Category Archive: Business Models

Jan 25

Focus on the User …

There is a lot of traffic (excitement) out there about the bias creeping in to Google Searches around the Social Landscape. This site : Focus on the User clearly demonstrates that there is – AND offers a work around with a handy dandy bookmarklet that you can install through a simple drag and drop. When …

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Jan 13

How To Train Your Newspaper To Survive The Digital Age

Hot Off The Twitter Bot: How To Train Your Newspaper To Survive The Digital Age The New York Times recently reported a quarterly profit of $15.7 million driven, in part, by its success at drawing paying subscribers to its website. The news put some much-needed wind in the sails of an industry navigating the choppiest …

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Jan 10

Skype – Killing Long Distance – Once Minute At A Time.

Skype Winning

  It doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know – but nice to see the graphic supporting it. iMessage and BBMessenger will both be cutting into the texting world. Reduced number of home phones anyway – since we are all on mobile. And the costs of mobile in US in comparison are ASTRONOMIC. I …

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Oct 04

Is Dropbox Really The World’s 5th Most Valuable Startup?

Business Insider estimated the value of Dropbox at $4 billion, based on its latest funding round at the end of August. … there again – the other companies on the list; Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and Twitter are also on there for the same reasons. So rather than just question Dropbox – why not the others …

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Sep 16

Social Media Is No Longer Optional

If you, or your company, still think of social media as optional, or just “not for our customers,” you should read this new Nielsen survey. It found: Nearly 80% of online Americans are now using social media (blogs, Twitter, and social networking sites) Over 140 million Americans visit Facebook every month Boomers are driving the …

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Jul 03

Harlan Ellison — Pay the Writer

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Funny – but very real.

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Apr 06

For Photographers, the Image of a Shrinking Path

shrinking path

Ever since I was sent this NYT article: For Photographers, the Image of a Shrinking Path – NYTimes.com, I had been mulling this in my mind. Before that even. I picked up on one set of words … which I replay here to save you clicking through. “There are very few professional photographers who, right …

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