The Facebook
Launched in a Harvard dorm room in 2004, Facebook sought to connect friends and classmates, drawing inspiration from Friendster. Its platform soon expanded to Stanford, Columbia and Yale, then onto more than 800 college networks. The Facebook, as it was originally called, was gaining users at an unprecedented rate. The Internet took 31 years to [...]
Pandora and the Evolution of Radio
All media must evolve to stay relevant in our lives. We’re seeing it now on four levels: news, communication, commerce and entertainment. The way we get our news is changing, from print to web and apps. We communicate and interact daily on Facebook. We shop online more than ever before. We’re entertained not by video-rental [...]
Foursquare and Location-Based Services for your Business
In marketing school it is taught that the purpose of a business is to create a customer. One new way has emerged in recent years to specifically identify new customers, or at least those who opt to check-in. Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on StateCollege.com in Tech Talk, a biweekly column by Eric Zimmett. Click here to [...]
Get Ready for TV 2.0
Streaming television services like Netflix and Hulu Plus are gaining momentum, moving along the adoption curve – working their way through the early majority – still years ahead of technological laggards. Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on StateCollege.com in Tech Talk, a biweekly column by Eric Zimmett. Click here to view the original column. [...]
5 Things Small Business Owners Should Be Doing
Editor’s Note: Eric Zimmett is a tech writer and small business consultant who works at StateCollege.com assisting businesses with how to navigate today’s difficult marketing and advertising landscape. In his inaugural tech column for StateCollege.com, Eric Zimmett gives you five things small business owners should be doing. His “Tech Talk” column appears biweekly on StateCollege.com. [...]
Sony’s CRACKLE making noise with free Internet TV service
While Netflix was busy battling HBO over exclusive content and providing an increasingly valid reason to cut the cable-cord, Sony’s Crackle just kept building. Adding content, signing advertisers and launching on an array of devices including Xbox 360, Roku, Sony Blu-ray players, Sony Internet-connected TVs, Android, iPhone, iPad and more. Its time out of the [...]
I Want My Web TV
MTV was like an underground movement led by rebels & rock stars. The same thing is happening now with Web TV and streaming video; Though don’t expect to see a TV campaign pushing for it. At least not yet. More than two years ago I cut cable and moved into the web TV world. What [...]
