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  • Real-Time Web: Business at the Speed of Thought

    In just the past couple of years, several developments have come together to make the Web more of a real-time experience: ubiquitous high-speed Internet connections; a growing number of mobile…


  • Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend

    Every year the New Oxford American Dictionary prepares for the holidays by making its biggest announcement of the year.  This announcement is usually applauded by some and derided by others…


  • Disney Posts Alice in Wonderland Posters on Facebook

    Tim Burton’s 3D epic “Alice in Wonderland” doesn’t hit theaters until March 2010, but Walt Disney Pictures is already utilizing social media to spread the word about it. Disney started…


  • Cleverbot Avatar: The Future of Communication?

    via science.discovery.com


  • Rent the Runway = Netflix for Couture

    a nascent Web site called Rent the Runway is hoping to make high-end fashions much more accessible and almost as easy as renting a movie from Netflix. The mail-order service,…


  • Comcast-NBC Universal Deal = Advertising Gamechanger

    Comcast Corp. is looking to take a 51% stake in NBC Universal, surely a sign of the durability of cable networks, since NBCU owns a bunch of top-tier ones. But…


  • Honk: Car Shopping With a Social Twist

    The center of Honk is its “Explore Cars” engine. You can select new or used, put in your price range and select some demographic information (like are you single or…


  • Social Media ROI? The Myth of the “Last Click”

    In a session called The New Consumer Funnel: Engagement Mapping and the Death of the Last Click Reporting Standard, I was introduced to some new research that could potentially mean…


  • New Pepsi ‘Dewmocracy’ Push

    In a contest beginning this month, Mtn Dew will hand off marketing duties, at least temporarily, for a $100 million-plus business to several potentially unknown players selected by consumers. Via…


  • The Rise of Power Jeans

    Power jeans are increasingly common in high-ranking business and political circles. Indeed, jeans are now a legitimate part of the global power-dress lexicon, worn to influential confabs where the wearers…


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