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The roots of commerce start deep and moves through “spheres” toward the heavens – at each level impacting the econo-sphere and the lives of all. These “big” spheres matter all the more as the world becomes smaller, data gets bigger and communications intentions reach new levels in aspiration and “audience” engagement is refined in the Continue Reading →

At 4:30 Wednesday afternoon, President Barack Obama surprised Internet users by popping onto Reddit–a social news site that allows users to vote for what makes the “front page”–to do an “Ask Me Anything,” in which notable people allow Reddit users to ask questions. The White House announced the event at around 4:15, and the site, Continue Reading →

With a number of business “going Google,” the massive search company has launched the first set of Google+ features for businesses. With this “initial set” of features now available, Google is letting all Google Apps customers get an early look at them in a “full preview mode.” This preview allows businesses already using Google Apps Continue Reading →

This year’s IFA in Berlin looks to be a whopper of a show, especially for Sony. Around since the 1920s, the show has never gotten so much attention but this time might just overshadow CES in Las Vegas and CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. Sony seems to be getting the most attention, although everyone is pouring Continue Reading →

With every flagship Android handset Samsung produces, screen sizes grow. And the company’s latest smartphone is the largest yet: The Galaxy Note II sports a whopping 5.5-inch display. After months of rumors, Samsung introduced its new Note on Wednesday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. The Note II is a follow-up to the Continue Reading →

A Chinese-born software engineer convicted of stealing trade secrets from Motorola was sentenced on Wednesday to four years in federal prison, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney in Chicago. Hanjuan Jin, a 41-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested in 2007 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as she prepared to board a flight to Continue Reading →

No matter which ecosystem you’ve bought into, be it iBooks, Kindle, Nook or otherwise, there’s no denying that Amazon’s Kindle apps are part of what make the system great. The latest update for its iOS app brings in some much-desired changes, including rapid highlighting and better navigation. Version 3.2 of Kindle for iOS also brings Continue Reading →

You’ll be forgiven for not paying too much attention to IFA, a giant tech conference taking place this week in Berlin. There have been some fine spectacles so far—84-inch, 4k TV anyone?—but for the most part, you’re not missing much. Except, maybe, for the exact moment that data plans started down an irreversible path towards Continue Reading →

During my keynote at this year’s Vidcon conference in late June, I talked about the flight of users I’m seeing from YouTube, and I commented on how I thought the site’s direction was misguided. It certainly got people talking. One of the top execs at YouTube chastised me for even saying it, while some blogs Continue Reading →

If you spend a lot of time in the car, you know what an awesome companion audiobooks can be. A pricey one, too. A single “book on tape” (OK, CD) might run you $20, $30, even as much as $50. That’s why I’m a big fan of Audiobooks.com, which offers unlimited listening for a flat Continue Reading →