Show me the money
Originally posted on 8/24/2005Here is a quick break from my podcasting posts to provide an update on the business model associated with new media. First, there is the money. RSS Investors, launched...
View ArticleLego Learns from their users
lego Originally uploaded by galpi. Originally posted on 2/22/2006This post may stray from my mission to discuss new media, but it is an important way to look at the changes taking place in business,...
View ArticleGetting it Right
waitwait Originally uploaded by Kemp Mullaney. Originally posted on 8/26/2006In the race to adopt new technology and use it correctly, NPR is near the top of my list. Not only can you catch the shows...
View ArticleRedundant Redundancy
In this lovely Web 2.0 example of how one little sound file made public can result in user generated content. On a post dated Jan 29, the San Francisco Chronicle podcast, ‘Correct me if I’m wrong…,’...
View ArticleUSAToday.com grabs Web 2.0 and runs!
usat1 Originally uploaded by Kemp Mullaney. USAToday.com launched a new design on March 3 and included a plethora of Web 2.0 features. The enhancements are primarily around creating a social network...
View ArticleMobile Site Launch – MacWorld
A new feature here will be mobile site review, an analysis of mobile content as sites are launched. As I have covered in a previous post, Time, Reuters and BusinessWeek have launched mobile sites, and...
View ArticleTransparancy
I have been focused on mobile recently and this is the direction I plan on taking my blog. Still, when I find examples of good business practices and strategies, I will be sure to share them. This...
View ArticleAbout Last Night
Jimmy Fallon had a good first week as host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The guests and musical acts were some of the greats – Robert DeNiro, Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore to name a few. But that...
View ArticleUK Schools Consider Teaching Twitter, Blogs and More
From TechCrunch – The British government is proposing that Twitter is to be taught in primary (elementary) schools as part of a wider push to make online communication and social media a permanent part...
View ArticleKQED on Museum 2.0
San Francisco’s public radio station, KQED, did an excellent piece on how museums are incorporating more user generated content. Some curators are calling on guests to help select, design and...
View ArticleFoursquare: A Brief History
WIRED has an excellent two-part series on Foursquare that recounts the challenges , successes, trials and near-misses that are relatable to anyone who has spent time at a start-up. In addition, to...
View ArticleFortune on Antitrust & Mobile Ad Networks
The acquisition of AdMob by Google piqued the interest of the FTC and lead many to speculate on whether or not this warranted an antitrust investigation. Fortune has posted an article defining what...
View ArticleSteve Jobs at D8: Why Apple Makes Certain Decisions
Below is a summary video from Steve Jobs’s talk at D8. While most of the attention is given to Apple’s recent decision to exclude Flash from the iPhone and iPad, I feel there is something much more...
View ArticleThe Endangered Mayor: Thoughts on the Future of Foursquare
The battle is on for the Dubliner, a small bar in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. It is a quiet place about three blocks from my house and it defines the term ‘local bar.’ Most nights...
View ArticleGame Testers Needed
We need a couple of game testers for the summer. Here are the details. PlayPhone (www.playphone.com) a leader in mobile entertainment and games is looking for a young and energetic person to test...
View ArticleRetail Needs to Cater to Mobile Empowered Shoppers
Yesterday Steve Smith at the Media Post blog, Mobile Insider, published Catching Up With That Shopper. He collected some telling statistics on how slowly the majority of retailers are implementing...
View Article4 Augmented Reality Demos
This week there were big announcements in the world of augmented reality for junaio, Qualcomm, Condé Nast Traveller and Ben & Jerry’s. (The following are listed from oldest to newest.) TechCrunch:...
View ArticleNew Intel Campaign Leverages the Strength of Mobile
When it comes to advertising, Intel is known as an early adopter of new strategies and a client that likes to push the limits of what is possible. This morning’s announcement that Intel is pushing...
View ArticleRecommended Reading
Here are a few articles I recommend reading this week. Why iPhone Strategy is Wrong and Has to Change Soon Communities Dominate Brands In this long article (10,000 words plus) post, Tomi T Ahonen...
View ArticleTime Flies When You’re Having ‘Biscuits
It’s been a couple months since my last post, and there’s a good reason. After a whirlwind courtship I accepted the position of Senior Account Manager at Netbiscuits. The last few weeks have been...
View ArticleRecommended Reading & Viewing: Google’s Mobile Push and The History of the...
Google: Mobile Search to play important role in holiday shopping Mobile Commerce Daily Highlights Google’s research shows that number of queries via mobile grew nearly three times from 2009 to 2011 and...
View ArticleRecommended Reading: HTML 5, Instagram, Mango and More
FT.com HTML AppWindows Phone 7.5 Mango review engadget While Windows Phone still needs a glass of water to get rid of a few hiccups — and let’s face it, every mobile OS has plenty of their own — it...
View ArticleMobile Optimized Sites Will Increase Online Sales
Last week KISSmetrics released an infographic on the importance of mobile optimized commerce sites. While the increase in mobile traffic is not news, KISSmetrics does highlight some interesting...
View ArticleNetbiscuits World 2011 Wrap-up
Earlier this month we hosted Netbiscuits World 2011 at Soho House in New York City. The gathering of publishers, retailers and brands was an enormous success. Highlights include: Philippe Browning of...
View ArticleHowToGoMo with Netbiscuits
Last week Netbiscuits proudly announced our partnership with Google as part of their GoMo initiative. HowToGoMo.com showcases several of our customers and highlights mobile best practices. In addition...
View ArticleTactile is Here
Last month at SXSW we launched Tactile, our development platform for smartphones, tablets and beyond. Today we close the beta and released v1.0. From the press release, “…Tactile simplifies...
View ArticleThe Quick
I am often asked what value mobile Web platforms, like Netbiscuits, offer with HTML 5 looming on the horizon. Just today a large CPG asked for help positioning our solution to their various brand...
View ArticleGrowing Your Small Business with DudaMobile
From a career perspective joining DudaMobile has been the most personally satisfying job I’ve ever held. There’s an indescribable feeling you get when you see a small business owner light-up the first...
View ArticleThe Need for Speed
Google’s mobile SEO change last week stirred up a bunch of new questions regarding sites, page speed and other SEO factors. Our infrastructure lead, Danny Mann, tested sites from the top site builders...
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