Posts Tagged ‘facebook’
Goodbye Parse. Now, Apple’s CloudKit vs. Google’s Firebase vs. Kinvey?
Well, today Parse announced that they will be shutting down completely by the end of 2016. When they were acquired by Facebook in 2013, many were concerned. Acquisitions often don’t end well. I guess those folks were correct. We have a difficult announcement to make. Beginning today we’re winding down the Parse service, and Parse…
Read MoreTwitter's user growth is slowing quickly
Perhaps not all that surprising. I don’t think Twitter has ever been something that the average person understands. Its inclusion on television and other media has certainly raised awareness, but that hasn’t necessarily translated into real engagement. A 2009 study found that 71% of tweets are ignored, and I don’t think that has really changed.…
Read MoreRoulston Research Search and Social Media Conference Call with Former Yahoo and Double Click Executives
On August 16th, Roulston Research held a Search and Social Media conference call to discuss trends in the industry and answer various questions from the attending investors. Larry Cornett of Brilliant Forge (VP of Consumer Products for Yahoo! Search in a former life) was one of the presenters, and Jeff Marcus was the other. He…
Read MoreIs Pinterest Right for Your Business?
Pinterest is one of the fastest-growing social networks in 2012. According to ComScore: in January 2012, 13.76m people worldwide visited the site and spent an average of 89 minutes there. Business Insider recently shared some interesting data tidbits about its growth, users, and their sharing behavior. But, I really like the data shared in this…
Read MoreRecap of Panel: Learn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind
I moderated a great panel discussion on Sustainable Innovation yesterday on Focus. It was quite enlightening to hear insights from people who’ve been at larger companies like Facebook, Linkedin, eBay, and Yahoo; but have also been at smaller startups too. I raised the concept of “Compound Innovation” and wrote up some of my thoughts on…
Read MoreLearn How to Sustainably Innovate or Be Left Behind – A Free Event on Sep 28th
I will be moderating a panel on Sustainable Innovation on Sep 28th, 1–2 PM PST on Focus.com. It’s free, so check it out and join us! Summary We are all witnessing an increasing velocity of product and service innovation within the competitive landscape. Creating a sustainable process for successful innovation is now even more critical…
Read MoreSocial Networks and Blogs Dominate Time Spent Online With Tumblr at #3
I was just reading the Nielsen Social Media Report: Q3 2011 and, while there are some findings that are not that surprising, there are some very interesting tidbits of data. Not surprising to see that social networks, blogs, and microblogs are dominating our time spent online, taking up nearly 1/4 of time spent on the internet…
Read MoreShoshin Project Video Interview with Larry Cornett: Search Should Beware of Social Media
I was in NYC last week and had the pleasure of speaking with the folks from The Shoshin Project about the current trends within the Tech industry. Specifically, we talked a lot about the impact of social media and how it could potential disrupt traditional information retrieval (i.e., Web Search). I believe that social media’s popularity and technology may push aside traditional search by helping users tame the information overload beast that the “stream” has become.
Another Facebook Privacy Breach Today
Update: Special thanks to the folks over at Facebook. I talked with a couple of people there who looked into the issue. Turns out that this case was actually not a privacy bug. Rather it most likely a case of an unintentional “reply all” and some sort of synching fluke, so that a threaded conversation…
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