How to Measure the Real-World Results of Social Media
November 30, 2011, No Comments

The single largest complaint from business owners about Twitter and social networking sites like Facebook is that thereâ ...

Google+ Fosters Collaboration
November 22, 2011, No Comments

What does Google+ have to offer the public sector that Facebook doesn’t? As a social network, Facebook currently domin ...

One of These Operating Systems Must Go
August 16, 2011, No Comments

It’s been a weird week for smart phones. Blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion has been in the news for its inadv ...

Monopoly in the Information Age
July 22, 2011, No Comments

Perhaps we should blame the board game for making it seem benign, but “Monopoly” is actually a very scary concept. H ...

Get Rich Quick StartUps Lead to Economic Shut-Downs
July 19, 2011, No Comments

Google has spent close to $350 million in 2011 as part of its effort to discover the next big startup, joining a plethor ...

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Jeff Clavier: A Cool Billion Dollars
July 6, 2011, 2 Comments

Jeff Clavier is the founder of SoftTechVC, a venture capital firm that specializes in investing in consumer internet sta ...

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The Transition from Start-Up to Steady-Earner
July 3, 2011, No Comments

MySpace, one of the first large-scale popular social networks, just sold to new owners for a little over 5% of what it s ...

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Google’s 3 Weirdest Mistakes
July 2, 2011, No Comments

Being one of the largest search engines on Earth isn’t easy, but it sure is profitable. Of course, making lots of mone ...

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Chromebook vs. Reality
June 25, 2011, No Comments

Google’s Chromebook has only been on the market for a few days, but it already feels outdated. The idea that people wo ...

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The Next Step for Open Data
May 25, 2011, 1 Comment

So far, the Open Data movement has been busy developing relationships with government officials, standardizing data sets ...