Must Read! Time Magazine on that platform battle

Time Magazine has a must-read piece on the battle between Google, Facebook and Apple to build the best platform. The story looks at the open-vs-closed approach, the mobile-vs-tethered schools of thought, and why Google seems to be playing catchup instead of leading the way.
I did discuss in previous posts about how Facebook will lose the [...]


Google AdWords on TV!

Yep, you got that right. Google AdWords just made a huge announcement in regards of TV advertisment. Apparently, now you can place Ads on any TV channel you want.
Well, first, you choose your target audience; then, you choose the networks, dayparts, and specific programs you want your ad to run on. Finally, you choose the [...]


Google Docs goes offline | Gmail in a month?

Last year we all predicted that Google is going offline with its major products (Reader, Docs, Spreadsheet, Gmail, etc) and that prediction is becoming reality now… well, at least for docs for now.
Being able to have your documents stored up in the cloud, but also saved away for the time where you don’t have connectivity [...]


Video: What in the World is your Website doing?

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Website Analytics video by Newfangled Web Factory
This is a great video explaining on how to find out how your website is really performing. Also, in this video, Erico Holter, is giving a 101 tutorial on how analyze your website realistically.. example of that: don’t count on traffic hits since it reflects on every GET request [...]


Google & Social Networking: updates on activities by your Gmail contacts

Google is about to include some controversial new features in your Gmail account: updates on activities by your Gmail contacts. If it turns out to be true, it will totally stir the web community balance and Google will be 10 steps closer to become a king of social networks… I guess? But then who knows, [...]