All Your Data Are Belong to Us?
Amidst growing public perception that Facebook is using us to make billions of dollars using data we’re freely posting online, there is another sinking suspicion: Web startups we don't keep a closer...
View ArticleYour Life Is an Algorithm, Your Brain Is an Operating System
Ever wondered how you were supposed to keep up with the never-ending stream of content and data in your life? Not to worry, the elves of the Internet are busy at work, creating everything from magical...
View ArticleOn Algorithmic Curation
The use of algorithms is, I think, one of the big three big elements of content curation. There were two interesting posts that I happened across on the subject yesterday. read more
View ArticleMeet the Urban Datasexual
The same cultural zeitgeist that gave us the metrosexual - the urban male obsessive about grooming and personal appearance - is also creating its digital equivalent: the datasexual.read more
View ArticleWalmartLabs – Taking Big Data Into Retail
by: Jon Stokes, via the fresh networks blogWalmart, the world’s largest retailer, acquired social media firm Kosmix just over a year ago, creating @WalmartLabs, with the intention to use this...
View ArticleWhen The Boss Has A Crazy Idea, It’s Time To Start Testing – An Interview...
by: Josh AberantMany marketers have been in a situation where their boss comes up with a crazy idea they would like to have implemented. Staying focused on initiatives that work often requires pushing...
View ArticleHey Internet Providers: Data Wants to Be Free, Too!
Last summer, the fastest way to spend $50 in America was to fill up at the pump. This summer, the fastest way to blow through $50 might be streaming videos and music from the Web to your smart phone....
View ArticleFacebook Still Dominant in Numbers but Pinterest Gains in Referral Traffic
I’m fortunate enough that the tools of my job happen to be things I personally enjoy. Instagram has become my main network of choice, I check twitter first and last thing every day (and several times...
View ArticleIBM’s CEO 2012 Study: Is Technology Really The Number One Priority of CEOs?
In the second half of 2012, IBM issued its fifth biennial Global CEO Study titled Leading Through Connection. IBM says this study is based on face-to-face conversations with more than 1,700 CEOs in 64...
View Article2012, Year of the Chinese Internet Industry Growing Beyond Borders: It Is...
What is currently planned at Alibaba, Tencent, Sina, and Baidu worth an additional paper. My duty is to continue the story published last year and called “Chinese Internet industry ready to grow beyond...
View ArticleOff The Grid
This chart published over on The Atlantic shows how out of kilter the US is in not requiring companies to give their staff paid annual leave. Almost worse than that is the fact that, according to a...
View ArticleA 'Must Read' if London Is One of Your Markets
I have already said a few words about the latest census data. Thanks to Richard Webber I have just been reading a more detailed analysis of what has been happening in London - 2011 Census first...
View ArticleB2B Social Marketing Universe: The Vast Anatomy of a Successful Campaign...
by: Jason MillerIt’s a business-eat-business universe and B2B marketers today must utilize social media channels if they want a chance at surviving alone in the deep recesses of space. Businesses that...
View ArticleVisualising Facebook: Your Social Data and Personal Infographics
The more we contribute, communicate share and talk online the more we leave a trail of personal data in our tracks. This may be data about what we say to whom on Twitter, when we are most active or the...
View ArticleSix Social-Digital Trends for 2013
Originally published in Harvard Business Review.It's that time of year again — time to take a stab at what's going to matter in the year ahead as technology continues to influence how we work and live....
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