One of the interesting conversations happening on the web these days is on ‘social media fatigue’. As a user of many platforms, I can admit to having experienced this many a time in the near past. But it’s strange – fatigue for the networks we created. So I asked myself – what really causes it? […]
The discussions on anonymity are back in full force on the web, mostly courtesy Google’s stance against pseudonymity on Google+. Google has its reasons and is supposedly working on it.Considering that I represent myself as ‘manuscrypts’ and an icon/logo on most social networks, identity on the web is an issue that I can definitely relate […]
I heard a very interesting quote recently, attributed to Rishad Tobaccowala – When consumers hear about a product today, their first reaction is ‘Let me search online for it.’ And so they go on a journey of discovery: about a product, a service, an issue, an opportunity. Today you are not behind your competition. You […]
This week's updates include Zynga's privacy policy gamification, acquisition of Five Mobile, investment in server infrastructure and IPO filing; Google's new version of Android Market and the downloadable maps, investment in Wingu and purchase of Punchd, and YouTube's Cosmic Panda experiment; Groupon's privacy statement changes, expansions of Google Offers and Living Social, Foursquare re-marketing offers […]
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