Category Archives: Technology

Social Media Doesn’t Help Prestige Brands Acquire New Customers

Hot off the Mashable presses: The consensus: Social media is still an important tool for marketing and organic search. But for prestige brands focused on customer acquisition and conversion, a Facebook page or Twitter account may not be the best

Social Media Doesn’t Help Prestige Brands Acquire New Customers

Hot off the Mashable presses: The consensus: Social media is still an important tool for marketing and organic search. But for prestige brands focused on customer acquisition and conversion, a Facebook page or Twitter account may not be the best

Does Your Twitter Feed Influence What You Watch on TV?

SocialGuide, which is a Nielsen and McKinsey lovechild, logs all Twitter activity about US television programming. It has just released a report saying… “We saw a statistically significant causal influence indicating that a spike in TV ratings can increase the

Does Your Twitter Feed Influence What You Watch on TV?

SocialGuide, which is a Nielsen and McKinsey lovechild, logs all Twitter activity about US television programming. It has just released a report saying… “We saw a statistically significant causal influence indicating that a spike in TV ratings can increase the

Better TV?

As someone who who used to be in the trenches, I read about Intel’s attempt to improve the UX of TV with interest. Will the kids want to pay for it, is the question on my mind. Anybody seen the

Better TV?

As someone who who used to be in the trenches, I read about Intel’s attempt to improve the UX of TV with interest. Will the kids want to pay for it, is the question on my mind. Anybody seen the

Facebook Changes Measurements Brands Can Track

Facebook’s measurement change is primarily related to how it accounts for and reports on of the way users interacting with and click on ads and content. This means more detailed reporting options, which hopefully helps us uncover more meaningful insights

Facebook Changes Measurements Brands Can Track

Facebook’s measurement change is primarily related to how it accounts for and reports on of the way users interacting with and click on ads and content. This means more detailed reporting options, which hopefully helps us uncover more meaningful insights

What Are You Doing?

“Americans are spending more time on social media than volunteering, praying, talking on the phone, emailing, or even exercising.” – the head of Forrester Research at LeWeb conference in Paris this past week

What Are You Doing?

“Americans are spending more time on social media than volunteering, praying, talking on the phone, emailing, or even exercising.” – the head of Forrester Research at LeWeb conference in Paris this past week

Email is for Old People*

* people with jobs After reading in the latest Pew Report how kids today don’t really use email (“that’s what Facebook is for”), I have been keeping my ears and eyes open for further evidence. In my highly unscientific survey

Email is for Old People*

* people with jobs After reading in the latest Pew Report how kids today don’t really use email (“that’s what Facebook is for”), I have been keeping my ears and eyes open for further evidence. In my highly unscientific survey

Another Kind of Futurist Perspective to Read

Forget those lists compiled by marketers and those that write for us – check out the world in 2025 from the vantage point of policy wonks, professors and journalists compiled by Foreign Policy magazine.

Another Kind of Futurist Perspective to Read

Forget those lists compiled by marketers and those that write for us – check out the world in 2025 from the vantage point of policy wonks, professors and journalists compiled by Foreign Policy magazine.

Fewer Kids Want to be On the Road

I read on Ypulse today… Millennials aren’t buying cars. Cars cut them off from their lives — they can’t text, can’t talk to their friends, and can’t check Facebook while driving. Fewer Millennials are getting drivers licenses than previous generations.

Fewer Kids Want to be On the Road

I read on Ypulse today… Millennials aren’t buying cars. Cars cut them off from their lives — they can’t text, can’t talk to their friends, and can’t check Facebook while driving. Fewer Millennials are getting drivers licenses than previous generations.

iPad Meet the Album

Artists and record labels are rushing to develop iPad applications that revive and expand the idea of the traditional album and, they hope, entice fans to buy more than just a track or two. The Universal Music Group has teamed

iPad Meet the Album

Artists and record labels are rushing to develop iPad applications that revive and expand the idea of the traditional album and, they hope, entice fans to buy more than just a track or two. The Universal Music Group has teamed