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Veteran Media Exec Dan Farber Joins Salesforce In Strategic Comms Role
Dan Farber is one of the first tech industry journalists and in his thirty year career he has helped create many top publications and he has led many editorial teams. He "retired" from his senior...
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Media Disruption: Study Shows $6 Billion Stolen From Media Industry
Leslie Kaufman at the New York Times, reported on a study by the Association of National Advertisers into the problem of fake ad clicks:Study Puts a Price Tag on Fake Ad Clicks - NYTimes.com
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Future Skies Will Swarm With Smarter Drones
By Intel Free PressThe word “drone” often conjures up images of autonomous, militarized technology. But in the context of small aircraft with multiple rotors that you often see carrying cameras, drones...
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Box IPO Could Open Strong 2015 For Enterprise Tech
Box is again trying to IPO after several failed attempts in 2015. It has priced its shares at the bargain valuation of about $1.5 billion compared to its most recent private valuation of $2.4 billion....
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CES: A Look Back At 6 Years Of Odd Consumer Electronics
Intel Free Press takes a look at some of the oddest tech from the past six years at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.By Intel Free PressEvery year at the International Consumer Electronics...
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Edelman Announces Its First Senior Diversity Exec - Trish Smith
Diana Bradley at PR Week reports that Edelman, the world's largest privately owned PR firm, has appointed senior executive Trish Smith (above) to a new senior position: "Diversity and Inclusion...
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Upcoming: Last Breakfast Dance Party At Supper Club
The DAYBREAKER early morning dance parties are a loud way to jumpstart your Tuesday but it no longer feels like a Tuesday when you've been dancing for a couple of hours.This one is the last one at the...
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Datameer Says Hadoop Is Making Big Gains In The Enterprise
Stefan Groschupf, CEO of Datameer speaking at a media roundtable at 25 Lusk.I was at a media roundtable earlier this week hosted by Datameer, which runs business analytics on Hadoop databases hosted as...
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Showcase Of Women Entrepreneurs Under 30 At Stanford - Tuesday
It's always great to see diversity at work in Silicon Valley. On Tuesday, January 20 VLAB will present an evening event focused on young women entrepreneurs.[I wonder why the age limit? Ageism is...
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I'm Speaking At Churchill Club Panel: Trends In Journalism
I've been added as a speaker for the Churchill Club's "Trends in Journalism" event in San Francisco on Thursday, January 22 at Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market Street, 6pm to 9pm.The other speakers are: Cory...
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The Dirty Politics Of Native Ads
I'm a fierce opponent of "native ads" because by their very nature they pretend to be something else, and that damages trust, not just in the publication that hosts them but in all trusted media.So...
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Guest Post: Big Data From The Internet Of Everything Will Need 'Top Chefs' To...
Here's a guest post by Chris Knight, who recently returned from the International Consumer Electronics Show and he's convinced that Big Data needs to have some top chefs.Guest Post by Chris KnightWith...
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Clean And Cool SF: Meet 16 Of The Most Promising UK Cleantechs
Sunday evening I'm talking with 16 CEOs of UK cleantech startups in a "fireside" chat on the role of media in innovation. I love the subject and it'll be interesting to hear from them.They are taking...
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Edelman: Global Loss Of Trust Is Bad For Silicon Valley Innovation
CEO Richard Edelman (center) discusses "trust" at a Churchill Club event in 2013.Public trust in business has plunged across the world and is harming consumer acceptance of innovation, according to a...
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Charlene Li: Engaged Leaders, Intimate Customer Relationships And ...The...
Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter market research group, has a new book coming out in March, "The Engaged Leader." She spoke about the book and her views on social media's impact on marketing, at...
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Guest Post: Big Data From The Internet Of Everything Needs 'Chefs' To Mix It
Here's a guest post by Chris Knight, who recently returned from the International Consumer Electronics Show and he's convinced that Big Data needs to have some top chefs.Guest Post by Chris KnightWith...
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Strong First Day For Box Debut Signals A Strong Year For Enterprise IT IPOs
Shares in Box jumped strongly in their first day of trading reaching as much as 77% above the $14 initial pricing to $24.73 and a valuation of about $3 billion. It closed at $23.23, up 66%.The strong...
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Predictive Technologies Of Commerce And The Native Human Experience
If we take our technologies of personalized commerce and predictive business analytics to their ultimate conclusion we won't need marketing or consumers. Brands' products will just show up at your door...
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Edelman Hires Outsider To Run Silicon Valley PR
Edelman, the world's largest public relations firm, has named outsider Kelly Schwager, General Manager, Silicon Valley. She replaces Maria Admundson, who was promoted to global chair of the Technology...
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Media Tech: DNN Launches Marketing-Enabled Enterprise Publishing Platform
DNN today launched an enterprise-class content management system optimized for marketing allowing multi-format publishing and tracking visitors to a company's web sites.The Evoq 8 system allows...
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