Watch for Social TV to be the next ‘big thing’ now that Twitter is on the action, snapping up the social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs, a company that has cracked the code on how to track how people are talking about brands and TV shows on Twitter.
The acquisition can be read as a starting gun for a new race in a new space, and smart companies are already jockeying for position, building the capabilities to take advantage of massive opportunity at the intersection of our social chatter an…
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Facebook has certainly been no stranger to public relations debacles over the past few years for their cavalier regard to their users’ privacy and permission. Recently, the FTC announced a settlement with Facebook that forces the social networking giant to undergo privacy audits for the next 20 years and being on a sort of “privacy probation.” Seeing the breadth violations in one list is stunning; from giving user information to advertisers and 3rd party apps to saying that information th…
Digital moms reach to mobile every stage of the purchase funnel, to research purchases and to make smart and informed shopping choices. As a whole, this mobile-savvy demographic is earning, spending, and influencing spending at a greater rate than ever before. Lisa Ciangiulli connects the dots in the data to help brands focus their efforts and market more effectively to this growing and connected customer segment.
CHETAN SHARMA MOBILE BREAKFAST SERIES PREVIEW: Frank Meehan, part of the Horizons Ventures VC team, tells us how mobile operators can stay relevant by moving innovation activities outside of the company (like Telefónica Digital), or by identifying and claiming a lucrative niche (example AT&T and its Digital Home connected home and security offer).
Appearing to pop up out of nowhere, Pinterest has become the third largest social network on the planet. As I shared the value of co-publishing (shameless plug alert!) with you in my last MobileGroove column, my hope is that you are already happily pinning away all of your photo- and video-based marketing content onto your brands’ boards on Pinterest. But, how do you Pinterest-ize your other content? That is, marketing content that 
With billion-dollar and exclusive usage rights in place, the Olympic Games have always been about big money and feverishly policed by lawyers on behalf of brands, content owners and media giants. But the advent of mobile and social — which allow us all to mash up content the way we like and share it with anyone using YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and other properties — make me question whether anyone (even high-powered lawyers) can hold back the tide.
