1: Facebook replaces personal email Question: Google has it, Hoover has it (in the UK anyway), TiVo had it, lost it and has somewhat got it back. Xerox had it, but nobody really cares anymore. So what is it? It’s when a brand name becomes the verb associated with its use. So rather than searching, you...
Google seems intent on flexing its telecoms muscle once more with the introduction of Google Voice, a new product that creates transcriptions of voicemails and archives SMS messages. The service mingles Google's Gmail product with mobile phone voicemail, storing the transcribed document in the Gmail...
Heads have been rolling over Google CEO Eric Schmidt's recent Twitter snub, when he called the ridiculously popular (too early, too late to call it a phenomenon?) microblogging service a "poor man's email", one he doesn't "get". Personally, I didn't think too much...
Another month for Microsoft, and another drop in market share for its Internet Explorer browser; now resting at 68%, it's lowest point in seven consecutive months. Last year, IE sat blissfully, at 75%, however this preceded the release of Google's Chrome, which combined with the growing popularity...
Rumours have been swirling around the eBay-camp as CEO John Donahoe recently hinted that the company is willing, if not ready, to sell its lucrative Skype business. Donahoe, speaking to analysts about eBay's drastic Q4 profits, said Skype was a "great standalone business", which is apparently...
To kick off this blog, I should note that I've spent many years happily producing work (mostly digital) for big brands. With the best clients, it's always a privilege to act as brand steward — helping to build a winning image for their products. In other words, I'm both fan and practitioner...
