January 18, 2010 – 5:29 am
by Geoff Livingston
Maybe it’s because I was gone for two months on a sabbatical, but returning to my reader has been a disappointment. Let me be more specific. In particular the social media, PR and marketing blog posts about PR, social media, marketing and, yes, the general “conversation,” read like a time warp back [...]
December 9, 2009 – 3:00 pm
I am the ultimate perpetual kid, fascinated by how things work and known to take anything apart especially if it isn’t broken (yet). If you’ve followed my posts in the past, you know that I am obsessed with the concept of search. Thankfully, I’m not the only one. Apparently the engineers at Google are dedicated [...]
October 21, 2009 – 3:00 pm
By Wyatt Wood
It’s no surprise that mobile web use is increasing with records sales for iphone and the buzz surrounding the upcoming Motorola Droid smartphone. Taking this increase into consideration should be part of any current interactive/social strategy. With more than 60 million page views from mobile devices Wordpress.com took notice and provided mobile template [...]
This weekend, Washington, DC area internet developer Viget Labs hosted iPhoneDevCampDC, an unconference about all things iPhone Apps (full photo set here). I went expressly to understand the latest hot, shiny object from a communicator’s perspective. How does this tactic fit into the mix?
One thing that’s important to note off the bat: It’s not [...]
A recent study from Gartner (see Mashable and eMarketer coverage) has highlighted the burgeoning location marketplace within smartphones. We’re nearing 100 million phones w/GPS chips on them.
What does this mean for the marketer/communicator? Increasingly people can volunteer their GPS location when they are talking or using the Internet. Rather than get into [...]
One thing seems clearer and clearer. Mobile and portable media continues to become a staple of online promotion and marketing. Worldwide acceleration of mobile smartphones – to the tune of 130% increase in sales over the next few years – is driving the shift (image by in veritas lux).
Just yesterday, I read an outstanding [...]
The mobile Internet revolution continues to accelerate, fueled by the latest smartphone releases from Palm, Apple and Blackberry. It’s not so important whether people prefer Blackberry, Apple or Other. What does matter is the functionality these phones bring to the market. With computing capability, broadband Internet, and GPS location ID, smartphones are capturing market interest [...]
By Geoff Livingston
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Posted in Social Networks, mobile
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Also tagged android, applications, BrightKite, FourSquare, gypsii, iPhone, Loopt, Nokia, Palm Pre, social
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Well, I finally made it to sxsw. In addition
to phenomenal discussions and socializing (me thinks the real purpose of sxsw), I came to Austin to garner knowledge on the Future of the Internet.
Why? Because social media is maturing, and staying on the edge is critical. To help, I moved to new mobile [...]
By Geoff Livingston
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Posted in Internet Marketing, communications, market research
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Also tagged adobe, android, centro, duture, flash, internet, iPhone, mini 9, sxsw
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December 16, 2008 – 8:13 am
Pew/Internet released its third Future of the Internet study this past Sunday. Really the study is a benchmark survey of thought leaders in the business and reveals some very obvious brush strokes as well as a startling thought or two.
Some general thoughts on the report before diving into specific findings… It’s a highly subjective data [...]
By Geoff Livingston
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Posted in Internet Marketing, social cause, social media
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Also tagged "social good", david brin, duan dangler, future, future of the internet, julian hopkins, pew internet, pew/internet, social tolerance, virtual reality
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