I can't see how this would work, but
then I don't “Facebook,” either.
Are
Facebook ID Cards In Our Future?
Facebook has filed
for a trademark on the usage of “Facebook” on business cards
and, more curiously, “non-magnetically encoded” ID cards among
other things. If granted the trademark would protect using the word
Facebook in the specified formats, not any actual invention.
… If Facebook were to develop some
sort of physical ID system, it would be great for marketing and
extremely practical; Imagine going to concerts or movies, buying
tickets through Facebook and swiping through a key fob ID card.
So will Facebook play a larger role in
how we manage in our offline identity in the future? Well the idea is
not so far-fetched — After all, Facebook is already
most dominant identity system on the Internet.
Would you read this the same way I do?
Marketing is crazy?
October 15, 2011
Growing
Impact of Social Media on Banking
Banking
on the Social Network: "Despite compliance issues [“We
don't know how to do this within the banking regulations.” Bob]
and the difficulty of measuring returns, [and we
don't know if it actually works Bob] a panel of bankers
says social media has emerged as a must-have
marketing tool." by Karen Epper Hoffman
Say it isn't so! Perhaps Google isn't
perfect? When can we say the lookie-loos have come and gone and the
real user base is growing?
On Monday we reported that Google+
traffic had dipped 60
percent since its public launch on September
20, but traffic might be even lower than first reported. Chitika
Insights, the research arm of online ad service
Chitika, just released some updated traffic numbers that show Google+
traffic down as much as 70 percent since September
20. Google just announced that Google+ has 40
million users, and that, “People are flocking to Google+ at an
incredible rate”. It seems that people might be flocking to the
site, but they aren’t nesting.
Another technology we under-utilize and
fail to train our students on... Interesting that Microsoft has gone
from “Free software is evil” to “This free software is worth
$8.5 Billion to us”
What
Completed Skype-Microsoft Deal Could Mean for Consumers
… If you use Microsoft's cloud
service, Windows Live Essentials, you could see Skype popping up in
applications like Hotmail and Writer. You could have one address
book for both Hotmail and Skype, for instance. From inside Writer,
you might be able to launch collaboration chats through hooks into
Skype. And you might find Windows Live Messenger looking very
similar to Skype in the future.
Microsoft Office could be
Skype-enabled, too. For example, calls to contacts in your Outlook
address book could be placed directly to them through Skype.
… Most intriguing of all is the
possibility that Skype will become part of the Windows operating
system package. When you boot up a new version of Windows for the
first time, you could be asked if you want Skype installed, too.
That would be a real door-opener for Skype because it would remove
much of the friction caused by many users reluctance to install
products downloaded from the Internet.
These can be handy for brainstorming a
topic or analyzing a strategy, or making students actually think
something through.
Mindmaps:
Browser Based Mind Mapping Tool
Mind maps are diagrams used to
represent items (e.g. ideas, tasks, words) arranged around a central
idea. They can be easily drawn by hand or digitally on a computer
using a mind mapping application such as Mindmaps. It is a free
online mind mapping tool that lets you create good looking mind maps
right inside your browser.
It’s an easy to use and very
intuitive app.
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