The fourth quarter of 2013 found companies grappling to manage the transformation being brought on by cloud, mobile, analytics, and social technologies. Firms must now adapt to all this new technology… Read more »
Many long-standing legal rules of engagement between publishers and consumers tilted the playing field in unexpected ways in the first quarter. The period also saw a major expansion in the amount… Read more »
The fourth quarter saw new fissures emerge in some corners of the digital media business, while some old fissures reemerged in others. Having held off the immediate challenge of over-the-top video,… Read more »
Many of the biggest stories in the connected consumer space occurred mostly offstage in 2012. Apple conducted behind-the-scenes discussions about rolling out new media services in 2013 and beyond. Google spent… Read more »
Looking forward, Facebook’s IPO should arrive in May, possibly preventing the usual stock market summer doldrums. It will set the stage for more social consumer offerings, including some Facebook spin-offs. Connected… Read more »
While Amazon was looking up, the daily online coupon business is going down, imploding under the weight of too much competition and too little value delivered to merchants. Pre-IPO valuations for… Read more »
The second quarter of 2011 was a fast-paced one for the connected consumer segment, with every sector of the digital media landscape — music, e-books, online video and gaming — experiencing significant events… Read more »
Location-based marketing still suffers from user-privacy issues, user awareness and a lack of extensive local advertising networks. But the combination of GPS-enabled location pinpointing and the embrace of social networks has… Read more »
NFC has long failed to gain any traction in North America, but support from so many heavy hitters could finally move the needle for the technology. Read more »