My favorite line when someone tells me my iPhone has taken a sub-par photograph? “Don’t worry, I’ll Instagram it.” Since it’s inception, Instagram’s loyal followers have grown from a whole lot of hipsters to 50 million users. With its recent sale to Facebook, Instagram secured its spot as an ...
Taxi apps for NYC?
An article in this week’s Crain’s New York Business, called “Taxi apps may fuel better rides,” (registration required) discusses the limitations inherent in creating an NYC taxi app for iPhone or Android that is approved by the Taxi and Limousine Commission. Because the TLC has so many regulations ...
The Curator’s Code
To say the Internet has an infinite amount of resources would be an understatement. The continuously updated feeds of sites like Tumblr, Twitter, and Pinterest provide a constant stream of ideas and creativity. Reblogging, retweeting, and reposting are taking place but where do all of these ...
Should Apple Invest in Twitter?
A recent article in the New York Times says that Apple is considering a stake in Twitter. Does it make sense for Apple to spend money on Twitter to advance its social media strategy? Apple has always been bad at anything social. Remember Ping, which was supposed to be the "social network for ...
The iPad as Your Magazine Stand—Why Isn’t It a Success?
An article by A.T. Faust III on the AppAdvice site (cool site for keeping up with iPhone and iPad apps, by the way) talks about why magazines on the iPad have failed to take off. Read the article: On iPad, Publishers’ Magazine Efforts Are Barely Past the First Page Faust writes, “…Though Apple’s ...
The Cloud and Your Small Business
I read an article this week from the November 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review titled What Every CEO Needs to Know About the Cloud, by Andrew McAfee. Most of the HBR articles are geared towards leaders at large companies and this one is no exception. But there are some great points that are ...