Category: Technology

• Square is making mobile payments even easier

  Square is one of those new inventions that I look at and think: “that’s a cool looking new feature!”. More importantly, Square looks like it will take mobile payments to the next level. A few months ago I learned about wallet-less payments with the likes of Google and Orange enabling users to pay using their mobiles…

  marcabraham

  July 21, 2011

  Mobile, Startups, Technology, User Experience

  Google, MMN, mobile

• Google+: will it reignite Google’s battle with Facebook?

  The game is on (again): Google is seriously trying to take on Facebook by launching Google+,  its own social media network. The question rises whether Google will be successful in its latest attempt to beat Facebook on its own turf. I started thinking about answering this question by reviewing Google’s previous (unsuccessful) attempts to overtake…

  marcabraham

  July 10, 2011

  Google, Product Management, Social Media, Technology

  Facebook, Google, socialmedia

• What is Sony going to do next after the major PlayStation hack?

  What can you do after discovering that hackers have gained access to personal details of more than 70m PlayStation users!? The PlayStation online network has been down since last week, after the discovery of a serious hacking incident. Even though the PlayStation blog claims that “there is no evidence at this stage that credit card data…

  marcabraham

  April 28, 2011

  Technology

  hacking, Sony

• Facebook is going to do it: real-time targeted ads

  Yesterday I learned about Facebook looking into rolling out targeted ads, aiming to utilise the vast amounts of real-time user information it has access to. I have to say, it is quite a scary prospect to think of Facebook monetising user data (think “Likes” and specific detailed demographic data): Real-time ads could be massive –…

  marcabraham

  April 20, 2011

  Digital Strategy, Social Media, Technology

  advertising, Facebook, socialmedia

• From music discovery to music sharing

  Tools like Shazam and Soundhound are great for discovering music. Call me geeky, but I do enjoy sitting in a coffeeshop finding out through using my phone what song is playing in the  background. Now that music search and discovery seem to have been nailed, the likes of Shazam and Soundhound have started exploring new…

  marcabraham

  April 6, 2011

  Digital Strategy, Mobile, Music, Social Media, Startups, Technology

  cross-platform, Facebook, Music, Shazam, TV