I’ve been here with my son. I think we both had the same amount of fun. A great place for adults as well as kids!
Facebook’s mobile moment: Nearly a billion mobile users, & majority of revenue from mobile
Lenovo To Buy Motorola Mobility From Google For $2.91 Billion
This turn begs us to look at Google’s recent acquisition of Nest (and their team) as not just an acquisition of a company. The Nest team could be the next product team at Google. Google continues to stay interesting…
My latest on the Catalyst blog: What the Google Acquisition of Nest means
By now you have probably heard that Google has spent billions purchasing Nest. Many people might not have heard about Nest. Nest builds beautiful and smart technologies for the home. Their first product is a thermostat. And their founders are former Apple designers.
I recently wrote an article on the Catalyst blog about what we can expect from this purchase and the growing trend of companies building smart technology products for the consumer market.
Let me know your thoughts by commenting below. Thanks!
Fox Will Stream Super Bowl XLVIII Free to Computers and iPads
Wonder if Canadian broadcasters will follow along with this…
How to tell a story: Duracell and Derrick Coleman
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- Tell the story. If it’s powerful you won’t need to embellish the truth.
- Be authentic when tying in your brand.
- Timing is
importanteverything. - People love to cheer for the “underdog”.
Biz Stone Dishes Details on Jelly, His Post-Twitter Mobile Startup
As Netflix Rises, HBO and Showtime Subscribers Shrink as Percentage of U.S. Households
A new study suggests that a growing number of consumers are opting to pay for standalone Internet video services – such as Netflix – instead of subscribing to HBO or Showtime.
NBCUniversal To Stream Video On Facebook To Promote Olympics
Now that NBCUniversal is devoting more than 1000 hours to digital coverage of the coming Sochi Olympics, it makes sense that the company will partner with a social-media giant to draw viewers to its efforts.
The Problem With LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a very valuable tool for professionals and companies alike. For example, many people have used the recommendations feature to help them increase their employment and career goals and aspirations. Many companies have used LinkedIn’s vast source of data to search for new talent.
When people have a problem with LinkedIn, most of the time (although the platform is far from perfect), it’s because of the way individual people use it.
Take the following as a case in point:
I don’t mind connecting with people I know on LinkedIn. I also don’t mind connecting with people I don’t yet know but who might work in the same office as me. However, this one made me laugh hard:
I am a person he trusts yet he doesn’t know me. So why the heck should I connect!? Should I connect?