Social Media, Marketing, and Tech News with a Sprinkle of Cannabis
Article first published as Overcoming 7 Enterprise Mobility Challenges in Today’s BYOD World on Technorati. According to the iPass Q1 2012 Global Mobile Workforce Report, the average worker is now carrying around an average of 3.5 mobile devices. Laptops, tablets, smartphones, feature phone and all the hybrids of them. We bring these into our work with us, where we […]
Mastercard, in partnership with Prime Research, just its Mobile Payments Social Media Study tracking 85,000 related social media comments across Twitter, Facebook, Online Blogs and Forums from around the world. Two prominent themes emerged from the research: A high volume of conversation and consumer interest in adopting mobile payments, and Confusion over the array of options available today as barriers to entry. About […]
As written for Social Media Today One needn’t look further than last month’s announcement from LinkedIn to learn the business of Q&A search isn’t an easy one. The company pulled the plug on LinkedIn Answers, its Quora-like Q&A service, on Jan. 31. Speaking of which, just Just Quora-search “Things Contributing to the Decline in Quora” to figure out the story […]
As written for Technorati In 2008 I was giving a presentation to a group of airline executives in Dubai. My topic? Virtual currency. Back then my talk was met with a whole lot of blank stares and doubters. Perhaps it was before its time, or just a really ugly PowerPoint (you can decide). Today’s virtual currency has gone […]
I remember eating the massive chocolate chip cookie pancake at the International House of Pancakes (before they got cool and changed their name to IHOP). As a child, that would be some sort of reward for academic performance, or another birthday. But back then we didn’t snap pictures of me eating one of IHOP’s monstrosities, […]
As written for Business2Community Martini Media released an infographic that explores how luxury auto brands are driving digital adoption. Martini is a leading digital media and content platform for engaging affluent online users. The study, led by well-known researcher Michele Madansky, uncovered these highlights: This year, 94% more auto brands are utilizing digital video than last year Luxury auto marketers devote 28% of their budgets […]
As written for Social Media Today Using Social to Prove a Point Cellairis makes what seems like the world’s strongest iphone screens. How strong are these things? So strong that merely tossing ’em off the roof of a building simply wouldn’t be enough. Nay. So these guys locked themselves into a room, racked their collective brain power, […]
As written for Business2Community Listen Up Kids! AVG Technologies released the findings of its latest research, “Digital Baggage,” the sixth stage of its “Digital Diaries” series. The survey found that a sizeable chunk of young adults aged 18-25 years old are using social networks to broadcast personal and work-related information that could potentially threaten their young careers. While most of us turn […]