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Twitter's Oprah-tunity: Time to get down to business

Now that Oprah has placed her Midas Touch on Twitter and the membership numbers seem to be growing as a result of it, you'd think that Twitter would be able to hammer out a revenue model that would allow the financial floodgates to open.  But, no, Twitter...

Tags: Twitter, Rafe, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Constructive - not destructive - guidance for social PR professionals

Constructive - not destructive - guidance for social PR professionalsTimely tipsThanks for introducing me to these tips Jen. Hmmm... should I offer 100 tips for Analyst Relations Professionals? Would be so easy. -RSRE: Constructive - not destructive - guidance for social PR professionalsRafe has some great...

Tags: social PR professional, PR professional, public relations, Wedding Crashers, Rafe

Discussion threads 2008-12-18

Personal syndication overload? Just pare your apps

Webware's Rafe Needleman has an interesting chart of all the services he uses and publishes to and notes that personal syndication overload could be a problem. Rafe's chart isn't pretty. He's got too many authoring tools and all these feeds going to Twitter, Plunk, Jaiku and other...

Tags: Web, Webware, Rafe, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-19

S60 touch technology announced, watch out Apple

I saw a sign at the S60 Summit that listed S60 touch interface as an upcoming feature. I think the introduction of the iPhone really pushed manufacturers to speed up development of technology they had under wraps and today Nokia officially announced the S60 touch user interface would be coming...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Apple Inc., Mobile Device, Rafe, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-10-16

DemoFall hits, misses and maybes

DemoFall hits, misses and maybesRafe's comments on SalesGeniusRafe – First off, thanks for the nod to the brilliance of SalesGenius and, second, I'd like to offer a point of clarification: SalesGenius only provides visit-history information for the people who have opened an e-mail from a sales rep and accepted an...

Tags: Sales strategy, E-mail, Sales force management, SalesGenius, rep, Rafe

Discussion threads 2006-10-02

Additional Resources

Wolfram Alpha opens API to developers

Wolfram Alpha opened up its API to open access, allowing coders to query the Wolfram system and incorporate its data, calculations and rich media results. Developers can now put Wolfram Alpha results in their own applications. The company on Thursday opened up its API to open access, allowing coders...

Tags: Developer, API, Rich Media, Wolfram Alpha, search, developers, Rafe Needleman CNET News

News items 2009-10-16

Thousands of phone apps are available, but what 3 do you really need?

It's interesting......whatever platform you choose there are a handful of apps that are essential and everything else is kind of... well, fluff.Anyway, from a Symbian perspective:* Sports Tracker* Nokia Maps* FacebookExactly rightBeing proud of 85,000 farting applications is... well... silly.From a Windows Mobile perspective, the APPS I use the most:1....

Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows, Mobile applications, Wireless and Mobility, phone app, THOUSANDS, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

AIM Lifestream integrates social web, but not instant messaging

AOL launched it's new Lifestream application today, and I'm impressed. But I still won't use it because it doesn't integrate the full IM experience better than other products like Adium, Digsby or even Trillian. I have not downloaded the actual app, but here is a peek at...

Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, IM, Social Web, AIM Lifestream, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-09-15

iPhone 3GS browser speed tests can't beat Opera Mobile 9.7

Nokia was the leader in mobile web browsing with their S60 browser launched a couple of years ago and as Rafe at All About Symbian shows the S60 browser is still a strong competitor in the browser loading race. However, the iPhone 3GS shows that even the mighty iPhone 3G...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Internet, Matthew Miller, Opera Software ASA, Web Browser, Web Browsers

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Wolfram Alpha: First hands-on

CNET's Rafe Needleman gets a look at the eagerly-anticipated new computational search engine, Wolfram Alpha. Is it a Google killer? No, but it has the potential to change the way we view at data on the Web.

Tags: Search, Channel Management, Marketing, News, rafe needleman, wolfram alpha, google, search engine

Videos 2009-05-15

Windows 7 to be ready for holiday shopping season

Windows 7 to be ready for holiday shopping seasonI don't think that will happenIf Vista offers any guidance, windoze 7 is still years away.I predicted 2011 I think in the pollGlad I was wrong the RC is great I did an in place upgrade and I'm pleased to say it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Dell Adamo: A laptop for the discerning gentleman

Dell finally unveiled its Adamo feather welterweight laptop this morning, and it's a beauty -- arguably the most beautiful PC to date. But does it matter? Basking in dramatic lighting and beautiful photography, the Adamo is as impressive as a...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Laptop Computer, Dell Adamo, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Dell's Adamo: Very fashionable, but will the fashion-impaired base (like me) buy it?

Dell on Tuesday launched its Adamo effort, a thin laptop that is all about design and puts the PC maker in a new realm on the perception front. It's unclear whether people---especially Dell's fashion-impaired base--- will actually buy it.   Adamo means to...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Adamo, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-17

SAP snags Coghead

SAP has acquired the assets of Coghead minus any of its customers following Coghead's demise. As Rafe Needleman says over at CNet, this paves the way for others to swoop in and sweep up stranded customers although there is some doubt whether this will work. I received a 'safe harbor'...

Tags: SAP AG, Coghead, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Firewalls, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Networking, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Together in harmony: Mac and PC

Together in harmony: Mac and PCIf there were a market for useless internet tips, then we'd have a recoveryI think the better way to work with apps on a Mac Desktop is to use Hiding (Cmd-H) rather than minimizing and then Cmd-Tab will switch properly. (As long as they were...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, PC

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Quicken online goes offline for several hours

The online version of Intuit's Quickbooks, the small business accounting service, went offline for several hours yesterday. A related outage apparently also took down Intuit's credit-card processing service, Innovative Merchant Solutions, which the standalone version of Quickbooks uses as well. Turbotax Online was also...

Tags: Intuit Inc., Quicken, Intuit QuickBooks, Outage, Manufacturing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-03

Google Earth 5 released for the Mac

A new version of Google Earth (v.5.0) that adds support for oceans, the past and Mars was just announce on the official Google Blog. Didn't Google Earth always have an ocean? Technically, yes, well, sort of. We have always had a big blue expanse and some low-resolution...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Google Earth, Blogging, Internet, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-02-02

IT jobs outlook for 2009: The good and the bad

A depressing string of layoff announcements across the corporate world has gotten 2009 off to an inauspicious start. So what do the trends mean for IT employment in 2009? Here’s a sober look at both the good signs and the bad. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- ...

Tags: Job, Layoff, Information Technology, Salary, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-01-27

Twitter authority frenzy led to Twitter phishing meltdown

Folks like to know where they stand, and in recent weeks people on Twitter have been, well, all a-twitter about the idea of Twitter Authority. They want to know who is most influentialâ€"a repeat of the phenomenon that swept the blogosphere a while back. It's a human thing, but it...

Tags: Twitter, Twitterverse, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Nokia Email unable to connect issue solved on my new Nokia N85

After seeing my buddy Rafe's OLED display on the new Samsung I7710 S60 device I pulled the trigger on a new Nokia N85 when the North American versions became available last week. I found a decent deal at Newegg and trust them so I placed my order and to my...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Eric, E-mail, Web Site Development, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Web Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-26