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Q3 Paid Search Spend Data Bodes Well for Google; Bing Continues to Slide
Oct 13th
Q3 paid search spend reports from Covario, Rimm-Kaufman Group and Efficient Frontier/Context Optional show the despite economic concerns, paid search growth is strong, with 23 and 24 percent year-over-year increase in spend in the U.S. and globall…
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Breakout Sessions: What May Slide Through the Cracks at f8
Sep 20th
Earlier today we looked at what to expect at Facebook’s developer conference later this week. It is going to be content crazy, to say the least. Yet, there are some tectonic plates moving at Facebook that are likely not going to be featured at f8 that deserve some mention.
Essentially, Facebook has loaded up to dump one feature after another on users this week and likely for the rest of the year. The company has been on mild lockdown since July, with only reactionary announcements coming since the Skype update. Essentially, there is too much news and not enough time for a one day conference. What is going to go missing?
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Facebook f8 Breakout Session Speakers:
The Future of Digital Music:
The music landscape is evolving with new channels and innovative social experiences. Leaders in the industry will describe where things are headed.
Bob Pittman – Chairman, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment
Daniel Ek – CEO, Spotify
Troy Carter – Founder, Chairman and CEO, Atom Factory
Mobile + Social:
As mobile apps become ever more social, new opportunities are emerging. Listen to mobile developers discuss social and the future of mobile.
Paul Bettner – Vice President and General Manger, Zynga
Kristian Segerstrale – General Manager and Co-founder, Playfish
Alexa Andrzejewski – Co-Founder and CEO, Foodspotting
Billy Chasen – Co-Founder and CEO, Turntable.fm
The Rise of Social Gaming:
Social gaming is disrupting the traditional video game business. Top game executives will provide their views on the next big trends.
Barry Cottle – Executive Vice President, EA interactive, Electronic Arts
Kevin Chou – CEO, Kabam
John Pleasants – Co-President, Disney Interactive Media Group
Owen Van Natta – Chief Business Officer, Zynga
Investing in Social:
Hear leading venture capitalists discuss their views on the future of the social web.
David Sze – Partner, Greylock Partners
Matt Cohler – General Partner, Benchmark Capital
Kevin Efrusy – Partner, Accel Partners
Bing Gordon – Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Where Is Project Spartan?
When my invite came for f8, my initial thought was that it was going to be all HTML5, all the time. The rumblings through the summer pointed to that being the case. Yet, that is not what f8 is going to be about. The Facebook f8 keynote is likely to be about content and partnerships with CEO Mark Zuckerberg making talking about what is coming out in terms of the “Read, Watch, Listen” them and then Facebook team members and partners elaborating on what is in the works.
A couple mobile game developers that I have talked to do not believe we will see the so-called Project Spartan mentioned during the keynote, except for maybe some comments alluding to it. Game developers are leading the charge in what could be an HTML5-based Web app store. TechCrunch’s MG Siegler reported the rumors I had heard yesterday that Project Spartan will not get major play during the first half of the day at f8.
That does not mean that there will not be mobile news and announcements later in the day. There are three developer sessions later in the day related to mobile, gaming and HTML5. Two fall into the “transforming industries” category: “Mobile + Social” and “The Rise of Social Gaming.” The other is under the “Building & Growing Great Social Apps” titled “Inside HTML5 Development at Facebook.”
While the keynote will be interesting, the juiciest details will emerge from the breakout sessions.
Where Are The Credits?
Tied to Project Spartan will be new undertakings that Facebook is working on for its payments platform. There has been very little buzz (comparatively) about Facebook Credits. There is only one session regarding Credits and that falls under the “Product Q&A” session.
Credits are going to be a larger portion of Facebook’s revenue going forward. Look at Apple, it has a backbone of 200 million-plus credit cards hooked in through iTunes. That is what gives Apple the economic lubricant that makes it such a power in the technology sector. Amazon has the benefit of this as well and Google is trying to build its payments base. Reports came out today that Facebook is expected to make 89% of its money through advertising, down from 95% in 2010. That is mostly due to Credits.
Credits are a side bar story to almost everything that Facebook will announce on Thursday and in the future. While Facebook’s primary goal is to get you to share everything in your life through the platform, it will have to create a mature payments sector to take advantage of things like video rentals, in-app purchases and social game add-ons.
There is always a chance that Zuckerberg could go the Steve Jobs route and throw in as an infamous plus one. That would likely be Project Spartan motivated. If he does, that would be a major surprise to industry observers and developers. Which, would kind of be the point, wouldn’t it?
