Social Machinery

Innovation at the edge

sebastian — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:06:22 +0000

Google is a great example of innovative culture and one of the programs that I really like is their Innovation 80/20 model, so called “innovation time off”, where employees are encourages spending up to 20% of their time working in their own innovation projects or ideas.

Apps stores: Winners and losers so far

sebastian — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:32:56 +0000

Last week Vision Mobile consulting released a new study regarding application stores. The report is extremely interesting since the main sponsor is Telefonica developer community and some of the findings are quite disruptive showing how mobile operators losing the battle for developer’s heart.

FCC wants to stop “Bill shock” on mobiles

sebastian — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:47:31 +0000

30 million Americans or one in six mobile users have experienced “bill shock,” a sudden increase in their monthly bill that is not caused by a change in service plan.

LTE pricing model: The end of flat fee rates?

sebastian — Sun, 30 May 2010 01:09:46 +0000

During a Barclay’s conference last week, Verizon Wireless CEO, Lowell McAdam stated that the introduction of its LTE network some time this year, the company will be introducing a tiered or metered pricing of possible data plans in the future.

Glaxo: Using open source to fight against Malaria

sebastian — Sat, 29 May 2010 02:05:26 +0000

GlaxoSmithKline, The pharmaceutical giant, has decided to open to public the design of 13,500 chemical compounds that could inhibit malaria, In order to foster collaboration among scientists and researchers interested on developing a drug that can control this disease

Illegal P2P users willing to pay

sebastian — Sat, 29 May 2010 01:08:18 +0000

New research into online behavior suggests that up to 44% of users using illegal download sites could be converted into paying music subscribers if services were priced correctly.

The future according to Google

sebastian — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:17:41 +0000

Internet is evolving rapidly and in different directions. Anticipating what could happen in the web future is a constant effort for those who play a role in it. These are the trends Google believes will shape in the future.

50% of advertising will be digital in the next 5 to 8 years

sebastian — Sun, 23 May 2010 01:26:33 +0000

Google expect that within 5 to 8 years, between 30 and 50 percent of advertising will be digital. This means that online advertising would grab up to half the overall share of the advertising market.

Facebook leads online ad spending

sebastian — Fri, 21 May 2010 01:08:37 +0000

According to data provided by comScore regarding digital advertising spending for the first quarter in the U.S., Facebook could reach a advertising revenue potential of $ 1,500 million USD during this year. Additionally, the Social network sites is leading online advertising impressions in the U.S.

30% of Smartphones access social networking sites

sebastian — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:33:41 +0000

comScore latest social networking market study found that more than 30% of smartphone users accessed social networking sites via their mobile phones in January 2010; up 36% compared to 22.5% one year back.