http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:35:45 -0700 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:08:26 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Repeat-after-me-your-marketing-dollars-should-go-back-to-work?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner What happens when you bring together a large group of marketers?  You hear the words conversion, lead generation, and brand promise as often as my black lab craves a snack during any given day.And so it was today, at the Marketing Sherpa 6th ann... Online marketing Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:08:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Repeat-after-me-your-marketing-dollars-should-go-back-to-work?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Clean-tech-thought-leaders-discuss-the-state-of-clean-energy?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner Clean tech leaders gathered Tuesday in San Jose to participate in a discussion which was part of the Harvard Club of San Francisco’s Thought Leader series titled “Right Here, Right Now.”Jonathan Livingston, president of Livingston E... Green Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:32:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m9d3-Clean-tech-thought-leaders-discuss-the-state-of-clean-energy?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Stalkisorry-stepping-into-another-twitter-account?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner  A new twitter application, CTwittLike, lets twitter users take a peak into someone else’s account. Log into CTwittLike, put in the Britney Spears handle, and voila! A slice of stardom right on your laptop, in the form of tweets.What is th... Social media Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:33:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Stalkisorry-stepping-into-another-twitter-account?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m8d25-Connecting-with-women-entrepreneurs-across-the-country?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner  Our recent economic downturn has spurred a wave of entrepreneurial activity across the country during 2008 and 2009. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a foundation devoted to entrepreneurship, published a study in June this year which found... Economy Innovation Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:15:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m8d25-Connecting-with-women-entrepreneurs-across-the-country?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Hot-video-platforms?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner Flip camcorderIn a recent article we looked at the increasing importance of online video to marketers and publishers. You probably recognize YouTube, a free video-sharing platform, which was bought by Google for $1.65 billion in 2006. You T... Companies Technology Digital media Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:11:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Hot-video-platforms?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m8d13-SF-New-Tech-is-a-fun-factory?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner As a rule, most people don’t associate fun with high-tech startups. But there are exceptions. For example, if you are an iFart developer, your weekly deliverables should send you rolling, to say nothing of your research assignments. And unlike ... Just for fun Companies Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:18:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m8d13-SF-New-Tech-is-a-fun-factory?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Video-marketing-101?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner Online video use has increased dramatically in the last two years. Video clips can be found anywhere from students’ web pages to Fortune 500 corporate sites. This article examines why video marketing is important, and what are some of the best ... Technology web 3.0 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:44:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Video-marketing-101?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d31-AlwaysOn-Summit-highlights?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner The AlwaysOn Summit kicked off Tuesday this week at the Stanford Campus in Palo Alto, CA. The two-and-a-half-day event focused on promoting the most innovative new technology companies and investment opportunities.CEOs of the selected companies ... Companies Technology Innovation Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:37:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d31-AlwaysOn-Summit-highlights?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Microsoft-and-Yahoo-reach-deal?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner  Microsoft and Yahoo announced today that they have reached a deal, which brings Microsoft’s search technology to Yahoo. Yahoo will use Microsoft’s new Bing search engine and will exit the search engine development business. Under th... Companies web 3.0 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:05:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Microsoft-and-Yahoo-reach-deal?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d29-Facebook-enables-ecommerce?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner E-commerce has finally arrived to Facebook and its future looks rosy. 1-800-Flowers.com has launched an e-commerce store in Facebook, enabled by a company named Alvenda.The new 1-800-Flowers.com storefront is not very easy to find. It’s no surp... Technology Innovation Social media Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d29-Facebook-enables-ecommerce?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d24-MonkeyLectric-lights-up-your-biking-experience?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner Innovation comes in all forms. Much of this column is dedicated to high-tech products and news. However, some of the newer and most exciting innovations are not coming in the form of software or high-tech gadgets.MonkeyLectric, a company founded in 2... Companies Innovation Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:59:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d20-MonkeyLectric-lights-up-your-biking-experience?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Helping-entrepreneurs-is-a-good-cause-and-good-business?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner It is not surprising that our economic slump has sparked a lot of entrepreneurial activity across the country. Many intelligent people who used to have busy jobs, have found themselves with much free time on their hands, which has prompted a number o... Companies Innovation Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:54:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Helping-entrepreneurs-is-a-good-cause-and-good-business?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Making-keyboard-parts-look-trendy?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner Joao Sabino is a young Portuguese designer who has found a way to create art out of the most utilitarian part of a laptop: the keyboard.Sabino created a very innovative line of bags in late 2005, which he named Keybags. Each Keybag is made of 393 com... Innovation Unexpectedly trendy Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:06:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Making-keyboard-parts-look-trendy?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Technology-lets-you-copy-Victoria-Beckhams-look?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner Have you ever seen a dress or a scarf on a friend, which you envied with a sudden intensity?  Women can relate to this more than men. Not only do women secretly admire our girlfriends’ clothes, shoes and accessories, we are convi... Technology Innovation Social media Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:10:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Technology-lets-you-copy-Victoria-Beckhams-look?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Social-gaming-a-misnomer-with-real-revenue-potential?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner The term “social gaming”, which describes online gaming on social platforms, is misleading. The reason is there is nothing social about online gaming; it is a rather lonely and isolating pursuit. However, alternative terms, such as &ldquo... Companies Social media Online gaming Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:28:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Social-gaming-a-misnomer-with-real-revenue-potential?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Creating-effective-social-media-campaigns?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner Several companies which market directly to end consumers have become very interested in social media in the last couple of years. Twitter fans might have noticed Dell, amazon.com and zappos.com sending out regular tweets. Beyond just tweeting, m... Social media Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:02:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Creating-effective-social-media-campaigns?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Professional-matchmaking-the-eHarmony-way?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner It used to be that if one needed to find a gardener or a nanny, one would open a local tome of the Yellow pages. Once businesses starting moving services on the web, yellowpages.com was created.Over time a number of business directories sprung up. Am... Companies web 3.0 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:35:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Professional-matchmaking-the-eHarmony-way?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Semantic-search-experts-discuss-the-utility-and-future-of-online-searching?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner The 2009 Semantic Technology Conference (SemTech) opened in San Jose CA on June 14. According to a conference representative, attendance was up by 25% this year compared to last.  On Wednesday this week, the opening keynote at SemTech was an exe... Companies Technology Innovation web 3.0 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:26:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Semantic-search-experts-discuss-the-utility-and-future-of-online-searching?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Webby-awards-ceremony-highlights?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner When the 2009 Webby award winners were announced in May, I posted a list of my top 10 favorite winners.  Most of these are obscure, quirky websites which warrant at least a look.This week, the Webby award ceremony took place with much glitz in N... Just for fun Technology Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:03:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Webby-awards-ceremony-highlights?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m6d9-Hot-entrepreneurs-from-around-the-world-pitched-for-funds-at-Silicon-Valley-event-today?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) today hosted 30 tech startup companies pitching to an audience of VCs and peers at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View CA, during its annual Launch Silicon Valley event. The presenters... Companies Technology Innovation Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:38:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4003-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner~y2009m6d9-Hot-entrepreneurs-from-around-the-world-pitched-for-funds-at-Silicon-Valley-event-today?cid=exrss-Techie-to-Trendy-Examiner