Happy Birthday To Me (On Facebook)
Today marks the day that I first drew breath in this beautiful, awful, wonderful, messed-up world of ours. Since I am past the ages where birthdays net you anything important, all I have to look forward to is the cash …
IBM Celebrates 100 Years of Innovation
Happy centennial birthday, IBM. This year, IBM celebrates 100 years of innovation, risk taking and transformation CEO, Samuel J. Palmisano was in Singapore last Friday to speak at IBM’s Centennial Lecture organized by […] Related posts: How Web Videos Are Driving Innovation We watch web videos almost everyday. They have changed our… Magazine Ad Revenue […]
Google Solicits AdWords 10th Birthday Tributes
For quite some time, AdWords has been good to Google and a lot of other companies, and Google would now like some outside help as it celebrates that fact. Advertisers have been asked to contribute YouTube videos or written pieces in recognition of the tenth birthday of AdWords. Admittedly, this may sound a little self-involved […]
HOW TO: Find Long Lost Friends on Facebook
Facebook is now an essential unifying force in many people’s social lives — it helps friends arrange events, wish each other “happy birthday,” solidify communities and social bonds, and share recent memories with images. All of that has been always possible by other, less convenient means, but Facebook helps us do one thing that’s unique […]
Happy Birthday, Gmail!
On April 1, 2004, Gmail was launched as an invite-only beta, instantly creating a revolution in the webmail space. Google’s decision to keep their webmail invite-only kept spammers at bay, which led to the overall perception that Gmail is spam-proof. While this notion is far from truth, Gmail to this day does an excellent job […]
Happy Birthday Twitter!
Sunday, March 21st (a few hours from now on the West Coast) marks Twitter’s 4th birthday — exactly four years since Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey sent his first Tweet and, along with Evan Williams and Biz Stone, started a phenomenon. Last month, Twitter hit 50 million Tweets per day, and last summer it was announced […]