Tag: strategy

• Alpha.gov.uk: UK Government goes Agile

  It was interesting to find out more the other day about alpha.gov.uk a new site by the UK Government. At first I was confused; “wasn’t there already a central online hub for the UK Government’s services in the form of Directgov?” Directgov was only established a few years ago and enables users to search and complete…

  marcabraham

  June 7, 2011

  Agile, Product Management, User Experience

  Agile, book, Directgov, open source, strategy

• Wal-Mart and Tesco are going digital

  This week has seen two intriguing acquisitions take place: US retail giant Wal-Mart and its UK counterpart Tesco both acquiring promising digital businesses. Last Monday, Wal-Mart bought social media firm Kosmix based in Silicon Valley and yesterday Tesco announced its purchase of a 80% stake in Blinkbox a UK-based online video streaming business. It looks like we…

  marcabraham

  April 21, 2011

  Digital Strategy, Online Trends, Social Media

  cross-platform, Lovefilm, strategy, video

• Snaptu gets snapped up by Facebook

  Last Sunday, London based mobile developer Snaptu confirmed that it had been acquired by Facebook in a $60-$70m deal. Looking into this, I learned that this move is all about Facebook wanting to expand its presence and usage across a number of mobile platforms. Snaptu specialises in online solutions for mobile phones (particularly for “feature”…

  marcabraham

  March 23, 2011

  Mobile, Social Media

  Facebook, LinkedIn, mobile, socialmedia, strategy

• How robust will Netflix’ business model turn out to be?

  The acquisition of Lovefilm by Amazon has really got me interested in this business of online DVD rentals and video streaming. It’s fair to say that Lovefilm’s key metrics are completely gazumped by Netflix’ numbers, its US competitor: 1.6m European subscribers (Lovefilm) vs.19.7m US subscribers (Netflix). But even a successful business like Netflix is not…

  marcabraham

  February 8, 2011

  Digital Strategy, Online Trends

  Amazon, Lovefilm, Netflix, strategy

• Becoming a business-critical tool: LinkedIn’s next steps

  It has been quite a week for LinkedIn. First it introduced two cool innovations as a result from their monthly developer ‘hackdays’ and it then announced an IPO, to take place later this year. To start off with the innovative part; I learned about “InMaps” and “Swarm”, two interactive ideas that aim to do more…

  marcabraham

  February 1, 2011

  Social Media

  LinkedIn, socialmedia, strategy