The Mobile Social Media Developments That Really Matter

We live in a bubble. A shiny bouncy little digitally happy/snarky bubble. Does it really matter which operating system, mobile phone, app market, browser or cloud service has the largest market share? Not really. What the various companies do with that market share is only slightly more relevant. What’s REALLY important … Continue reading

The Reinvention of Retail [10 Links]

Many people may be thinking to themselves that retail is irrelevant. Don’t count retail out just yet. We are on the cusp of seeing a major overhaul in the way we experience retail. Social Media, Social CRM, mobile, geolocation and augmented reality are all coming together to completely reinvent the … Continue reading

Global Trends in Youth Media Consumption and Increased Multitasking

Global Internet media and social media consumption among adults has evolved differently based on regions. The US tends to lead the way, followed with varying levels  of adoption across EMEA (Europe Middle East & Africa), APaC (Asia Pacific & China) and LatAm (Latin America). But youth globally seem to be … Continue reading

Geeks Tolerate Apple Hypocrisy Until They Mess with Porn

I’ve posted  several times about Apple’s continued hypocrisy and my love/hate relationship with their products. Like most people, I love their design and I’m glad they’re pushing the industry but I have always hated their closed culture and hyper controlling attitude. Full disclosure I used to work at HP (who … Continue reading

More Mobile Social Proof Points

Image by frankdasilva via Flickr Following yesterday’s post “Social Media and Mobile Growth are Exponentially Symbiotic” I wanted to post 2 quick links that emphasize the relationship between mobile and social. Rohit has a good post detailing a milestone of sorts in mobile’s maturity. Influential Marketing Blog: 5 Terms That … Continue reading

Marketers are getting a little too excited over location based data

There’s a lot of buzz around location based services. BrightKite, Google Latitude, Twitter’s new Geo data. But beyond the tech and marketing crowd there hasn’t been much acceptance. The only service I’ve seen “normal” people get a little excited about is FourSquare but that’s because of the game play (everyone wants … Continue reading