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Big Data is more than web tracking and social media.
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July 09, 2012
It's as much a celebration of director Chris Nolan as a "making of" promotion, but it's hard not to be sucked in by the spectacles glimpsed.
June 18, 2012
Back in 2008, the founder of Facebook prophesized that with each passing year, people would share more and more on the web. But it turns out that there's a law that trumps Zuckerberg's Law: the Law of Diminishing Returns.
June 15, 2012
The takeaway from this 30-second clip: Katie is America's sweetheart and a toothy bundle of joy.
June 08, 2012
In the new new economy, everything is free and everybody works for free! Because it's a great way to get your name out there, of course.
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June 07, 2012
Is there some method to the insurance-ad inundation? This chart from Bluefin Labs says yes.
June 01, 2012
It's time for a mini retrospective of the best media of the past 31 days, plus a brief peak at what's ahead for June.
May 31, 2012
Amid outrage over the Obama administration's "Kill List," a petition on the White House's "We the People" system is asking for a "Do Not Kill List."
May 29, 2012
The narrative in a New York magazine piece about Arthur Sulzberger and the ouster of CEO Janet Robinson is richly detailed, absurd and completely maddening.
May 28, 2012
Instagram's real triumph is that it makes distorting reality a snap (or, actually, a tap). Quite simply, Instagram makes it easy to lie -- or at least fib -- visually.
May 21, 2012
It's a schadenfreude moment for Rupert Murdoch, who snatched up MySpace for what then looked like a bargain, $580 million, and sold it for $35 million.
May 14, 2012
When you're done tweeting or updating or pinning things or checking in, run for your lives, because the tech sky is falling!
April 23, 2012
In keeping with the spirit of this, the Regulation Issue of Advertising Age, your Media Guy proposes -- nay, mandates -- a whole slew of new laws, bylaws, bi-laws, in-laws and bi in-laws.
April 13, 2012
Two recent conversations I had with high-level media executives reminded me that not everyone understands the term "social TV."
April 02, 2012
You may have read about my plans to form a Council on Ethical Blogging and Aggregation. Whether what you read got the details right is another thing.
March 12, 2012
A code of ethics for content aggregators? In today's New York Times, media columnist David Carr writes about a new group devoted to establishing and maintaining such guidelines.
March 09, 2012
After attending the conference four times, serial tech entrepreneur Taylor McKnight actually decided to move to Austin.
March 09, 2012
USA isn't just supporting digital initiatives. "We're working hand-in-hand with writers and producers to create content," says digital chief Jesse Redniss.
March 01, 2012
One of the world's great newspapers covers controversy around The Big Bad Wolf -- no, not Rupert Murdoch, at least this time.
February 27, 2012
If you missed Jimmy Kimmel's post-Oscar special on ABC, you missed why "Black Hitler" was an instant trending topic on Twitter.
February 15, 2012
OK Go's latest video doesn't shove Chevy logos in your face. "But look at what it's doing for their marketing," says the rocker in this Q&A.
Big Data is more than web tracking and social media.
Get the full scope of what’s happening in the evolving world of data and what it means to marketers.
