In the past few weeks, we have seen a bunch of new announcements and other news regarding your wallet. Mobile payments are becoming a huge business already, and the mobile payment future is just beginning. The interesting part of this discussion is that there are solutions coming from multiple directions for different purposes. First, we… Read More The Race For Your Wallet Has Begun
Unless you were not reading any technology news, you heard that Google finally announced Google +1. Google’s social networking and social features have been rumored for what seems like forever. Now we finally get to see some pieces of their grand social plan. This first piece allows you to “recommend” search results and have your… Read More Google +1 Is Just The Beginning
This is a guest post from Josh Mackey. Josh Mackey is the GM Product at PeekYou. What would happen if at a school’s talent show some parents stood up and started heckling the child playing the piano or dancing in front of them? “You’re awful!” or “You call yourself a dancer?” For one thing, it… Read More Is The Username Dying?
I had always wondered when someone would buy GSI Commerce (GSIC). eBay made the announcement today that they have decided to purchase them in a very interesting move. Like many people, you may be wondering who is GSI Commerce? Well, they are one of the biggest ecommerce powerhouses that you have never heard of. Their… Read More eBay To Compete With Amazon With GSI Commerce Acquisition
Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about the future of our information consumption. Are we going to be using search in a different way or using niche search engines? Are we going to get recommendations from from our social network? Will the results be personalized based on our behaviors, or even just a… Read More Search, Personalization And Recommendation
For quite some time, Facebook has had a comments plugin for blogs, but it was not used very much. Today, they announced a new version of the comment system that is already being adopted by some large sites. Obviously, this has lots of the big tech blogs talking. ReadWriteWeb specifically remarked about the missing “bells… Read More Facebook Wants All Of The Conversation
Data, context and analysis has come up a lot lately. I talked about data and context about a month ago when people were arguing about JSON vs. XML. The problem at that time was that people were comparing data formats instead of potential usage: As with any programming problem, different requirements and different contexts may… Read More Data, Context, Analysis And Meaning
Given that Christmas is a gift giving occasion, and that AppleTV and GoogleTV have been hot topics prior to this holiday season, it only makes sense that these video offerings appear in the news again. There are lots of questions regarding these types of technologies, and I will get to some of that later. First,… Read More AppleTV, GoogleTV or Just NoCable
As the year comes to a close, it is time to reflect on what happened in the past year and what will come in the next year. Conveniently, I wrote a 2010 predictions post last year, so I can easily review how accurate those predictions were: Many tablets are released to much fanfare, and people… Read More A Look Back And A Look Ahead
I have been thinking about personal profiles or personal branding on the web for a while. This is partially due to the fact that people may know the blog but not know the person behind the blog. With the various social media sites, there is confusion on who is only sharing an article and who… Read More Personal Branding Sites And The Effect Of Acquisition
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