Facebook is launching another set of changes to its profile UI, and the predictable whine-a-thon among people who use the service (optionally, and for free) is well underway. Look past the reflexive resistance to change, though, and you’ll see what could be a profound shift in the role social networking services can and will play in…
Over the last month there have been a flood of opinions and articles about Google +. Our own Mike Troaino reported early on that its Google + vs. Twitter, not Facebook, Jeremiah Owyang later agreed and provided 5 Ways Google + Can become Mainstream, only to be outdone by 6 Ways Google + is Winning…
Here’s a mid-Summer prediction for you… The Google Plus v. Facebook debate is a sideshow. The real battle will be between G+ and Twitter… and while Google+ will become a franchise for The Goog, Twitter will win. Here’s my thinking. Before Google Plus, Facebook was mostly for personal, LinkedIn was mostly for professional, and Twitter…
We had our first CEO Series event last week, bringing about 50 Boston-area CEOs together for a night of cocktails and discussion at the storied Harvard Club on Comm Ave. We chose “Social Media for CEOs” as the topic for our first event, and Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith opened the festivities with a few personal…
We all aspire to be one. A monopoly. The only game in town. Proprietary this, trade markable that. Product developers and business people all over the world are working their assets off to come up with the next best thing, the thing that is wholly different, that offers tangible distinction that the competition just can’t [...]