Have you ever stopped and wondered how much of your personal information in available for all to see in the internet? Try Googling your name sometime and see if you can find your address, phone number, etc. It might shock … Continue reading
I doubt I’m the only person that has noticed the advertising campaign that Bing has going. They have commercials all over the TV, the Internet and even the radio. They have extended a challenge to all Google users to try … Continue reading
Apple and Samsung are at it again. We all have the privilege of being entertained by the ever going feud between the iPad and the Tablet. Who copied who? Who started it? Which came first the chicken or the egg? … Continue reading
On June 24, Google confirmed their business was being investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Allegedly, the FTC is trying to gather information on Google’s search algorithms, updates, how they work, etc. This investigation isn’t the result of … Continue reading
Unless you’re Steve Jobs, Larry Page, or some other CEO with an internationally recognizable brand – and if you are, I’m not really sure why you’re reading our little blog – you can ignore the recent announcement from the Internet … Continue reading
Facebook will likely go public during the first quarter of 2012, and some are estimating its value at more than $100 billion. Now, as you likely know, I’m no finance expert; I’m no stock market expert; I’m no IPO expert. … Continue reading
Google has a long history of failed social media attempts – perhaps most prominent are Google Wave and Google Buzz. Google recently announced +1, but it’s too soon to tell how that is going to work out. They were late … Continue reading
On Monday, Peter Shankman of HARO wrote an article titled “Why I Will Never, Ever Hire A ‘Social Media Expert‘”. Feel free to read the whole thing, but the crux of the article is this: most people who call themselves … Continue reading
Last week, The Daily Beast broke the story about Facebook hiring a PR firm to smear Google. Meant to be a secret, Facebook worked with Burson-Marsteller to generate this negative buzz about Google. When the plot was discovered, a Facebook … Continue reading
I’ve written before about Apple’s marketing strategy (which boils down to selling an overpriced, slightly-above-average product, only to belittle it as a shoddy and sub-par product when they release the marginally better version a year later). It seems their business … Continue reading