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I’m quoting a friend who recently was in the hospital for several days. He was poked, prodded and drained of bodily fluids, which eventually provided the positive lab results necessary to get him discharged. He also admits that he may not have been the best patient who the nurses ever cared for. His story reminded Continue Reading →

Chinese authorities believe Google’s Android mobile operating system is too popular in their country and that Google uses its clout to diss Chinese companies. They’d like it if more local companies developed their own operating systems at some point down the road. At the moment, about 80 percent of Chinese smartphones run the Android OS. Continue Reading →

Ever since I first learned of the brutal litigation campaign launched by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on behalf of the 4 major labels back in 2003, which spread a giant dragnet over many moms, pops, granddads, children, disabled people, and even dead people (on occasion), I’ve wondered how the Courts could allow Continue Reading →

The politically delayed confirmation of Chuck Hagel to become the Secretary of Defense could well be a pivot point, and an essential one, for the future of the Department.  It is time for this most important arm of the government to become more aligned with 21st Century realities. Much of the thinking in the United Continue Reading →

As a serial entrepreneur and having gone through this startup process a few times, I believe you get your funding at the exact moment you deserve it. With a flying start, it will look easy, but as time passes, you business has to keep up with the changes. In the beginning, as a confident founder Continue Reading →

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. — Henri Bergson, French Philosopher and Educator We have a brand new term that is creating considerable buzz: Real Time Marketing. And like most trends that reach the level of “buzz worthiness,” this one will most likely fade into the same ignominious darkness that befit Continue Reading →

Let’s break it down. 1. Exploding Commercial TV? House of Cards and Netflix have not exploded the restrictions of commercial TV (show length, plot resolution) that endured for decades. The Sopranos and HBO did that. Pre-Sopranos, a show’s hero leaving his daughter’s college interview – to murder a long-lost colleague – was unthinkable. In retrospect, it kicked Continue Reading →

Iceland is a very small country with a big “brand” influence in a state of recovery, discovery and evolution. “Few countries blew up more spectacularly than Iceland in the 2008 financial crisis. The local stock market plunged 90 percent; unemployment rose ninefold; inflation shot to more than 18 percent; the country’s biggest banks all failed. Continue Reading →

Thousands of people in New York, Miami and nine other cities worldwide came together for Social Media Week last week. A few personal takeaways from the NY portion follow: ***Count New York Times media columnist David Carr in the growing camp of smart TV believers. At one of the opening events last Tuesday, Carr (joined Continue Reading →

The world turns to events like Mobile World Congress to see what the mobile market of the future will look like, and this year’s MWC in Barcelona Spain will be no exception. One of the technologies debuting at the event is the new WeVideo mobile app for Android, now in beta. Unlike other “video editing Continue Reading →