With Graph Search, Can Facebook Kill LinkedIn, Yelp–Even Google?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduces Graph Search (Photo: Robert Hof) From my Forbes.com blog The New Persuaders: Facebook took pains today to tell the world that its new social search service,...
View ArticleWhat’s Next For Google+ Now That Its Leader Has Suddenly Left?
From my Forbes blog: Google+ has never gotten the respect its creator hoped, let alone gained much ground on its supposed target, Facebook. Now, Google’s attempt at a social network has lost its leader...
View ArticleSorry, But Twitter Will Never Be Facebook
From my Forbes blog: Twitter’s shares look to stage another swan dive Wednesday morning as investors continue to focus on the only disappointing piece of data in its first-quarter earnings report:...
View ArticleThe One Missing Ingredient In Facebook’s All-Out Drive For TV Ad Dollars
From my Forbes blog: Beyond plans to spend like crazy on everything from search to virtual reality, Facebook gave investors little to complain about in its fourth-quarter results reported Jan. 28. Ad...
View ArticleTwitter’s Temp CEO Jack Dorsey Sure Doesn’t Talk Like A Temp
Twitter CEO-for-now Jack Dorsey From my Forbes blog: On a wild day when investors couldn’t figure out whether they loved or hated Twitter’s second-quarter earnings, one thing was clear: Jack Dorsey is...
View ArticlePingpad: A New Social Network For Getting Things Done
Pingpad CEO and cofounder Ross Mayfield From my Forbes blog: There’s no lack of apps to communicate and collaborate with friends, family and colleagues. You use messaging apps such as Snapchat,...
View ArticleSF App Startup Cola Creates ‘Slack For The Rest Of Us’
From my Forbes blog: There’s no end of messaging apps that let you exchange texts, photos and videos with friends–Whatsapp, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook Messenger and so on. There are also a lot of...
View Article‘Unboxing’ Videos A Gift To Marketers
From my New York Times story: One day last year, Jessica Nelson was surprised to find her toddler, Aiden, watching videos online in which people opened box after box of new toys, from Kinder Surprise...
View ArticleFacebook’s Monster Mobile Ad Machine
From my Forbes blog: If there’s one number that stands out in Facebook’s by-all-accounts stellar fourth-quarter earnings report today, it’s the amount of advertising revenues from mobile devices: 80...
View ArticlePicture This: Marketers Let Emojis Do the Talking
An illustration from Taco Bell’s Taco Emoji Engine From my New York Times article: The condom brand Durex has used World AIDS Day as a marketing hook for years, but for the most recent edition it tried...
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