Oh, the irony! On the day that Chris Anderson’s Free is released, Google decides to take a bite out of free. TechCrunch reported earlier today that the Standard Edition of Google Apps had disappeared. Based on the image in their post, you can see the comparison of the Standard Edition and the Premium Edition. This… Read More Irony Is Still Free
Yesterday, Google announced the availability of the Local Business Center dashboard. Initially, I was surprised that this received so little coverage, but I realized it had nothing to do with early adopters or startups. So, you did not see anything from the typical tech blogs. However, you should absolutely look at this. Basically, this gives… Read More Google LBC Is A Treasure For Small Business
Simplicity has been coming up in the blogosphere lately. This is mostly due to Twitter getting mainstream attention, mainly because the service is so simple. I talked about this before when comparing the complexities of Twitter, FriendFeed and SocialMedian: Why is Twitter so popular? Because it is simple. Is there a learning curve? No, or… Read More Is Simple The New Black?
Image via CrunchBase By now you have heard that Oracle bought Sun. I did not want to write about it yesterday as I wanted to sit and think about the effect this has on anything Sun related. There is some good high-level business analysis from Reuters as well. There is one important quote from that… Read More In A Surprising Ending, Oracle Buys Sun
With the new FriendFeed beta, everyone has an opinion on whether it is better than the old version and is it better than Twitter and Facebook. Not surprisingly, Seth Godin had the perfect post regarding this. Granted, his post is about jeans and the difference between a zipper and a button-fly, but the point is… Read More Better For You May Not Mean Better For Me
Image via CrunchBase OK, I am the first to admit that the title is purely sensational, but there is some element of truth to it. Microsoft‘s new advertising campaign is about some “regular people” going to an Apple store, not finding something in their price range and feature requirements, but finding a PC that fits… Read More Microsoft Advertising Immensely Successful
This week I had the pleasure of presenting at my daughter’s school for career day. I have given plenty of presentations during my 15 year career, so I was not worried about presenting. The problem I had was that I did not know my audience. I had never presented to a group of 9 year… Read More Knowing Your Audience And Other Presentation Goodness
The internet is alive with rumors that Google is in talks to acquire Twitter. This is not overly surprising as Google tends to make a run at many hot properties. The concern with this is that Google does not have a great record of integrating new purchases and having them flourish. They already bought and… Read More If Twitter Is For Sale, Who Should By It?
A few days ago, Om Malik had some interesting analysis on the Bit.ly funding. The most important aspect of Bit.ly is not that it can shorten URLs. Instead its real prowess lies in its ability to track the click-performance of those URLs, and conversations around those links. It doesn’t matter where those URLs are embedded… Read More Why Is Data So Important?
Image by luc legay via Flickr As sites like Ning, Facebook and Twitter continue to grow and make their content readily available, what is possible starts to change. Social Media sites have mostly decided that a freely available API is good for both them and their users. Twitter is a perfect example of this idea.… Read More Social Media Mining, The Data Is Out There
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