Last year I was disappointed by CES, why? Because for me the future of electronics is about consolidation, convergence; it's about having one device that does 10,000 things (well), not...

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When I speak, I tend to hear the same excuses as to why company leaders aren't approving the use of the web for business development. It's like my own private joke when I ask them to put their baggage on the table and they say things they think no one else has ever said. But [...]

Read More: Six Reasons Social Media Doesn’t Work

Today at Web 2.0 Summit, Google's SVP of Social Vic Gundotra had some interesting things to say about internet privacy and sharing controls. When asked about Facebook's Open Graph system,...

Read More: Gundotra on Open Graph: “Every thought in your head doesn’t come out of your mouth”

Everyone seems to agree that the coolest new feature on the iPhone 4S has got to be Siri—the personal assistant application that uses natural language processing to answer your questions, make recommendations and more.  But if English, French or German isn’t your first language Siri may not be as helpful as it’s cracked up to be.


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Facebook has perhaps become best known for its "Like" button. You can like news stories, videos, and whatever else your friends decide to post in the newsfeed. With f8′s announcement...

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Google's Photovine has been in a private beta mode for a few months now. It became open for use by anyone who registers for the service this week. Photovine lets people create arbitrary themes and then have other people contribute photos related to that theme.PhotovineAfter creating my account, I browsed a series of sets of photos with a variety of themes and then tried creating one of my own. It was a simple as choosing a photo from the library on my iPad and then providing a theme name.After u [...]

Read More: Google Photovine Open to Everyone Now. Doesn’t Play Well With Other Googlely Things

One of the burning questions we all have after hearing this morning's news of Google's $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility is: what does this mean for the next Nexus device?

Will Google leverage its acquisition to build Android phones that look and function exactly how Google wants them to, a move that would postion the company to compete more directly with Apple? Or will it continue to anoint one handset maker as the temporary "king" of Android devices through the same process it uses now?

Read More: Google / Motorola Deal Doesn’t Guarantee a “Nexus Droid”

What do people think social media professionals do for a living? They are not wizards like Gandalf. They can't raise their staff and command visitors to become permanent residents of a site. OK let's say a digital strategist gets the visitors to a site. Good enough. But at that point, publishers shouldn't complain because now [...]

Read More: “Permanent” Traffic Doesn’t Exist on the Web