For the last two weeks, I’ve been what Netflix likes to describe as a binge viewer, watching two, sometimes three episodes a night of the acclaimed AMC adult drama Breaking Bad.
But now that I’m completely hooked, I’ve …
Technology & Media
Social Media Before the Internet: Tales of Victorians, Comic Book Fans, Phone Phreaks and CBers
Although the current spate of social media platforms burst onto the scene within the last several years, these tools have antecedents in earlier, traditional media. Long before the rise of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, people …
Facebook’s $10 Million Privacy Payout: Why You Get Nothing
The technology industry is trapped in a cycle of privacy breaches and class actions that do nothing for the average Internet user. The new Facebook settlement is the latest example.
Who’s to Blame for the Facebook IPO Debacle? Federal Court May Decide
Technical errors caused by the Nasdaq stock exchange helped push down Facebook shares in early trading, the social networking giant suggested in a legal filing late Friday, turning what should have been a triumphant moment for …
Future of Retail: Companies That Profit By Investing in Employees
Ideally, a capitalist economy is constantly becoming more efficient. The benefits of that newly gained efficiency, however, are not always uniformly distributed. Sometimes it goes to business owners in the form of higher prices, …
Suggested New Movement: “Cord Trimming”
in between that revolutionary band of consumers who say they no longer want to pay for channels they don’t use, and a video content establishment that says you need to support the incumbent pay TV model, there is … compromise.
U.S. Probe of Comcast, Broadband Giants Echoes ‘Net Neutrality’ Battles
Why Disney Is Fighting with Redbox and Netflix Over a Movie No One Wanted to See
“John Carter” was one of the biggest film flops of all time. The special-effects-heavy sci-fi epic set on Mars turned out to be an epic box office failure in the U.S. for Disney, leading to a shakeup of company executives. Even …
Why HBO Is Once Again TV’s Most Relevant Network
It was just one more small step for TV Everywhere. HBO Go will now be available on yet another tablet, the Kindle Fire, through eight out of the top 10 pay TV services in the U.S.
And it was just one more incremental move for …
10 Things You Should Tweet
There’s no magic formula for how to use Twitter to promote your business. But here are a few things to try.
How the Business of Streaming Music Will Change Culture…For the Better
Forget, for the moment, about how much Spotify pays out to artists.
Focus instead on the nature of those payouts.
Don’t Ignore Mobile Customers
If your website isn’t optimized for mobile users – and chances are, it’s not – you could be missing out on a lot of business.