Christian Louca
Google Ventures announced recently that it is investing inAstrid, a task management app, and Crittercism, an SDK that helps provide customer support for mobile. Google Ventures’ partner Rich Miner made the announcement during VentureBeat’s fourth annual MobileBeat conference. (We have a separate story withmore details on the Astrid investment.) We’ll be posting more on those companies throughout [...]
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Google Ventures’ Rich Miner talks about the mobile revolution
Posted: September 13, 2011 in Industry News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Applications, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Platforms, Mobile Technology, Technology, Venture Capitalism, Wireless TechnologiesTags: Android, Crittercism, Google, Google Ventures, iOS, Orange Ventures, Rich Miner, VentureBeat
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BOMBSHELL: Google Buying Handset Maker Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion
Posted: August 15, 2011 in Handset manufacturers, Industry News, Information communications technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mobile Handsets, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Phones, Mobile Technology, Smartphones, Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless TechnologiesTags: Android, Apple, Business Wire, Google, Google acquisition Motorola, Larry Page, Microsoft, Motorola, Motorola Mobility, United States Department of Justice
Huge! Google is buying handset maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in cash. That’s a 61% premium. Needless to say this is a gamechanger in the mobile world, as Google moves down the stack, and is no longer just an operating system provider meaning it competes directly with Apple as well as the various other handset makers who currently use Android. What’s more, one of [...]
comScore Releases Overview of European Internet Usage for May 2011
Posted: July 6, 2011 in Digital Trends, Industry News, Internet, Mobile Internet, OnlineTags: ComScore, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mobile phone, SCOR, Smartphone, Twitter, WordPress
Posted By: ComScore Spotlight on France Reveals Seasonal Growth in Tax, Car Rental, and Flowers Web Properties London, UK, July 6, 2011 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of Internet usage in Europe, showing 366.9 million unique visitors went online in May 2011 for an average [...]
Seven Personality Traits of Top Salespeople
Posted: June 28, 2011 in Work Ethics, Work PsychologyTags: Continental Airlines, Curiosity, Decision making, Friendship, High tech, Personal effectiveness, Personality test, Sales, Salesperson Traits, Score (game), Workplace research
If you ask an extremely successful salesperson, “What makes you different from the average sales rep?” you will most likely get a less-than-accurate answer, if any answer at all. Frankly, the person may not even know the real answer because most successful salespeople are simply doing what comes naturally.
Mobile advertising: profit at your fingertips
Posted: June 10, 2011 in Digital Display Advertising, Digital Trends, Display advertising, Industry News, Internet, Media & Entertainment, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Multichannel Marketing, Online, Smartphones, Tablets, Technology, Telecommunications, Television, Wireless TechnologiesTags: IAB, mobile statistics
The explosive sales of smartphones and tablets, combined with the arrival of location-based services, is creating a ‘golden age’ for online and mobile advertising. James Robinson reports
Why Successful People Leave Work Early
Posted: June 10, 2011 in Research, Work PsychologyTags: 4-Hour Body, 4-Hour Workweek, Ericsson, Pareto principle, Psychological Review, Stever Robbins, StumbleUpon, The New York Times Best Seller list, Timothy Ferriss
Try this for a day: don’t answer every phone call. Stop checking your email every two minutes. And leave work early. You’ll be astounded at how much more you’ll get done. According to a study published in the Psychological Review conducted by Dr. K. Anders Ericcson, the key to great success is working harder in short bursts [...]
