Monthly Archives: April 2013

Five Tips On How Traditional Media Can Survive In A Mobile Age

April 21, 2013 · by · in digital publishing, Facebook, Google, mobile, mobile apps, Mobile commerce, print media · 7 Comments

This past Friday, I learned that authorities had apprehended the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing via Boston.com’s Live Blog, which aggregated tweets and short updates from reporters, police, and citizens into a single, curated stream. Watching and waiting for the Live Blog to update every three to five minutes made me feel more […]

The App Developer’s “Home” Opportunity Is Android’s “Home” Dilemma

April 14, 2013 · by · in Android, apps, Facebook, Google, mobile, mobile apps, Mobile commerce · 2 Comments

Count me among those who felt that Facebook could have gone the way of MySpace. Looks like that was as solid as most of my NCAA “March Madness” predictions. One of the company’s few mobile missteps was the introduction of Facebook Home. It’s an app that came preloaded on the HTC First handset. It delivers a […]