Musings Archive

• 0December 14, 2010

  The Rise of Facebook Mobile

  “Facebook recently announced that the site now has 150 million mobile users worldwide. Much of this has to do with the rapid growth of app usage, specifically on smartphones.Perhaps not surprisingly, social networking apps are the the fastest growing category of all apps, with download rates increasing by 240% in the last year. Of these, Facebook apps are tend to be the most popular; [...]“

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• 0November 19, 2010

  The Web’s Impact on Entertainment

  How has the digital revolution affected film, music and the wider entertainment industry? Has iTunes been a good thing or a bad thing for artists? And what should actors, musicians and entertainment professionals do to really utilize the web for their work?
  Ariel “Ari” Emanuel addressed those questions and more in a 45-minute interview on stage at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco [...]

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• 0November 19, 2010

  How Marketers Are Utilizing Social Media in 2010

  “Social media is hot. And for businesses it represents a marketing opportunity that transcends the traditional middleman and connects companies directly with customers. This is why nearly every business on the planet – from giants like Starbucks and IBM to the local ice cream shop — are exploring social media marketing initiatives.” That quote, from [...]

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• 0November 18, 2010

  What’s Next For Google

  Web 2.0 Summit (formerly named Web 2.0 Conference) brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the Internet industry together in one place at one time. Through incisive plenary sessions, frank onstage conversations, rapid-fire “high order bits,” and Launch Pad, visionaries and executives from across the Internet economy present their unique perspective on the Web’s future. Web 2.0 [...]

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• 0November 17, 2010

  A Conversation With Mark Zuckerberg

  At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg provided some interesting insight into the current state of Facebook, Internet communication tools, and how the third-highest valued Internet company in the U.S. is enabling the future of social, in an in-depth interview with Tim O’Reilly and Federated Media’s John Battelle. [...]

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• 0November 16, 2010

  The State Of The Internet Industry

  Legendary Internet analyst Mary Meeker has some statistics she thinks every Internet executive should know, including that iOS is growing faster than almost any other Internet technology in history.

  At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, the Morgan Stanley analyst led a rapid-pace presentation on the state of the Internet industry [...]

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• 0November 16, 2010

  How Important Have Apps Become?

  It goes without saying that as more and more people transition to smartphones, the app industry will only get hotter. Pew’s recent report on mobile apps provided us with a wealth of information on the subject, including use demographics, most popular apps, frequency of use, and cost/number of downloads. These numbers make it clear that apps are becoming an increasingly important part of our [...]

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• 0November 15, 2010

  Web 2.0 Summit: Points of Control Map

  With the Web 2.0 Summit 2010 kicking off in San Fransisco this week I thought I’d put up a link to the super cool, and super detailed, interactive Web 2.0 Summit Points of Control Map.
  “As themes for conferences go, Points of Control is one of our favorites. Our industry over the past year has been driven by increasingly direct conflicts between its major players: Apple has emerged as a major [...]

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• 0October 13, 2010

  Sony Launches The World’s First HDTV Powered By Google TV

  Sony unveiled the first Internet HDTV with Google TV at an event yesterday in New York City, New York. The company has introduced four different models — all of which will come preloaded with applications such as CNBC, Napster, NBA, Netflix, Pandora, Twitter, and YouTube. The new Sony HDTVs also include [...]

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• 0October 12, 2010

  The Rise Of Online Advertising

  Online advertising is showing healthy gains this year. During the first half of 2010, online advertising revenues were up 11.3 percent to $12.3 billion, according to a new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PriceWaterhouseCoopers (embedded below). At this rate, the report estimates that online ad revenues for the full year should surpass the 2008 peak of $23.4 billion. [...]

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