Article Archive for April 2009
“It doesn’t fit in a Rolodex…
Because it doesn’t belong in a Rolodex.”
The below video is hilarious and reminds me of the American Psycho scene where Christian Bale and his banker friends dissect one another’s business …
Below are eight feature requests that come out of daily frustrations on various Google services. Each is relatively minor and doesn’t make me want to switch services… it simply creates minor annoyances.
There is a chance …
Twitter received great placement in Sprint’s latest ad campaign: The Now Network (and Twitter gets even better placement on Oprah today!). The second commercial features both Pandora and Loopt.
The commercials are hip, interesting and …
Terrific interview over on VentureBeat. Dean Takahashi speaks with Digital Chocolate’s Trip Hawkins about their success on iPhone’s App platform.
I encourage you to read the full article but have included two highlights:
Jumping out on a limb… but when a company:
1. dedicates 33% of the above-the-fold real estate
2. replaces ad inventory with in house promotions
You can consider it a strategic priority!
The question remains, however, with Weatherbug and …
Less than a week ago, I wrote about LivingSocial’s meteoric rise up Facebook:
Last week of March: 2,000,000 users
End of March: 10,000,000 users
First week of April: 14,500,000 users
Fascinating report out of Comscore on Twitter’s demographic breakdown:
18-24 year olds, the traditional social media early adopters, are actually 12 percent less likely than average to visit Twitter (Index of 88). It is the 25-54 …
If you’ve been on Facebook recently, you’ve certainly seen something like the below screenshot:
A list of five things, ranked in order. Usually followed by several friend comments… who then post their own “Top Five”.
It’s simple, …
I am baffled that Google hasn’t yet created specific iPhone Applications for: Gmail, RSS Reader, GTalk, Docs, etc…
It’s not that Google is adverse to developing on the iPhone: their core Google App and Google Earth …
Zynga may well be one of the fastest growing companies that you’ve never heard of. And if you haven’t heard of Zynga, you’ve probably interacted with one of its Facebook, iPhone or web apps.
Lots …
In sports, most people associate a team’s financial success with its location: typically defined as either small-market or big-market. But the latest data from the 2008-2009 NBA seasons suggests that it is as much a …
Last week, the back of my iPhone cracked and the good folks at the Apple Store were nice enough to replace it (although I do not understand why ‘appointments’ are required). Switching phones used to …





