A new search engine, Cuil (pronounced “Cool”), was launched on Monday.  It was  developed by some folks from google and was introduced with great press and fanfare. So far, the responses have been mixed and the search results spotty.
Silicon Ally Insider called it the worst launch ever. That seems harsh. There are a number of interesting [...]

The process of putting your life online, in aggregate, has been called “lifestreaming,” so it’s inevitable that brands (having personalities all their own) would join in: Here’s a good introductory article on lifestreaming for brands.
An Excerpt: “It’s fairly obvious why companies want to get their brand out into social media sites like Flickr, Facebook, Twitter [...]

Found this excellent review of mobile trends in the US and UK.   Visit Mobile Life 2008 and download the full report (pdf).

You may have read recently that the notion of “the Long Tail” (which is a guiding principle in interactive marketing) had been debunked by an article in the Harvard Business Review.  I had been struggling with how to explain to my colleagues why the HBR article was, in my opinion, off base (it was, essentially, [...]