An Outlook on Marketing for the Year
The CMO Council just released its annual outlook for Marketing, based on insights from 825 senior marketers. I’m proud to say that this year’s report was sponsored by Marketo as well as Deloitte Consulting LLP.
Yahoo Canada Sets Sail With Canoe
Yahoo Canada has just entered a strategic alliance with another company, and the company, in typical press release-ese, calls itself "a leading local and national interactive media provider of news, entertainment and services." Yet in what has to be an example of Canadian humor, the company’s name is Canoe.
Sometimes Search Is Better Than The Cops
One good way to take a bite out of cyber-crime is to report scammers to Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, and the other search engines. How do you do that? By blogging about the details.
Social Media Marketing: Keep Your Pants On
There has been a proliferation of articles about using social media and how marketers see this as a vast new land of opportunity. Unfortunately, the majority of stories also feature how marketers fail miserably at establishing trust in these social media spaces, and most of that has to do with the attitude of the advertisers.
iPhone Gets New Version of Gmail
The Google Mobile Blog reports of some cool enhancements for the iPhone including a new version of Gmail specifically for the iPhone. Here is the entire list of updates as reported from the Google Mobile Blog:
China Mobile Walks From iPhone Deal
Many sources around the Internet have been following the story behind China Mobile and Apple regarding the introduction of the iPhone, however today it has been reported that China Mobile has walked away from negotiations.
Study: Pajamas More Comfortable Than Ties
A new study about telecommuting echoes an old adage: Misery loves company. While the option of working from home makes employees happier and often more productive, it may have the opposite affect on those still stuck at the office.
Rethinking the OSS Business Model
Fleury and Rodrigues Separated at Birth? Come on, you have to admit, the resemblance is uncanny. I’m obviously kidding. I’m much better looking. His sizable bank account and ability to keep a beat probably balances the score though 😉
Microsoft Employee Blogs Windows Seven Details
Windows Seven is the first version of Windows being produced under an attempted veil of secrecy, which makes any information about it extremely hard to come by. Helping us get even the barest of morsels is Shipping Seven, a new blog by a secret Microsoft employee, who won’t reveal his name or any major unannounced information (fearful of The Wrath of Sinofsky), but will give us a peek into the innerworkings of Microsoft’s most important project.
Rumor: Facebook Acquiring Plaxo?
Facebook is “one hundred percent” buying Plaxo, we’ve just heard from a source. Wow, starting your story with that sentence certainly grabs your attention, doesn’t it? VentureBeat’s managed to make a statement of "fact" without actually saying that it has confirmed the story. Nice!