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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the origin of a false report on a CNN citizen journalist Web site that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs had a heart attack and was hospitalized. Jobs and Apple need a lesson in transparency to end speculation and rumor.
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A RIM employee violated the company's confidentiality/IP policies by providing internal marketing and product positioning documents to The Boy Genius Report. Interesting read.
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Good tips from a venture/start-up pro.
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B2B marketers in the US plan to increase spending on Internet marketing more than traditional marketing, marketing hires or overall marketing through July 2009, according to a study by Duke University's Fuqua School of Business commissioned by the American Marketing Association.
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This is a cool idea, especially in the current environment. I'd like to see this kind of company for mortgages.
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These guys are getting more and more traction as their platform becomes more and more social.
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Will widgets survive the latest redesign of Facebook? The" feed" is more front and center. I don't see applications as much any more.
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A group of Canadian human-rights activists and computer security researchers has discovered a huge surveillance system in China that monitors and archives certain Internet text conversations that include politically charged words. Are we surprised? No.
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Google launched a meme tracker. Time will tell if it works. I seem to remember NYTimes launching a meme tracker, but I only looked at it once. I do continue to like Techmeme.
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Suddenly Sling Media doesn’t look much like a hardware company, but rather a direct competitor to online video sites like YouTube, Hulu and Joost. The "live" combined with "On Demand" is a provocative offer.
3 October 2008 |
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25 September 2008 |
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The dynamic social media relations duo behing HP's "31 Days of the Dragon" live in Austin. I've been thinking about scale and social media lately and this program certainly hit the numbers. Congrat's.
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Intel Capital, the chipmaker's venture arm, has signed a deal to acquire a $20 million stake in Telligent Systems, which specializes in social-networking software for businesses. This is one of the few .NET platforms which makes it appealing to some large enterprise.
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The first Google Android phone is out. Be sure and check out all the photos to get a good overview of the device. It's interesting. Not sure I'll be rushing out to get one.
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This screencast tracks McKinsey's "strategy frameworks" over the past 50+ years. Might be worth a review as you enter business planning.
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22 September 2008 |
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Here's a Twiitter-like platform for conversations on religion. I think we will see more of this in the coming 12 months — sports, for instance, would be a another good segment.
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Google founder Sergey Brin started a blog. Initially he's writing about Parkinson's which he is "substantially predisposed to…"
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Google leads the worldwide search engine market, but in Japan it has some catching up to do. In 2007, Yahoo Japan saw a whopping 76% of the nearly 350 billion search engine and portal-related pageviews registered in the country, clearly outperforming Google (second with 5.4%, according to Nielsen Japan). How will they do it? Attack mobile search.
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