little DIY action if you can drag your nose out of… -
How Harvard spends student tuition [infographic]
8 Feb 2012 | 3:24 pmVia Online Universities. (H/T Muhammad Saleem) The scoop on education. Permalink | Leave a comment »
