Dogpatch Labs resident Appjet – makers of the the collaborative, realtime document editor EtherPad – has been acquired by Google. As announced on their blog, AppJet will be joining the Google Wave team and “the …

So much of the best content on branded Facebook Fan Pages is within custom tabs – which most fans fail to recognize and click. Dunkin Donuts (who always does a great job with their social …

If you’re reading this blog:
you likely either own an iPhone or an Android device
… and you’ve likely read my coverage of the marketing blitzes around Droid and around Apple’s iPhone
… and you’ve probably seen the …

Microsoft clearly understands that the platform element of Xbox is as much a selling point as its game titles: in just the first week of being live, 10% of Microsoft’s Xbox Live subscribers connected their …

On the heels of last night’s post about the most wished for laptops and how they differ from the bestselling items, Amazon released a statement on the success of the Kindle (conveniently timed with Cyber …

As Cyber Monday and the holiday season approach, Fortune notes that Macs are the most wished for computers (laptops and desktops) on Amazon. For laptops, the three “most wished for” products are the MacBook ($999), …

A couple weeks ago I wrote about the Mindy Grossman’s great perspective about hiring talent – look for tiggers not eeyores.
The below quote is related and comes from Peter Brooke’s new book, “A Vision …

I subscribe to Starbucks’ Facebook Page updates via SMS because I like to stay current with Facebook’s most current brand marketer. With 5.1m Facebook fans, they tend to innovate… and also get seem to trial …

Last night I posted that over 650 million downloads have occurred on the Playstation Store. Today, a related and significant milestone was achieved on Xbox Live: 2 million users used Microsoft’s Facebook integration in the …

Before Apple enabled in-application purchases, the hot debate was whether or not revenue maximization came from charging for downloads (and limiting distribution) or through in-app advertisements (and hoping for continued engagement).
For game and music …

Facebook and Zynga in particular have become the center pieces for micro-transactions, social gaming and in-game purchasing habits… so much so that the activity on Microsoft’s Xbox Live and Playstation’s Playstation Store are often overlooked. …

In March, I wrote about Apple’s full page advertisement in the New York Times touting the iPhone as a weekend tool: “Getting the most out of your weekend, one app at a time.”
In yesterday’s New …