Ubiquitous Marketing

It will be awfully tough to get non-early adopters (and IT admins) to switch to Google Docs (from Microsoft Office). But you have to believe the news that they will start making the app work offline is the start of something big. Mixed reviews initially, but that’s to be expected. I keep checking my account [...]

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Last week, I was having an argument (who knows why?) with some people about the future of technology. I asserted, to much derision, that the future would involve a machine, like a printer, that could “print” out plastics like tupperware. This would, of course, revolutionize e-Commerce. Rather than order products, only to wait for days [...]

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Apologies for spiraling into one of those prolonged absences. Thank the world for RSS readers, right? Because you guys haven’t left me, have you? Hello?
Anyway, I found this turf war on my computer to be hilarious. Here’s what happens when you try to install Yahoo widgets to a computer well accustomed to Google products.

Enjoy the [...]

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It has been interesting to see the iPhone backlash get so meta. People who have been criticizing the phone like to point out their dislike remains (comments section), despite all the same old from the traditional media columnists that usually universally love whatever trucks out of Cupertino. The New York Times‘ David Pogue, after getting [...]

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As a subscriber to multiple magazines, I engage in a transaction of money for printed words. As a result of our postcard contract, the publishing company is bound to pay the postage and deliver me content on a weekly or monthly basis, depending on the terms.
As a user of Google’s relatively popular and free e-mail [...]

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Wither the portal as strong business proposition?
Yahoo!’s recent shakeups, AOL’s pretty bad year, and Microsoft’s focus on consumer hardware and Vista have shaken the strength of “portals as solid businesses.” Well, we always have to offer the “Google caveat,” acknowledging that it has some portal-type beta offerings that could change the game.
What is interesting is [...]

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Am I the only one who feels that YouTube is going through what Napster would (and should) have gone through if the music industry realized the opportunity posed rather than the threats? As such, it’s going to be a turbulent ride. What’s at stake? Oh, the entire user base and more than $1 billion. So, [...]

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We all know YouTube is the place to get your early 90s music videos…
But there’s also the opportunity to use the site for your business functions. Here are ten ways to use the new Google toy for marketing functions.1) Put your thirty-second spots there. I know a lot of forward-thinking, new media experts recoil at [...]

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One of about seven-hundred calls for HP’s Mark Hurd to come clean (BusinessWeek)
People to complain about Starbucks 5% more (AP, Yahoo)
Wal-Mart’s competitive reason for selling generic drugs (FastCompany.com)

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Fox runs static ad, bypassing consumer’s desire to bypass ad (AP, New York Times) more on this later
HP: woods impossible to navigate (USAToday.com)
UPDATE: WSJ reports that wood path led through communications team (WSJ)
Yahoo, Facebook acquisition? Reportedly in the works (TheStreet.com, citing WSJ)

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