Google comes out swinging against popular shopping apps such as, Shopsavvy and Amazon with Google Shopper.  Many of you have probably already noticed Google Maps 2D barcodes on local store fronts in your neighborhood (at up to 190,000 local businesses throughout the US).  Most people have no clue what these little tags are for, [...]

As Google continues its exploration to own the life cycle of the mobile consumer.  Yesterday, they announced a web app for the iPhone and Palm WebOS devices.  I’ve been running Google Voice for months and this new web app is a tremendous upgrade and brings the experience full circle.  This is a great example of [...]

Below is a great Slideshare deck from TrendsSpotting, discussing the rapid evolution of the mobile device for 2010 and beyond.  The Tweet style format covers mobile predictions and facts from some heavy hitters in the technology space including analysts from IDC, Morgan Stanley, Gartner, Mashable, GigaOM, eMarketer, and the Mobile Marketing Association.
2010 Mobile Influencers: Trend [...]

Here is a great little commercial clip of the Nexus One.  As an old G1 customer, I’m glad to see some much needed improvements in the UI and sexier hardware, however there are many reports out there showing lackluster Nexus One sales in the first 10 days of release.  Perhaps its not sexy enough for [...]

The Connected vs. the Disconnected… We just switched phone carriers from T-Mobile (using G1 Android) to Sprint (using Palm Pre).  We were pretty pumped to see the attractive packages Sprint is offering  these days, and although I know their service can be spotty vs some of the other carriers, the price is right for the trade off. [...]

We were delighted to see our name popup in the Boston Twitter/Blogosphere scene today with a great post from our friends at BostonInnovation.  Staff writer Matt Fellows talks with Convertiv’s Chris Pollara to get his take on how social media should be pervasive throughout an organization.  Chris goes on to say, “Stop thinking about SEO [...]

Forget the boring “Top 10 Lists,” listen to Rich Wong, investor in some of the hottest companies in mobile (Admob, Getjar) and social (Facebook, Groupon).  Below is a great interview via @scobleizer of Rich recapping 2009 and giving his predictions of 2010; covering topics such as the unexpected growth of social e-commerce, how apps vs [...]

The world is certainly getting smaller through the marriage of the mobile device and social networking. With the explosion of social Smartphone apps and dedicated mobile sites

As businesses continue to thrive from the expansion in web services, it’s amazing how much of our desktop computing is executed in the cloud. With Google strongly positioned as the leader in pro-bono web based computing, I find myself using everything from Gmail for multiple email addresses to GCalendar to Google RSS to most recently [...]

Social media continues to evolve at a frantic pace.  The picture is becoming a little clearer on how Twitter plans to monetize their service, evidenced by Bing and Google striking search deals. It makes perfect sense Google and Bing will eventually become