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I was out of pocket for most of the week, so I didn’t do as much writing as usual. Aside from the run-of-the-mill product once overs, on theme emerged, and it’s one that I will be returning to a lot over the next weeks and months: There is a lot of change going on in business [...] Read more »

From the very beginning of the social revolution online, people have used social tools in the context of getting work done. In fact, the product that inspired me to coin the term ‘social tool’ was intended for use in business. It was called Beehive, by Abuzz — an email-based tool that attempted to support structured [...] Read more »

Perhaps it’s the holiday season, with the predictable end-of-year, what-does-it-all-mean columns, and the growing sense of being pressed for time as we head for a few compressed days of egg nog and family away from the office. For whatever reason, in the past week I’ve seen a torrent of commentary about attention and distractedness, and [...] Read more »

Cross-application file-sharing and -syncing needs security from policies as well as technology. And the tech might come from the OS. Read more »

Content and media sites are struggling to accommodate the polarizing forces of programmatic ad-buying and native advertising. While there’s no single solution to thriving in digital advertising, social media analytics can help. Read more »

Mobile’s impact on e-commerce appears marginal but growing, but social commerce remains in serious flux. Read more »

For starters, don't build your company on a platform you don't own, accept the low retention rates for social games, and narrow your focus. Read more »

It's still unclear whether Kickstarter will be able to maintain the utility status of YouTube or Twitter over time, representing crowdfunding to the broader market as it matures and starts to diversify. Read more »

Second-screen TV apps have focused on discovery utility rather than social features. But Zeebox and others could make 2013 the year of social TV. Read more »

Google and Facebook are gaining share, mobile advertising is growing but still search-dominated, and slow progress in digital brand advertising means that television isn’t going away anytime soon. Read more »