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Slide Kicked Out of Google’s Social Playground
Aug 27th
Despite spending $179 million acquiring Slide a year ago, Google has decided to shut down the social apps startup, All Things Digital reported.
Slide founder Max Levchin, who also started PayPal, will be leaving Google. Slide Product H…
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Four Lessons From Teaching a Practical Class on SEO (with Slide Deck) – SEOmoz (blog)
May 25th
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Four Lessons From Teaching a Practical Class on SEO (with Slide Deck)
SEOmoz (blog) The author's views below are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. I recently had the opportunity to give a lecture on SEO to second year students at Birmingham City University. It was in computer room with every student … |
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VMware is a Virtualization Company – So Why is it Buying a Slide Show Service?
Apr 28th
VMware is a virtualization company, right? Then why did it announce yesterday that it is buying SlideRocket, a services company that helps people make their presentations look all snappy?
The same reasons as last year when it bought Zimbra, the email services provider. Microsoft.
Or because perhaps collaboration may be one of the biggest opportunities in the enterprise. Really…it’s both.
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Here are some details on the deal that should shine light on what Vmware is after:
- SlideRocket has 20,000 customers and 300,000 users.
- It is a Web-based service.
- It has its own marketplace.
- It is available across end-devices such as smartphones and tablets.
SlideRocket is a modern presentation application. It is easy to use. It does not require installation. SlideRocket goes with email, which is a good fit with Zimbra. It’s also a supplement to Zimbra, which already has a presentation capability.
VMware CTO Steve Herrod writes:
Presentations are second only to email as the most commonly used business tool. Professionals rely upon presentations for critical business communication such as influencing audiences and closing deals. Yet, despite their critical role, the process of creating, delivering, and sharing presentations is still based on 25-year-old technology, so most presentations remain static, one-way documents that lack impact.
That quote supports our answer to the question. Microsoft is the only company with 25-year-old presentation technology.
Here’s further proof. Herrod says collaboration is key:
Collaborating with others around presentations often involves sending large file attachments and comments in email, worrying about whether recipients have the appropriate software to review, and wasting time keeping track of who has the latest version. And, once a presentation is shared outside your company, it’s impossible to make changes, or even know if someone has viewed it. The process is frustrating and the result is often miscommunication and lost productivity. Perhaps most importantly, this approach to building and sharing presentations is incompatible with our increasingly mobile business lives.
VMware is the virtualization leader. But it is increasingly focused on the top of the stack where collaborative applications are thriving. The company recently took over Mozy for Cloud Foundry, its new platform. That’s further proof that VMware is serving as the stable for apps that have a Web focus. That puts VMware in a place that positions it against Microsoft, still the reigning power of enterprise productivity.
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After 4-Month Slide, YouTube Regains Viewers & Sessions
Apr 12th
After a four-month slide in both unique viewers and video viewing sessions, YouTube rebounded in March to post gains in both of those categories. That’s according to the latest stats from comScore, just released this afternoon. YouTube remains far and away the dominant video site online, with…
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Google Confirms Slide Buy
Aug 9th
As expected, Google confirmed rumors that it has purchased social apps platform Slide.
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Google’s Social Gaming Play : Google Buys Slide for $182 Million
Aug 4th
It looks like Google is really serious to get into the social gaming arena. It was previously reported that Google has started churning out investment to Zynga, one of the most popular developer of social games such as Farmville. Now, TechCrunch has learned that Google has agreed to buy Slide.com, which is actually a popular online solution for slide shows which can be embedded on social networks such as MySpace and Facebook.
The acquisition details is set to be announced this coming Friday, although initial reports say that the buy out will amount to $182 million. This is way below Slide’s recent valuation of $500 million posted in 2008. It’s not yet clear also whether current Slide CEO Max Levchin will remain in the company or whether the buy out will mean his exit.
But what is important to note here is how Slide will play out in Google’s plan to enter the social gaming market?
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Google’s Social Gaming Play : Google Buys Slide for $182 Million
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Korean Won Rises for Third Day on Record Reserves; Bonds Slide – BusinessWeek
Aug 2nd
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Korean Won Rises for Third Day on Record Reserves; Bonds Slide
BusinessWeek “The reserves data will help support the economy,” said Seo Jeong Hun, chief economist at Korea Exchange Bank in Seoul. “More reserves means we have more US … |
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