Category: Commentary
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Why 2011 is Groupon’s year
Groupon is already a popular web service with over 35 million members worldwide. Since its founding in 2008, the site’s growth has occurred at a remarkable rate, and while there are millions of people who already use Groupon, I think that this is the year the site truly explodes and becomes ubiquitous within our society.…
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MySpace: Finger lickin’ good
I was checking my emails this morning, and THIS is what I get from Myspace. Wow. Creativity grade: A+ I was overwhelmed by the originality of this email blast pertaining to their new push to get people to use their new mobile app. First I read the subject “Myspace Mobile, it’s what’s for dinner.” And…
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Things I won’t watch this year: Heisman and NCAA title game
The NCAA is the most legalistic entity that man has ever created, with the possible exception of the Sanhedrin. The fact that Cameron Newton is eligible is unconscionable. It was no surprise this weekend when Newton was awarded the Heisman Trophy, but i did not watch. Just as I will not be watching him play…
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Geolocations: the Future of Social Networking
(note: this is the first in a series of commentaries on social networking and geolocation technology) Since the summer, Facebok and Twitter have both been announcing changes to get more involved in the geolocatoin tracking game. Today, Facebook mace several announcements pertaining to Places, the site’s location platform. Along with Google, all of these sites…
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MySpace: the AOL of Social Networking
MySpace isn’t dead. But the social networking website that has been to Facebook what Apollo Creed was to Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV” may want to start looking into hospice care. Last spring, Owen Van Natta was named the CEO of MySpace. During the summer, Van Natta brought Katie Geminder over to the MySpace team.…
Josh Benner 