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Facebook Denies Claims Of User Dissatisfaction, Teen Disengagement
In May, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released a report asserting that while teens were on Facebook in large numbers they were losing enthusiasm.Josh Leichtung's insight:Lies, damn...
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Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm With New "Story Bumping" & "Last Actor"...
Facebook is changing the way it ranks organic posts that are eligible to show up in its users’ News Feeds.Josh Leichtung's insight:Huh? Its about time! Facebook is now using what they call "Story...
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Google Tests Search Results Overview Snippets Overlay
Google is testing a new search feature within the search results to show you a search result snippet overlay with additional details about that search result.Josh Leichtung's insight:This is an...
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Jeff Bezos explains why Amazon doesn't really care about its competitors -...
Hanson Hosein and Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos talks a lot about Amazon focusing on customers, to the point that it has become a cliché. But in a new interview deJosh Leichtung's insight:Jeff Bezos has grown...
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Pew: 60% of cell phone owners use their devices to access the Internet, 50%...
60 percent of cell phone owners in the US use their devices to access the Internet. Furthermore, 50 percent of them download apps with their phones and 21 percent make video calls via apps like...
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How technology is disrupting the entertainment industry
"The biggest technological changes that we’ve seen in entertainment have been how audiences receive their content, moving from experiences that are away from the home, towards experiences that are...
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How Tempo growth-hacked the hell out of its app before it ever launched
Tempo launched in February 2013 in the fadd-ish flood of calendar apps. Despite the fact that it was going up against 4,582,439 bazillion (just an estimate) other calendar apps, media went bananas...
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Introducing PandoMaps: A new interactive tool for mapping startup ecosystems
When Sarah Lacy started PandoDaily, she used the metaphor of the Pando tree to describe what she loved about startups: Measuring 43 hectares and weighing 6,000 tons, they’re pretty impressive...
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Here's how expensive it is to run a startup in these 8 major cities...
Did you know that running a startup in Zurich versus San Francisco can cost you a whole person's salary more? Or that hiring a developer in Mumbai is 15 percent cheaper than if you were hiring one...
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For venture investors, a startup's social-media efforts are a big deal
An impressive social-media effort, investors say, can show that a brand has a unique and appealing voice—and that it knows how to grab customers. And it can be the tipping point in the decision to...
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The Google Search Timeline
Josh Leichtung's insight:Google is turning 15 tomorrow and, fittingly, it’s celebrating the occasion by announcing a couple of new features for Google Search. The mobile search interface, for example,...
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Marketing Automation Explained (Infographic)
Cutting-edge technologies are making businesses more productive, we explain this hot new trend.Josh Leichtung's insight:There is so muhc missing here, such as analysis at every point in the process....
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Why online brands don’t have lasting value
The importance of brand building is a consistently popular topic for entrepreneurs. But when we take a closer look at what gives company marks their value, it becomes clear that online brands will...
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Wiretapping laws apply to Google intercepting emails, federal judge says -...
Google’s practice of intercepting users’ emails is subject to state and federal wiretapping laws, a federal judge in San Jose, CA. ruled Thursday.Josh Leichtung's insight:If Google is shot down and no...
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Minimum Viable Brand
According to Wolff Olins, a brand exists in the overlap between commerce, culture and technology. The purpose of a minimum viable brand is to engage people... by Peter ThomsonJosh Leichtung's...
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The Secrets of Bezos: How Amazon Became the Everything Store
The surprising story of how Amazon.com became one of the most successful companies in the worldJosh Leichtung's insight:Here's a fascinating story about Amazon, how Bezos runs it, and Bezos' early...
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Adland's Battle Royale: Agencies Defend Turf As Ad Tech Moves In On Clients
See it on Scoop.it, via Intersection of Marketing, Technology, & Startups
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Tech Acquisition Sprees Create Exits for Venture Investors
Earlier this month CrunchBase data showed that venture funding is reaching new highs, so it's no surprise that Q3 2013 also had the most number of venture-backed acquisitions. With 131 deals, Q3...
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What Can We Expect From The Next Decade Of Marketing? Is Creativity Irrelevant?
While most of the impact of technology on marketing has been tactical so far, over the next decade or so there will be a major strategic transformation.Josh Leichtung's insight:Greg Satell in Forbes...
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Heinz Ketchup Loses Access to the World’s Most Famous Fries
McDonald's will remove Heinz ketchup from its restaurants across the world, with the ketchup maker's new closeness to rival Burger King highlighted by it's new CEOJosh Leichtung's insight:I wonder...
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