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Alternion: Manage 220+ Social Connections From one Dashboard
Let’s face it – social networking is time consuming. I believe part of the reason for the meteoric rise in social networking these past few years has to do with a miserable job market coupled with the fact that...
The Worst News Day so far for Google and Apple
This has been a rough news day for Apple and Google – it started with information regarding a class-action lawsuit pertaining to handshake no-poaching agreements and from there we have news of just how onerous the iBooks 2 policies are...
11 Things Yahoo Must Do Now That Yang Has Stepped Down
As reported on TMCnet yesterday, Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo has stepped down from the board to pursue other interests. We have a great deal to thank Yang for – as the first company to categorize the web and build...
Does PhoneDog Lawsuit Mean a New Twitter Revenue Opportunity?
Gadget review and news site PhoneDog is suing a former worker Noah Kravitz over a Twitter account even though when he left the company he changed his Twitter handle from one which implied company sponsorship (@PhoneDog_Noah) to one which didn’t...
Headed to Cloudforce New York. Can't Wait to Hear from Marc Benioff
Tomorrow I head to New York to the Salesforce.com Cloudforce conference where according to the company we will hear how companies such as Facebook, NBC Universal, Burberry and Disney are reinventing themselves as social enterprises with social, mobile and cloud....
Microsoft Outlook Social Connector Shows Great Potential
I finally got around to installing Microsoft's Social Connector and it was an interesting experience. The goal of the program is to let you see the social status of people you exchange email with. As you scroll through emails, you...
Should Facebook Shadow Profiles Scare us?
In Europe there is a controversy over the creation of shadow profiles of users who haven’t consented to using Facebook. Through a mix of information gathering via Facebook like buttons coupled with address book sharing and related means they are...
Can we Stop Twitter Fail Whale?
I must admit I rarely use the Twitter web interface - I am a fan of HootSuite and TweetDeck and use them both depending on various factors. So I don't see the fail whale that often. But today I decided...
Twitter Tightens SMS Ties with Photos
Twitter's 140 character limit was actually a limit of SMS messages applied to the world's most successful microblogging service but in the last few years, Twitter use has migrated to apps on smartphones and web browsers. Today the company sent...
Suzanne Bowen Moves to AstraQom
Suzanne Bowen is one of the best and brightest in social marketing in the tech and telecom space and she just got picked up by AstraQom a company in the hosted fax and PBX space. She will be the company's...
Latest Trends in Speech Technology, CRM, IVR, Collaboration and Cloud Computing
Speech analytics in greater demand At the recent SpeechTek 2011 conference in New York I gained some great insight into the state of speech technology. For example, Jeff Schlueter of Nexidia told me his company’s speech analytics solutions have been...
Metaswitch Thrutu iPhone App Lets Carriers Become Social Hubs
Earlier this year I came across Thrutu from Metaswitch newtorks - an application development platform allowing carriers to leverage rich social features and provide them as services to customers. In short, this is the exact sort of solution wireless phone...
Time for Carol Bartz to Leave Yahoo!?
When Yahoo! announced Carol Bartz as the new CEO I expressed my concern that she had zero media experience. I really thought in this ever-changing world of media and what has turned into a rapidly evolving world of social, Yahoo!...
Google+ Targets Facebook not Twitter
There have been numerous discussions lately regarding how Google+ could be a Twitter killer and while anything is possible, my research shows that Facebook is in the most trouble. Perhaps the most compelling argument for Google as a Twitter killer...
SEO Webinar: Last Minute Butterflies
No matter how many webinars and speaking engagements you do - there always seem to be the last minute butterflies which encourage you to nail your subject matter before presenting. I am going through the slides for my presentation on...
Want Google+? Check Your Gmail
For those of you with a Gmail account you don't use regularly, be sure to check your account if you hoping to get invited to Google+. I had a number of invites in my Gmail box and so did TMC's...
You Have No Business Being on Google+
In case you missed it, Google is asking you to hold off listing your business on Google+ for the moment. The company is working on integrated Google+ business listings which will tie into Adwords and other Google features and until...
Did Social Just Make UC Irrelevant?
If you are working with a phone system maker who isn’t innovating rapidly, beware - their days could be numbered. I hate to be sensational but you have to wonder, with real-time video & voice communications embedded into social networks...
How Skype and Facebook Work Together
It is fascinating to hear how Facebook and Skype work together - the news this week that the companies have a solution merging the best of social and video has shaken the industry up a great deal but now the...
Google+ Becoming Serious Facebook Threat
Microsoft was known for producing winning products after its third attempt - we may be saying something similar about Google soonGoogle, a company known as the king of search - certainly has a mixed record when it comes to other...
Search Marketing: Where it Pays to be Young
There is a crisis of unemployment in the US and those aged 16 to 19 are being hit with unemployment rates of 24% or almost three times the rate of adults. Worse yet, minority teens are seeing rates of unemployment...
TMCnet Reviews magicJack Plus
TMCnet's Tom Keating reviews magicJack Plus which I first discussed last December and he is impressed - specifically with its ability to utilize both Ethernet and USB - meaning a hotel room for example where only a WiFi connection exists...
How Social Networking Could Change Amusement Parks
I’ve been fairly consistent in saying that video conferencing would take off when mobile devices became powerful enough to allow users to show their surroundings on the go. Amusement parks in particular seemed like an obvious place where video conferencing...
Quad: The Death of E-mail and Cisco's Social Enterprise Ambitions
Quad moves to the cloud, has native Cius tablet support and offers better interoperability Last week I took a train into the city from TMC’s Connecticut HQ to spend time with the Cisco Quad collaboration team – using Cisco telepresence...
Spreadable Shuts Down - Why?
While reading a blog post from telecom and channel partner thought leader Peter Radizeski, on how small businesses are responsible for much of the nation's hiring I learned about the fact that Grasshopper is shutting down its Spreadable company -...
