Information Validity
Would you ever have heard of Trayvon Martin had it not been for Twitter? Many of us first learned about and have continued to follow the Martin shooting on Twitter.
Read MoreInformation and the Value of Trust
Information is the heart of the new economy. In an era of pervasive media, information both fuels and satisfies our personal and societal need to create, collaborate and curate. It drives decisions across all aspects of our lives, from personal to political, cultural and business. It provides us with the information we need to both market to others and make purchase decisions of our own.
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Verifying Data Via Verifeed
Data. It’s everywhere, impacting everyone. Think about the 300 billion gigabytes of data across social media, e-commerce, and search this very minute. It’s three times the number of grains of sand on the earth and it’s doubling in size every two years.
Read MoreFame to Shame: Brian Williams
It all leads to the inevitable question: How many other news anchors who never earned their ‘credibility chops’ as investigative reporters or foreign correspondents will now be caught out by more inquisitive ‘non-professionals’ on social media? It’s curious that Williams was tone deaf to the possibility of being found out in an era of hypocrisy-hunting news-gatherers across social.
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Robo 1.0 is Dead
Do you find that you are unsure of how to handle your social media? How are you measuring your social media?
Read MoreBanks: Risk is NOT engaging on social
Most banks are (uncharacteristically) leaving millions of dollars on the table – by failing to recognize the massive opportunity to leverage a valuable new “Big Data” trend: Getting to know and engage customers (and would-be customers) on social media. There are ways to meet compliance standards and win on social.
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Lenovo: Fame to Shame over Superfish
When news broke on February 4th that Lenovo was pre-installing its laptops and smartphones with readily hackable adware that opened customers up to dangerous security and privacy breaches, the social media backlash was as swift and condemning as Lenovo’s glacial pace at delivering a non-apology apology.
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