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Big brands now pay to add fake Twitter followers to their accounts

The Twitter Platform

October 13, 2013Business, TechnologyAndroid, API, BuddyMedia, Core, digital device, Facebook, Facebook Platform, fastests growing network, Forbes, Google, Google Now, Like button, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Sippey, mobile devices, payment solution, Product Release, real-time web, search engine, Share, Smart TV, social media, Social Networks, software clients, Text messaging, Twitter, Twitter usage, user management services, VP of product, Wall Street Journal, wearable computing interface, Web Index, Websites, World Wide Web, Zynga

Could Twitter succeed where Facebook failed?

The Future - next exit

Predictions for 2013

January 5, 2013Business, Media, Technology3G, Activision Blizzard, aggressive player, amazon, Android, Apple, Apple Inc., AT&T, carrier contract, carrier subsidies, CEO, consumer electronic device, controller, Deutsche Telecom, e-reader, e-readers, Europe, Facebook, free-with-subscription magazine, game controller, generation telecom networks, Google, GPS, GPU, Grand Theft Auto, greater number, HTC, internet capabilities, ipad, iPhone, Japan, kindle, KindleHD tablets, Korea, LG, marginal player, Masayoshi Son, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Mobile apps, mobile device, mobile devices, Mobile game, mobile operation, Mobile phone, mobile phones, Motorola, netflix, Nevada, New Jersey, Nexus, Nintendo, Nokia, North America, offer end-to-end solution, online content, online purchase, online store approach, operating system, operating systems, OSX, Panasonic, PC, respective 4G networks, Samsung, satellite TV, SmartGlass technology, Smartphone, smartphones, Softbank, Sony, Sprint, T-mobile, Tablet computer, the Nexus, through most operating systems, United States, Verizon, virtual reality, Zynga

A lengthy list of predictions in the platform, mobile, TV, and gaming space.

Google Travel

Get out in town

October 20, 2012Business, PoliticsAndroid, black car, Bloomberg, building Google, California, Connecticut, consumer internet businesses, eBay, Facebook, Finance, finance industry, food buffets, gated communities, Gated community, Geography of California, Geography of the United States, Goldman Sachs, Google, Googleplex, Information Age, iOS devices, iPhone, Microsoft, mobile devices, New Jersey, New York, New York City, New York subway, Princeton, private shuttle, public transportation, public transportation infrastructure, public transportation riders, public transportation systems, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Santa Clara County, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Stamford, Steve Blank, sub-standard products, the Nexus, Twitter, venture capital, Zynga, Zynga's building, Zynga's dog house

Escaping the valley may be the best way to develop the next great tech product.

You computing

July 21, 2012Business, Technologyadvertising prices, airline ticket, amazon, Amazon.com, Android, bespoke, big data, Bing, Cloud computing, customization, dynamic pricing, Facebook, Global Positioning System, Google, GPS, Internet privacy, iPhone, Keepskor, mobile device, mobile devices, netflix, Nike, online space, online status, personal assistant, Personal computing, push technology, search engine, search results, sensors, Smartphone, smartphones, social media, Twitter, ubiquitous computing, Virtual economy, Zynga

Smart sensors are about to redefine computing.

Optimized optimism

May 19, 2012Businessadwords advertising, amazon, Amazon.com, Best Buy, big bank, Business, Circuit City, consumer electronics, death, Dot-com, Electronic commerce, Energy, Facebook, Google, how, if, Jeff Bezos, kindle, large media, lenses, Microsoft, Mind, Motivation, online space, optimism, Philosophy of life, Positive psychology, retail background, satellite TV, Steve Jobs, technology businesses, video on demand, viewpoints, VOIP, When, Zynga

Why optimism always wins out

Facebook

Facebook IPO vs. Google IPO

February 5, 2012BusinessAdvertising, advertising revenue, Apple, Blog hosting services, Facebook, Google, Harvard, initial public offering, IPO, Labor Issues, Photo sharing, Revenue, social media, United States, Web 2.0, World Wide Web, Zynga

How does the Facebook IPO compare to the one Google did a few years ago?

The Future - next exit

2011 Predictions: The scorecard

December 18, 2011Business, Media, Politics, TechnologyAndroid, AT&T, christmas, Copenhagen, Denmark, e-book, e-books, Egypt, Espionage, Facebook, Federal Communications Commission, gamification, Google Inc., Groupon, Intel, Internet Backlash, internet legislation, internet political story, Internet regulation, iPhone, kindle, LinkedIn, media product, Microsoft, National Football League, National security, Near Field Communication, New Year's Day, New York, NFC chips, NFL, Nokia, Prediction, predictions, promising technology, Region Hovedstaden, regulated internet, Security, smart phones, T-mobile, technology side, The Guardian, the New York Times, Tunisia, United States diplomatic cables leak, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks, World Wide Web, Zynga

A review of my 2011 predictions.

HTML 5

The state of HTML validation

August 21, 2011Technologyamazon, Baidu, Document Type Declaration, eBay, Facebook, Google Germany, Google India, Google Japan, Google UK, Groupon, HTML, HTML 4.0, HTML 5, HTML5, LinkedIn, Markup languages, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Sina.com., Twitter, United States, UTF-8, validation, XHTML, Yahoo, Yahoo Japan, YouTube, Zynga

What is the state of HTML5 compliance among large sites?

T-mobile will force you to do the math to see if new phones are worth it.

How much is a user worth?

July 24, 2011BusinessAndroid software, ARPU, Average revenue per user, economics, Facebook, Financial economics, Google, Groupon, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Corporation, living social, LivingSocial, Market capitalization, online radio, Pandora, Pandora Radio, Public company, representative, social media, Stock selection criteria, traded web, Twitter, Valuation, Web 2.0, World Wide Web, Zynga

Using public data, we try to assess how much a user is worth in terms of valuation.

Google

Some thoughts on Google+

July 10, 2011Business, Technologyadvertising revenue, Android, Blog hosting services, Facebook, Facebook Inc, Gmail, Google, Google Inc., iOS, iPhone, mobile devices, mobile photo hosting applications, MySpace, online advertising, online gaming, online meetings, Online social networking, online users, Photo sharing, reputation rating systems, social media, social media space, social network, Social Networks, Twitter, Twitter Inc, Twitter stream, Web 2.0, World Wide Web, YouTube, Zynga

Like every early adopters, I’ve been playing with Google+ and have a few thoughts about it.