Archive for the ‘Emerging Technologies’ Category
Aggregating the old and rewarding the new at Disruptathon
To many of us, social media are a fairly predictable part of our lives. We know which platforms we like and how we like to use them, adding up to pretty smooth sailing with few surprises (except for the perpetual hubbub surrounding Facebook redesigns). But at Tuesday’s Disruptathon Social Media in Washington, D.C., the focus [...]
What SmartBrief learned while redeveloping its iPhone app
Brian Williammee, SmartBrief’s lead mobile software developer, also contributed to this blog post. Download the SmartBrief Apple iPhone application. In late April, SmartBrief launched our first mobile application for Google Android phones. Longtime SmartBrief readers might have also remembered a period of time in 2009 when we boasted an iPhone app. Where is that app [...]
In selling apps, word-of-mouth is king
This series is brought to you by SmartBrief Mobile. The SmartBrief Google Android application extends the reach of the SmartBrief e-mail service by allowing you to read, manage, save and share top news stories pertinent to your industry. Download the FREE SmartBrief app! This post is by Andy Grossman, a SmartBrief contributing editor covering telecommunications [...]
SMS is still mobile’s secret weapon
This series is brought to you by SmartBrief Mobile. The SmartBrief Google Android application extends the reach of the SmartBrief e-mail service by allowing you to read, manage, save and share top news stories pertinent to your industry. Download the FREE SmartBrief app! Marketers too often want to make a splash with a sexy, consumer-friendly [...]
Empire Avenue: Social stock exchange game or metrics tool?
This guest post is by Shashi Bellamkonda, social media swami at Network Solutions, a company that helps small businesses establish an online presence and conduct online marketing. Empire Avenue is a social network that functions like a stock exchange. You can buy “shares” in the profiles of other members using a virtual currency called eaves. [...]
Will PlayBook play nice in the cloud?
This series is brought to you by SmartBrief Mobile. The SmartBrief Google Android application extends the reach of the SmartBrief e-mail service by allowing you to read, manage, save and share top news stories pertinent to your industry. Download the FREE SmartBrief app! This post is by Andy Grossman, a SmartBrief contributing editor covering telecommunications [...]
Microsoft and Skype: Steve Ballmer as George Steinbrenner
This series is brought to you by SmartBrief Mobile. The SmartBrief Google Android app extends the reach of the SmartBrief e-mail service by allowing you to read, manage, save and share top news stories pertinent to your industry. Download the FREE SmartBrief Android app today! This post is by Andy Grossman, a SmartBrief contributing editor [...]
How much power do feature phones really have?
This series is brought to you by SmartBrief Mobile. The SmartBrief Android App extends the reach of the SmartBrief e-mail service by allowing you to read, manage, save and share top news stories pertinent to your industry. Download the FREE SmartBrief Android App today! This post is by Andy Grossman, a SmartBrief contributing editor covering [...]
