Will Groupon’s Acquisition Expose Google’s Buttery Soft Underbelly?
by Tony Hung on December 1, 2010
Looks like Google’s eying Groupon for a bajillion dollars. Its interesting to keep Groupon in perspective of all the other companies its acquired this year (around 25), and the fact that most (if not all) of those other companies, and (…)
Moving Beyond the Blog? or Merely Just Blogging?
by Tony Hung on December 1, 2010
One could go on at length with another meta-blogging post about what blogging is or is not; however, for Nick Gawker to say that he is moving “beyond” blogging is either a bit of arrogance or a touch of grandstanding (…)
Signing off Twitter? So Tacky.
by Tony Hung on November 30, 2010
Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Usher and other celebrities have joined a new campaign called Digital Life Sacrifice on behalf of Keys’ charity, Keep a Child Alive. The entertainers plan to sign off of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter on (…)
To spice up Microsoft news, throw in some Apple comparisons.
by Tony Hung on November 30, 2010
Its funny how stats about a Microsoft product are dry – until you compare them to Apple stats. Seriously, though, there are only two things that need to be said about the Kinect. First: You think 100K units per day (…)
Richard Branson’s ProjectMag Gets One Thing Right …
by Tony Hung on November 29, 2010
And that seems to be the size of the app. A common complaint of Conde Nast’s magazine apps (i.e. Wired) for the iPad has been their size — which is really a complaint of their failure to adapt to the (…)
The drive for better “app” content
by Tony Hung on November 28, 2010
Less one believe I’m totally into the Kool-Aid of “Information Wants to Be Free,” I do believe there are paid content opportunities for newspapers in the digital world, but re-shoveling prnt to Web to tablet and smart phone isn’t among (…)
The evolving picture of public (and private) discourse
by Tony Hung on November 28, 2010
Then in the last year something new has happened, which I see as the combined rise of mobile Internet technology and Facebook. While smartphones have made us more e-mail-enabled than ever, I think people are actually sending less total e-mail as (…)