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It’s been so long since Microsoft launched Outlook.com that we forgot it was technically in preview mode. Well, that ended on Tuesday, at 12:01AM ET on the dot. The company just announced that the email service is no longer in beta, and that the site has racked up 60 million active users — over a Continue Reading →

Google is in talks with top credit card firms Visa and Microsoft as well as PayPal to crack down on pirating sites by removing their sources of funding, according to a report. The search giant is in preliminary discussions for the plan, according to The Telegraph. The “radical move” would go after sites that offer Continue Reading →

I have found that some of the best advice I have received has not come from investors or mentors, but instead from other founders in my community. Fellow founders’ perspectives are clearer as they are also like you – chipping away at the mountain of work and having bet all-in on the business to succeed. Continue Reading →

Apple and Google are enemies and partners at the same time due to asymmetric competition. According to a report from Morgan Stanley, Google could pay more than $1 billion in 2014 to remain the default search engine on iOS. In 2009, Google paid only $82 million for the privilege. Analyst Scott Devitt believes that it Continue Reading →

“There’s a dialogue out there and you’re either in it or you’re not.” — Herb Schmertz (Mobil circa 1970) Technology advancements, new apps, ubiquitous software and the mobilization of computing have driven the democratization of information beyond boundaries that have existed since Gutenberg cast his first type. Nowhere are the turf battles colliding more quickly, Continue Reading →

This year’s Super Bowl started with the Ravens crushing the 49ers. Then after a 108-yard kickoff return by the Ravens at the beginning of the second half, a power outage delayed the game for more than 30 minutes. Following the delay, the 49ers got their mojo working and the two teams, and two brother coaches, Continue Reading →

The teams for the Super Bowl are now set. Callers to sports radio shows and pundits on cable TV will debate who has the better chance to win and why. At the same time, marketing pundits are gearing up to assess who will get the most bang for the $4 million being invested for each 30 second Continue Reading →

This time last year, I described how a Super Bowl ad’s word of mouth volume could be demonstrated to be dependent upon both the creative message and certain critical media factors. This year, I repeated the study by probing two years of combined data to see if a macro-trend would emerge. The short answer: Yes, Continue Reading →

The big story of the 2013 International CES (the Consumer Electronics Show) was what was missing. A quick walk through amazon.com’s 1,000 retail show rooms (you may know them as Best Buy) tells the story. The electronics giant’s days – at least in its current form – are quickly coming to an end. Best Buy Continue Reading →

When the First Amendment to the Constitution was written in 1789 prohibiting “the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing of the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble, or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress Continue Reading →