Two Googlers elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences – Official Google BlogCongratulations to Peter Norvig, director of research, and Arun Majumdar, vice president for energy. Enhanced campaigns get Google+ annotations and an upgrade...
The American jazz vocalist won 13 Grammy awards and sold 40 million albums. The "Queen of Jazz" is in the spotlight today on Google's homepage. A colorful Google Doodle pays tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, who was born on this date 96 years ago.
The dust has settled from the re-election campaign of 2012, and it is now clear that a unique place in time enabled the right strategy powered by the right technology, implemented by the right talent to influence individuals to embrace a multi...
Seeing the way that someone speaks helps you to see that they are smiling and/or they are interested in what you have to say – they're just not interested in bothering with the “how are you doing, I'm doing well" waste-of-time American stuff.
While marketers continue to covet U.S.mobile users for their wallet share, many North American local search companies are now pursuing the lucrative UK mobile consumer audience as well. Mobile advertisers spend more per UK mobile consumer than...
The series finale of "Cheers" was watched by 84 million people, which is more than double the all-time highest rated episode of "American Idol". The upcoming Digital Upfronts (a.k.a. NewFronts") have been dominating my conversations as of late...
The American Foundation for Equal Rights, YouTube recently added five tailored Playbook Guides – for education, media companies, music, nonprofits, and sports – to be used in conjunction with Version 3 of the Creator Playbook, which is the main...
Ron" Popeil, an American inventor and marketing personality, who is best known for using the phrase, "But wait, there’s more! It was retold at SES San Francisco 2011. And it was retold again at SES Chicago 2011.
Abraham Lincoln - Old, musty, remnant of American history Smells like April Fools' Day. You know, immature and cheesy, with a quick, bright finish. At least according to Google Nose, one of the latest additions to Google's long line of new...
For "American Idol", where you see the bottom third of the screen filled with live Twitter voting, he describes Twitter as a "character" on the screen. Day 2 of SES New York started off with a keynote by Joel Lunenfeld, Vice President of Global...
Facebook and Twitter are hoping to change that, particularly when it comes to commerce (see: Facebook Graph Search and Twitter enabling instant commerce with American Express), but for now the data says that Taylor is right.
There has been a drastic increase in the talk about symptom checkers as a whole, as so many people use them and more have begun to be launched, such as a dental symptom checker by the American Dental Association.
The issue becomes more murky when you think of undisclosed product placements in high-profile movies or television programs such as "American Idol". Watchers of "American Idol" know that a branded cup of Coca-Cola is constantly present on stage.
American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Measuring social media ROI can be a daunting task, but not impossible. Check out these handy formulas for calculating tangible social media benefits – advertising, content, leads,research, support, sales...
When McDonald’s set out to promote the livelihood of American farmer’s with their “Meet the Farmers” campaign, they didn’t stop to consider the potential dangers of using the somewhat ambiguous hashtag #McDstories.
Forgoing the traditional Valentine's Day Doodle, Google has produced a new interactive Doodle primarily honoring American engineer George Ferris. Today's Google Doodle depicts a carnival scene with the traditional Google letters illustrated as rides.
American Express is working with Twitter on a payment system that will let people spend money with short messages. Described as "seamless solution that redefines what's possible in the world of social commerce", Amex Sync requires that you...
Positive and negative emotions characterized by activation or arousal (i.e.awe, anxiety, and anger) are positively linked to virality, while emotions characterized by deactivation (i.e.sadness) are negatively linked to virality,” according to the...
In American culture, cyclists don’t get the same respect as other athletes – nobody collects cyclist trading cards or has a fantasy peloton. Other riders, even other Americans, won the Tour de France multiple times – it was the hero story that...
Robinson was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. Celebrating what would have been his 94th birthday, Google in honoring Jackie Robinson with his own Google Doodle. His debut game was April 15, 1947 when he opened the season...
