In an effort to better understand the dynamics of virtual teams, I decided to interview my own virtual team members at the social media marketing agency I co-own, Conversify, to determine what helps them to work well together. Here’s what they said. Read More »
Archive for February 2011
Cutting the battery cost out of owning an electric vehicle could be a key way to push electric vehicles into the mass market, according to a report from consulting giant Accenture. Read More »
Rhapsody has probably garnered the most attention for speaking out against Apple’s new subscription plans, but Last.fm co-founder Richard Jones probably takes the cake for most direct denunciation. Speaking in an IRC chat, Jones said “[A]pple just f****** over online music subs for the iPhone.” Read More »
Redbox is still dragging its feet on streaming, telling analysts yesterday that it was still picking a partner for a subscription service that will be launched later this year. But it has its work cut out for it if it plans to compete against Netflix. Read More »
The State Department introduced a $25 million fund for technology companies to help with the task. One group has already applied for a $3 million grant to build the technology stack for a distributed, open-source telecommunications system. Here’s what it looks like. Read More »
Reactions to the design of Twitter for Mac have been mixed; some love it, and some hate it. Luckily, the official client isn’t the only game in town, with a number of third-party clients available. Here are three good alternate choices. Read More »
Two popular big data startups, Karmasphere and 10gen, made management changes this week, which might signal that the companies’ boards feel they’re poised to make runs at the big time and need seasoned leadership to take them to the next level. Read More »
GoodGuide, a startup that ranks goods on how sustainable they are, has released its latest green rankings for 576 cell phones. Does your phone rank at the top of the bottom of the pile? And do you really care? Read More »
Google is finding its social legs and is launching a set of improvements to its search product that help it keep pace with rivals, who are increasingly weaving social signals into search results. Google is now including more results that are created and shared by friends. Read More »
Apple introduced App Store subscriptions this week. People disagree on the fairness of Apple’s 30-percent take of revenue resulting from subscriptions, but the feature is here to stay. Might its introduction signal a shift toward a new paradigm for paying for mobile apps? Read More »
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration unveiled our nationwide broadband map today, and said that “between five and ten percent of Americans don’t have broadband.” It also asked for help from users to continue the process and will make the data available via an open API. Read More »
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