If you’re going to lay it all out on the line you had better make sure that your marketing claims line up with your products capabilities. Here’s a great lesson from Lifelock:
Todd Davis has dared criminals for two years to try stealing his identity: Ads for his fraud-prevention company, LifeLock, even offer his Social Security […]
Google brand equity. Someone thinks Google has the highest brand equity in the world. I disagree. If a better search tool came along you, me, and the rest of the world would dump them in two seconds. They may have “equity” given the value of the company but they have no real loyalty.
China has more […]
I recently blogged about Podshow changing their name to Mevio. Its now official. The most telling part of the release is this line:
The makeover represents a shift from the “podcast era” to an era of premium, episodic Web content, the company said.
Translation: Podcasting is dead, the long tail means fail, and we’re going to try to get into something […]
I’m having one of those weeks where I find myself scratching my head over the state of tech. Here are a couple of going ons…
Podtech is reposting old Scoble vidcasts. I can’t wait until they start posting old John Furrier interviews! On that note, it looks like Podshow is now Mevio. Adam, changing the name […]
I was just looking at some of the cool social analytics that exist in my life.
Diving into Google Analytics for ChrisKnudsen.biz I learned that I have a lot of unique visitors from Midvale, Utah. I have no idea who these people are or why they like my blog. Who are you people? I also learned that […]
Dear Randy:
I just read that you purchased Bebo for $850 million. In a letter to AOL employees you claim that this acquisition “puts us squarely in a leading position in social media at a time when it’s growing at a fantastic rate.”
Bebo puts you “squarely in a leading position”? Are you stoned?
In 2007, bebo’s total […]
We already know that Mike Arrington has lost his mind. However, his justifications for endorsing John McCain for president are so incoherent its laughable. Mike, I think its time to hang it up!
On McCain’s “qualifications” Arrington states:
“Senator McCain also has more pure leadership experience than any other candidate running for office. He is the elder […]
Watch for the announcement of a book burning party at your local Apple Store
One can only read into this statement as a directive from the supreme leader of the Ministry of Fruit. Its a good thing the New York Times is there to set the record strait:
“…when Mr. Jobs was asked two weeks ago at the Macworld Expo […]
I’m changing my tune on PayPerPost and dumping TechCrunch
I consider myself a HUGE John Galt capitalist. So recently when reading some ridiculous commentary on TechCrunch (which has consistently gone downhill over the last year) it dawned on me that my views on PayPerPost (PPP) directly contradicted my strong belief in Capitalism. Bear with me.
I don’t like PayPerPost. I don’t care […]
Web 2.0 is finally dying and the hold outs are trying to mask its death by calling our current state of evolution “Web 3.0.”
What are “they” saying? From Silicon Valley Watcher:
“Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silicon Valley’s leading VC firm, has stopped investing in Web 2.0 startups.
‘We have absolutely no interest in funding Web 2.0 companies,’ […]
