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Europe is moving into a time of incredible transformation. The financial and leadership crises in Europe need to be looked at from a historically high level. The media coverage and commentary concerning the Euro crisis is completely “in the weeds.” The coverage and discussion of the issues in Europe are now about austerity versus growth, Continue Reading →

(Content originally posted on Discovery.com.) The phrase “digital footprint” might not mean much to you right now, but it should. Digital or viral footprint refers to the mass of content on the Internet that can be linked to you and, therefore, located by anyone doing a search on you. The list of possible places for Continue Reading →

Just a few weeks ago, on May 30th, CNN published an Opinion article by Andrew Keen entitled “Facebook Threatens to ‘Zuck Up’ the Human Race.”  The title of this article was a quote from his article. It was so thought-provoking that I felt that I had to explore some of the issues he brought up. Continue Reading →

Keylogging has taking center stage, and it now deserves our proper attention. After all, keyloggers have been identified as the #1 Global Threat to consumers, corporations and government agencies in the recent 2012 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Symantec Corporation coined 2011 as “The Year of the Hack,” when they saw an 81 percent increase Continue Reading →

Just six million people caught The Tony Awards earlier this month on CBS, continuing the downward rating funk of this jewel on the entertainment awards scene. Of the big four annual network TV award ceremonies – the other three being the Academy, Emmy and Grammy Awards – the Tonys, year-in and year-out, land on the Continue Reading →

If Don Draper were alive, the fictional hero of “Mad Men” would be in Cannes this week for the annual Cannes Lions Festival. This is the world’s largest party (ahem… “festival”) for the advertising industry. So what if the European Union is teetering on the verge of collapse? “Faisons la fete,” everybody… let’s party! Explosive Continue Reading →

It is our task, both in science and in society at large, is to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come true. –Freeman Dyson, theoretical physicist For thirty years I have been at war with myself. In these years, we have owned media, sold it and alternately owned a marketing Continue Reading →

Father’s Day just passed, which meant great celebrations, barbeques and great gifts. Many of us hunted for the best gifts for dad online looking for everything from gadgets to clothes.  Unfortunately, gift giving holidays like Father’s Day also tend to bring out fraudsters and online scammers. There are thousands of places to find great gifts Continue Reading →

I live in a resort town, Saratoga Springs NY, where merchants are using the 6 P’s of marketing to get ready for the summer season when business doubles or triples. PEOPLE Retain: Owners have worked hard to retain their most productive staff. Hours and the best shifts are agreed to. Businesses can’t survive with too Continue Reading →

Recent attacks on LinkedIn and eHarmony highlight the importance of different passwords for different sites. LinkedIn confirmed that there had been a breach in their security whereby hackers stole approximately 6.5 million encrypted passwords.eHarmony also announced a breach in their security where 1.5 million passwords were stolen in the attack. Large-scale attacks such as these are becoming more common. Epsilon Continue Reading →