Submitted by Avi
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I recently wrote a cover story on iMedia on Marketing Megatrends that was very popular and I've been asked to speak on a panel about trends at the upcoming iMedia Agency Summit in Scottsdale in a few weeks, so I thought it would be fun to start a little semi-regular blog post called Trends with Traction. Rather than a weekl (Read More)
Submitted by Lostmoya
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I decided to write another rather basic level article because there are so many people I meet who have heard a bit about the oil situation, and it is hard to point to one single article to give an overview of some of the current issues. Regular readers will find many repeats of graphs. There are some new ones, as well, from (Read More)
Six Revisions : Web Development and Design:
If you’re reading this article, it’s likely that you spend a fair amount of time online. However, considering how much of an influence the Internet has in our daily lives, how many of us actually know the story of how it got its start?Here’s a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites (Read More)
TechCrunch:
At the Web 2.0 Summit a few weeks ago, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta outlined the strategy for the social network to perhaps regain some of its former glory: the “socialization of content.” While MySpace may not be seeing major growth in terms of new users, the social network is gaining major traction on its communities that a (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Sometimes, it feels like terms we thought had some meaning really don't apply as much anymore.Take the term "social media," as an example.It's like every SEO marketer decided that "social media," was the ticket to a sweet consulting gig. Just look at Twitter. You find a lot of social media experts with tens of thousands of (Read More)
Submitted by Magitam
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I attended the mHealth Summit organized by the NIH in DC on October 29-30 to get a sense of the progress in the use of mobile technologies to improve health care. It is a fascinating area where mobile technology can make a real difference in the lives of many people, especially in developing countries (see a paper I wrote r (Read More)
Submitted by Competent
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To stay ahead, companies need to find ways to keep engineers motivated and happy.By Eva Chen, CEO, Trend MicroChen uses empathy and the occasional pajama party to inspire engineers. Photo: Trend MicroIn the high-tech industry, “innovation” is part of our everyday vocabulary and one of the main reasons why many of us have ch (Read More)
readwriteweb:
In their demo video, indicee refers to "accounting's ERP black box," a not so subtle remark about the challenges facing the average business user when trying to draw knowledge from a traditional enterprise technology such as ERP software.indicee is one of a growing number of companies that has developed methods for providin (Read More)
Buzztracker.com - Venture Capital:
Last week I reported that Mohr Davidow had combined two of its cancer-fighting biotech startups — CELLective Diagnostics and The DNA Repair Company — into a third, new company called On-Q-ity.Last month I reported that Box.net, a Draper Fisher-funded service to share and store content online, had purchased another Draper, F (Read More)
New Comm Biz:
Image via CrunchBasePosterous has been gaining a lot of attention lately. Most people see it as a great way to fill that gap between a tweet and a blog. Some people see it as a next generation content management systems for the Web. Other people see it as a lifestream. Whatever you want to call it Posterous is gaining in po (Read More)
Submitted by 41235
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This research analyzes the top 10 technologies in content and data management and highlights their impact on IT organizations during 2009 to 2010. (Read More)
Submitted by Robdiana
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Here’s a repost of an article I wrote for Inc., on the emergence of the real time web and how your business can benefit from this trend:One of the biggest technology trends in 2009 has been the emergence of the “Real-Time Web.” The real-time Web is a made up of technologies and practices that can inform users as soon as inf (Read More)
Submitted by Catepol
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David Armano pubblica una sua personale lista di 6 trend dei social media nel 2010 che traduco brevemente e velocemente (segnalatemi errori) qui sotto: 1. I Social media diventano meno “social”Grazie ai gruppi, alle liste ed ai network di nicchia che cominciano a diventare più popolari, le reti verranno considerate come più (Read More)
Conversation Agent:
If monitoring conversations and knowing what you're listening for is the first ingredient in good online best practices, knowing when and how to respond is much more than good etiquette. It's become an integral aspect of brand management and can mean the difference between a flop - or worse, a crisis - and a deposit in yo (Read More)
Submitted by Beneipeter
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[Posted by Nate Elliott. Follow me on twitter.]
Marketers don't think they're very good at measuring social media.
When my colleague Emily Riley asked marketers to
rate their ability to measure the impact of their social media
initiatives, the average grade they gave themselves was 4.5 out of 10.
Not a great score -- espe (Read More)