Why Apple Banned Flash
There’s been a lot of discussion of late over the “Apple doesn’t/won’t support Flash” topic. Thanks to my personal Buddha, Paul Eng, for alerting me to Steve Job’s explanation in Thoughts on Flash. I won’t summarize the article here, so read it for yourself. Jobs closes with his 2 cents for Adobe: “New open standards [...]
Social Commerce Coming Soon
A decade ago most of us could not have foreseen the importance social media would play on our lives today. In his article, Facebook vs. Google: The Billion Dollar Battle to Be Your Default Social Profile, Jim Tobin ponders the question: “What’s next in social media?” According to him, social networks, specifically Google and Facebook, [...]
Google Android & Apple iPhone Smackdown
Now that mobile phones do a lot more then call people, purchasing one is not as simple as it used to be. Two of the most advanced mobile phones on the market today are the Apple iPhone and handsets with Google’s Android. So which one is better?
When comparing the two companies it’s important to note [...]
More Evidence of Google’s Enthusiasm for the Mobile Market
As we mentioned yesterday in Google Projects Mobile Ad Rates to Pass PC Ad Rates, Google is anticipating higher ad rates for mobile than PC. According to Google Expects Big Things From Future of Mobile Technology by Michael Barkoviak (Daily Tech), “The company said it has seen a significant increase in search traffic on phones [...]
Google Projects Mobile Ad Rates to Pass PC Ad Rates
The mobile web is growing. Fast. Companies are spending their ad dollars to market the mobile user, so much so that Google is predicting that ad rates in the mobile sphere will surpass those of the PC.
Reuters, in its article Google sees mobile ad rates passing PC rates, states that Google doesn’t have a hard [...]
Facebook Surpasses Google to Take Top Spot Among US Websites
Just about everyone I know uses Facebook and Google daily. I guess because we’re all so darn social these days, Facebook has become top dog in the United States. Director, Research at Hitwise, Heather Dougherty, details Facebook’s takeover in her article Facebook Reaches Top Ranking in US.