Over a year ago, I wrote about the need for analytics for the real-time web (and the potential business model surrounding it): “Twitter and Friendfeed: Understanding Referral Traffic; Arriving at a Business Model“.
Since then, …

Facebook unveiled a relatively significant enhancement to their targeting and Ads platform… that, for some reason, has gone relatively unnoticed. Facebook now allows advertisers to target users that have engaged with your pages, applications, events …

As a freemium business, Dropbox knows that its users find value in incremental free storage for their accounts. Dropbox also knows that, while its product is hugely popular, it is not inherently viral (in part …

As part of my 2009 Digital Media Predictions, I gave six reasons why Amazon should acquire Netflix (and also merge with eBay):
So why does Amazon + Netflix make sense? A few reasons:
1. In economic hardship or …

Yesterday TechCrunch put on the “Real-Time CrunchUp” event to discuss what has been billed as the real-time web. Alongside several product demos and company launches, the most prominent discussion topics were:
- Business models and opportunities …

Note: this is the third post of a four-post series on how Facebook Connect in changing digital media and online marketing. See the others here
If you haven’t tried Aardvark yet, register and give it a …

Earlier today, I wrote about how Facebook Connect is being used by CNN during their televised and online broadcasts of the Michael Jackson memorial service. CNN Live’s online coverage has officially kicked off and so …

Note: this is the second post of a four-post series on how Facebook Connect in changing digital media and online marketing. See the others here
Playfish’s ‘Who Has the Biggest Brain’ is a wide popular Facebook …

Today’s elaborate memorial for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center is expected to be viewed by one-billion people across the world. One major component of that viewing will be Facebook – both via Facebook.com and …