Death, Taxes and NFC
Over 400 people gathered in Boston to hear about the future of NFC, or Near Field Communications from panelists from PayPal, Verizon, semiconductor company NXP and payment solutions provider Ingenico. NFC is an emerging standard that allows you to “tap” your mobile...
New Technologies for 2012
At the recent Podcamp Boston, I spoke on the technologies that will affect us, or in some cases, begin to affect us in 2012. Most of the standards are based on the evolution of the web to being a place where people learn, act, react and transact - and...
Top Actionable Uses of Social Media
Almost 30% of senior marketing executives involved in social media make monitoring social channels actionable by incorporating it into their social strategy. This finding is part of a study performed by WebLiquid and RSW/US and highlighted on MarketingCharts.com....
Earthquake Sends Comments Running In The Tweets
I will not write about the East Coast earthquake. I will not write about the East Coast earthquake. Oh, Huffington Post, you made it too easy. Yes, the 5.9 magnitude earthquake has many MANY buildings being checked for structural integrity. Yes, many people lost a...
Google+ Project Reinvents Community
In a limited beta today, the Google+ project adds several new layers of community. Here's a quick summary with more coming soon. The features are designed for both ad hoc and long-term communities, mobile and (is there a non-mobile anymore?) and really does appear to...
Klout Gets LinkedIn; Facebook Pages
Last week, influence measurement tool Klout announced full integration with the professional social network LinkedIn. Already measuring influence on Twitter and Facebook, the San Francisco based company claims to measure a person’s ability to drive action. Klout is an...
