Monthly Archives: July 2016

Yahoo Falls to Verizon

Posted on July 27, 2016 by adriangstewart

Founded in a trailer by two Stanford grads. in 1994, and originally called “Jerry and David’s guide to the World Wide Web”,  Yahoo failed to develop its search technology and failed to capitalize on the social media and mobile revolutions. … Continue reading →

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Apple Watch

Posted on July 25, 2016 by adriangstewart

Apple Inc. makes very few mistakes but when it does it’s usually worth digging deeper to discover what you can learn from their wrong steps. Rumors surrounded an Apple-developed wearable back as far as 2011, Eventually it was on September 9, … Continue reading →

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Top PR Dogs

Posted on July 16, 2016 by adriangstewart

Many will recall the masterful way Steve Jobs fired up the public’s anticipation for Apple products by teasing about upcoming product launches. Elon Musk of Tesla fame plays a similar game using his Twitter feed to great advantage. Of course … Continue reading →

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Facebook Rules the Roost

Posted on July 10, 2016 by adriangstewart

Facebook Inc. is so much more than a social network  –   Basically Facebook Inc. owns four of the world’s largest social media and messaging services and is known to be developing its own search engine and is getting ready to … Continue reading →

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Ad Blocking and the NYT

Posted on July 8, 2016 by adriangstewart

Following on from our OOKII news post of June 23rd about how ad-blocking software is dramatically changing the web landscape   http://bit.ly/28Ql9s0 The New York Times, like many online publishers, is fighting an ongoing war against ad blocking software, a phenomenon … Continue reading →

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Quality is King

Posted on July 1, 2016 by adriangstewart

Facebook is adjusting the algorithm which drives users News Feed to promote posts from friends and family members over posts from publishers. What are the implications? According to data released last year from the Pew Research Center, about 47 percent … Continue reading →

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