Nintendo Announces Online Gaming Network [Mashable]
Better late than never eh?
We can’t help but feel this lack of social gaming may be a factor affecting Nintendo’s reported loss.
We would love to see a MMORPG around the Pokémon Series, reminiscent of good old Blue & Red on the Gameboy, and we do agree with critics, the firm need to focus on content and not hardware, some titles have been rather lacklustre of late.
A survery asked 1,010 Americans ages 16 – 25 to identify the greatest innovator of all time.
The Man behind the lightbulb came out on top, but one finds Apple’s guiding light coming in as second quite interesting. His panache for design and simplifying the way we handle media and computing could be the reason for such, but we would argue Zuckerberg needs to be a bit more up there, it could be argued he is responsible for the social media revolution to hit the boom stage. Also were would Jobs be if it wasn’t for Bell?
just food for thought…
BREAKING: Facebook to File for IPO Next Week [REPORT]
It seems the behemoth is getting geared up for an IPO ahead of it’s widely predicted March date.
Taking it beyond the marketing department…
“Call it catharsis, digital-age rage, or even Internet insanity.
With the megaphone of social media, even a few wayward comments — not to mention a scathing
rant — can seriously damage your brand’s reputation. And that sentiment has the capacity to travel
at a velocity never before seen.
The problem: In far too many organizations, it’s the marketing and corporate communications
departments that drive social media engagement. While this arrangement has many benefits, a
different set of tools and skills is usually required to successfully handle customer issues. When
you factor in the possibility that data generated via social media could be lost — which could have
potentially otherwise been used to inform and provide context for many discreet operations within
the enterprise — then the issue becomes business critical.
What’s needed is a new strategy — one that integrates social media operations with customer service
to best address the myriad reasons why people use social channels to research, advocate, or attack your
brand — and to leverage the information these people provide. Indeed, data integration can mean great
promise to organizations that seize its opportunity — and enormous peril for those that don’t.”
Source: Alcatel-Lucent - Bridging The Great Divide
Ready or Not, You're Getting Facebook Timeline [Mashable]
Facebook always receives a strong backlash when it forces UI changes onto its users.
There’s still a proportion that don’t mind these changes and embrace them earlier via the opt-in, but those that didn’t embrace Timeline back when the option was made available to users in Sept for devs and December for normal folk.
My opinion is that it’s a great way of being able to easily see what I shared a long time ago, which is their main selling point on the Timeline landing page.
The firm has announced the roll-out across the entire platform for all users so we’ll soon see the typical negative reaction from those adverse to change.
One does wonder though, what did Twitter think about them calling it ‘Timeline’?
A light hearted infograph on JB’s 5th anniversary on YouTube today.
It just goes to show the true power of social media in pop culture today!
Evil, Greed, And Antitrust Aren’t Google’s Real Problems, Relevancy Is | PandoDaily
A fascinating insight into Google’s social search and is making me re-think my original view that it would be beneficial, very valid points.
