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Hot trends for April 08, 2008
WOMEN are better professionals
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:19:57 PDT
The latest trend for India Inc is that it seems to be taking in larger women workforce as they bring their own perspective for things and have emerged as better professionals in any situations, experts say.
Google Reader just doesn’t do it for me
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:30:57 PDT
About 10 days ago I decided to give Google Reader a full go as my RSS reader of choice. I’ve been using Bloglines for way over 2 years now, and have seen many people convert to Google Reader over the past few months. So, I marked everything as read in Bloglines, exported the OPML file, and imported it into Google Reader. This process was pretty seamless. The only thing that bugged me was the order my feeds are listed in Bloglines is not the same in Google Reader. I’m guessing OPML does not su
Largest Security Show RSA Conference Opens Today
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:31:52 PDT
Largest Security Show RSA Conference Opens Today The show actually kicks off tomorrow with keynotes from RSA chief, Art Coviello, John Thompson, Symantec CEO and Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer. But I came in San Francisco this afternoon for a Microsoft meeting in advance of their "vision" announcements on enabling "End-to-End Trust" (post and video coming soon) and to check out the opening reception with a quick visit of the busy show floor. The 17th annual
NPD Study Reveals Surprising Trends In US Gaming
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:33:41 PDT
A recent study by the NPD Group reveals that 72% of the US plays video games, and many other tidbits. Full list and commentary within.
The QuickBase Team Collaboration Blog
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:34:00 PDT
QuickBase, which sponsors the AppGap blog that I write for, has recently upgraded its own blog, now titled the QuickBase Team Collaboration Blog. Its goals are to provide a “resource and viewpoint from QuickBase on how online workgroup applications are improving the way we work. We cover advice and tips to help you get the most from QuickBase, relevant broader market trends, and what we are doing at QuickBase.” The blog provides a nice example of an enterprise 2.0 vendor blog. Since interviewin
Epcot of PR
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:41:12 PDT
If any one non-tech company is the poster-child for the utlization of social media, it's Disney. That was clear listening to Duncan Wardle, head of Global PR for Disney Parks at the second keynote of the Bulldog Media Relations Summit today. Wardle said it is clear the future of PR will follow 4 trends: Digitization Convergence Media Snacking Social Media Wardle also agrees with many others in the forecast for video domination - in other words, going from mainstream to multistream. Disney h
Read this!
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:46:44 PDT
Just came across this list of links posted by John Bracken after he asked his readers for help in identifying the most influential books, articles, blog posts and the like about media, technology and the internet that they read in 2007. There is some very valuable material in here - articles by Henry Jenkins, dana boyd and Clay Shirky; reports on news impartiality, innovation strategies in the digital age and sharing, privacy and trust in a networked world; links to new, and not-so-new, books,
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:19:57 PDT
The latest trend for India Inc is that it seems to be taking in larger women workforce as they bring their own perspective for things and have emerged as better professionals in any situations, experts say.
Google Reader just doesn’t do it for me
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:30:57 PDT
About 10 days ago I decided to give Google Reader a full go as my RSS reader of choice. I’ve been using Bloglines for way over 2 years now, and have seen many people convert to Google Reader over the past few months. So, I marked everything as read in Bloglines, exported the OPML file, and imported it into Google Reader. This process was pretty seamless. The only thing that bugged me was the order my feeds are listed in Bloglines is not the same in Google Reader. I’m guessing OPML does not su
Largest Security Show RSA Conference Opens Today
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:31:52 PDT
Largest Security Show RSA Conference Opens Today The show actually kicks off tomorrow with keynotes from RSA chief, Art Coviello, John Thompson, Symantec CEO and Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer. But I came in San Francisco this afternoon for a Microsoft meeting in advance of their "vision" announcements on enabling "End-to-End Trust" (post and video coming soon) and to check out the opening reception with a quick visit of the busy show floor. The 17th annual
NPD Study Reveals Surprising Trends In US Gaming
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:33:41 PDT
A recent study by the NPD Group reveals that 72% of the US plays video games, and many other tidbits. Full list and commentary within.
The QuickBase Team Collaboration Blog
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:34:00 PDT
QuickBase, which sponsors the AppGap blog that I write for, has recently upgraded its own blog, now titled the QuickBase Team Collaboration Blog. Its goals are to provide a “resource and viewpoint from QuickBase on how online workgroup applications are improving the way we work. We cover advice and tips to help you get the most from QuickBase, relevant broader market trends, and what we are doing at QuickBase.” The blog provides a nice example of an enterprise 2.0 vendor blog. Since interviewin
Epcot of PR
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:41:12 PDT
If any one non-tech company is the poster-child for the utlization of social media, it's Disney. That was clear listening to Duncan Wardle, head of Global PR for Disney Parks at the second keynote of the Bulldog Media Relations Summit today. Wardle said it is clear the future of PR will follow 4 trends: Digitization Convergence Media Snacking Social Media Wardle also agrees with many others in the forecast for video domination - in other words, going from mainstream to multistream. Disney h
Read this!
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:46:44 PDT
Just came across this list of links posted by John Bracken after he asked his readers for help in identifying the most influential books, articles, blog posts and the like about media, technology and the internet that they read in 2007. There is some very valuable material in here - articles by Henry Jenkins, dana boyd and Clay Shirky; reports on news impartiality, innovation strategies in the digital age and sharing, privacy and trust in a networked world; links to new, and not-so-new, books,
