(Reuters) – When Google Inc decided to build its Nexus Q home entertainment device in Silicon Valley rather than in China, it was not fretting about the bottom line. It was fretting about speed.
“We wanted to innovate fast. This is the first end-to-end hardware product that Google has ever put out,” said more…
In just one year from now, we’ll see social technologies disrupt e-commerce the same way they’ve already disrupted online gaming, music and news.
Commerce has always been social. Shopping in the real world is a form of social entertainment, and we turn to more…
Technology is changing entertainment for better and for worse, according to TV Guide’s general manager and executive vice president, Christy Tanner, who spoke at the Mashable Media Summit. more…
Argentina-based classifieds site OLX was launched in India in 2006 and it was among the earlier breed of Internet businesses. The company is now gearing up for a long-awaited rise in Internet and mobile Internet usage, following the spurt of social networking activity and the increasing interest in online shopping across the country. more…
The web is getting faster, and not just the speed of the pages, but also the speed of change. Before, it was fine to build a website and modify it only when new products were launched. All of us avid Analytics users know that’s just not good enough. We need to be constantly on the lookout for problems and opportunities. more…
When an earthquake rattled the East Coast on Tuesday, millions of people turned to social media to get news or reassure loved ones. And according to a new survey by the American Red Cross, the trend is growing. more…
Seldom does a week pass where one doesn’t read an article outlining the biggest trends in mobile video advertising. To which my natural response is, “Should there be any trends at all in mobile video advertising?”
After all, video ads consume buckets upon buckets more…
Everyone is using social media today. We are all desperately trying to figure out how to use this new channel of communication – for personal reasons, for business reasons, to network, to learn. In large part, the reason we struggle with this new channel is that we don’t understand the basic foundation of social media. Ready? Here it is: more…
