Google has dipped into musical endeavors with the launch of Google Music in mid-November. Originally, the service launched back in May in a beta version. Launched as a suite of music services, it is quite obvious that this is Google’s attempt to take on Amazon and iTunes in cloud and other music storage space. Introducing […]
Mobile & Technology
Giving Thanks to Social Media
In the spirit of the holiday I want to give thanks to social media and in honor of brevity I will keep this short. Social Media has given a voice to anyone with the courage to use it. Now those with disabilities or handicaps like the deaf have a tool in social media and technology […]
SMX: What Makes Mobile Marketing Beneficial?
Mobile marketing changed its definition in the early 2000’s when the original meaning, which was marketing on the go, changed into mobile search marketing, which are in essence, marketing techniques carried out over a mobile device. SMS marketing is an advertising technique that involves the collection of mobile phone numbers to add to a messaging […]
New Hot Startups: Silicon Valley, New York and Virgina?
Some of the new startups generating interest in the West Coast, New York and in Virginia? Which one of those will flourish and become the next new trend? Flotype – Founded in October 2010. Web technology that will enable anyone to easily build large scale web applications. GetAround – Sept. 2009. Peer to peer car […]
Facebook buys Push Pop Press: Facebooks?
Facebook has announced this week the purchase of Push Pop Press, a fact that raised eyebrows and posed questions about where is the company going next. Push Pop Press, started by two former Apple employees, Mike Matas and Kinon Tsubteris, aimed to change how the future books will be read. They presented their innovation at […]
TripAdvisor: TripWow Provides Impressive Presentations for Many Uses
When creating this product, TripAdvisor relied heavily on the in-house developers at TravelPod. Their main focus was to provide slideshows that displayed unparalleled production value. However, their most vital concern was that the tool provided the greatest functional ease possible with current technologies. It seems as if they have succeeded. The presentations produced by this […]
Is Google Plus (G+) the key in the transition to Web 3.0
A Google account has become the most powerful tool that any entrepreneur or small business owner could ever hope for. While Google’s general public brand has been tied to Search, Google has been building a monopoly that can and will change the shape of business, politics, and education forever. In fact, Google is Web 3.0! […]
Klout Influence in the Music Industry with Spotify
Spotify, an award winning online music service that stormed Europe is now available to users in the United States. Partnering with Klout, a form of social media influence measurement, Spotify has offered limited invitations to their new US services. Although the Spotify invites are rare, they are being extended to Klout users who have shown […]
Lujure: A Fundamental Shift in Facebook Marketing for Small Business
Lujure’s Assembly Line represents the most profound shift in advertising and marketing that one hopes to continue to see in social media. The power of Facebook cannot be ignored; it represents a marketing tool that has changed the way that we do business and is the pinnacle representation of web 2.0. It is with great […]
Crowdsourcing
Outsourcing is already an old word, and we all know what it means – sending jobs to countries where the labor is cheaper than in the US. The new worldwide pool of cheap labor, they say, is called Crowdsourcing.It means taking a task, especially in software design, and putting it out there to the world […]