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Archive for January, 2010

LinkedIN Viral Discussion: “Social Media for Business is Crap” (That’s #$%!@in Funny)

(See 1-7-10 update at at the bottom of the page.)
It has the making of a great social media story. Except the author of the original discussion, now over two months old, did not preach what he practiced. Or that’s what it looks like if you read his LinkedIN bio where Kevin Conway says things like:
“Since [...]

CES Day One: Apple BUYS Twitter and Shows their Tablet Computer, the iSlate

Following directly on the surprise release of the Apple iSlate on opening day at CES 2010 in Las Vegas, Apple and Twitter announced Apple’s purchase of Twitter for 2 billion dollars in cash and stock. Jobs says they will phase out all non-Mac OS apps and access to the popular microblogging service. “We liked Twitter from the beginning. And we think people will like it more on a Mac so in 2011 we will begin phasing out all access to machines running non-Apple OS services.”

Apple iSlate Released Before CES: Rumors Abound, Non-Apple Execs Faint

Apple sends 200 Geniuses onto the CES showroom floor with 200 spankin new Apple iSlates. The conference in Las Vegas is Rocked! Dell, HP, HTC, Acer all stunned into silence. MSFT stock drops. Major surprise, the iSlate is powered by AMD’s new mobile chipset!