The best AI tools for marketers and startups
This listicle shall serve as a regularly updated list of tools that allow marketers and startups in general to automate tedious tasks, personalize experiences, create content, analyze vast amounts of data or simply make our lives easier so we can focus on crafting more strategic and creative campaigns in less time. See the list below or jump to the key
Best Practices for Consumer Wearables
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released Best Practices for Consumer Wearables and Wellness Apps and Devices, a detailed set of guidelines that responsible companies can follow to ensure they provide practical privacy protections for consumer-generated health and wellness data: “Fitness and wellness data from apps and wearables provide significant benefits for users, but it is essential that companies incorporate Fair
A Practical Privacy Paradigm for Wearables
The Future of Privacy Forum recently published an excellent whitepaper on the discussion of privacy and data security in the wearables market: Throughout the United States and around the world, consumers are beginning to rely on devices and technologies that take advantage of the Internet of Things, the growing network of connected objects uniting the digital and physical worlds. Within the
22 Ecommerce Growth Hacks
RJMetrics and Qualaroo put together an excellent whitepaper on innovative ways to acquire, convert, and retain your customers in an Ecommerce environment. They also aim to give an introduction to some of the best online tools for Ecommerce marketers as well as inspiration to invent the next great growth hack. "Growth hacking is a blend of art and science that borrows
Wearable Computing Market On 78% Growth Rate
Shipments of wearable computer devices will reach 19.2 million in 2014, tripling shipments in the previous year, and climb to nearly 112 million units in 2018, according to market research organization IDC. The ramp represents a compound annual growth rate of 78.4 percent. Early adopters have been buying fitness monitors such as Nike FuelBand, Jawbone UP and Fitbit, which operate partially
KPCB Internet Trends 2013
The latest edition of the annual Internet Trends report finds continued robust online growth. There are now 2.4 billion Internet users around the world, and the total continues to grow apace. Mobile usage is expanding rapidly, while the mobile advertising opportunity remains largely untapped. The report reviews the shifting online landscape, which has become more social and content rich, with
MacBook is not booting / charging anymore
I just encountered this problem twice within one week so I quickly wanted to share the solution with you. So if your MacBook or MacBook Pro is just not rebooting or charging anymore then you will probably need to reset the System Management Controller (SMC). Here's how: Resetting the SMC on Mac portables with a battery you can remove Shut down the computer. Disconnect
State Bird Provisions
I'm excited to be going to the now famous 'State Bird Provisions' run by Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski tonight. They were just recently rated #1 in America's Best New Restaurants by bon appétit magazine: After a successful run at the city's legendary Rubicon, the couple took an almost three-year leave from the restaurant game, cooking instead at private events. "It afforded us this
at&t and verizon duopoly (infographic)
at&t and verizon control 64% of the US cellular market. (via nicole at the simple dollar / @trenttsd / view/download high-res version)
google+ more than i expected
today google+ made further headlines introducing "games" to their latest inception of their next attempt to conquer the social web. at first i thought "whatever, i have never played a single game on facebook, so why should i care about introducing games to google+?" but there is a bigger picture here, google has tried numerous times with orkut, buzz, buying and killing