(Pearltrees is a consulting client.)
Pearltrees, a French-based curation platform, today released an iPad app that lets users easily explore the curated collections of websites created by more than 200,000 people, via a unique visual and touch interface that serves a discovery engine based on interests.
Endeavour, (above) the Cambridge University Eco Racing team’s solar race car, was designed using a super computer to streamline the car’s drag coefficient well below that of a Porsche 997.
The wisdom of crowds will be at work Thursday morning in calculating the impact of Steve Jobs’ death on Apple.
(I’m in Las Vegas this week attending Tibco’s user conference. Tibco is a founding sponsor of SVW and has been a strong supporter of my work for many years.)
My son told me about a breakthrough ad strategy he stumbled upon for his affiliate businesses: reduce your Google AdWords spend, yes, you drop down from #1 in the Google advertising order to #3 or so, but the conversion rate is still good and it’s costing a lot less.
(A photo from a Business Insider story.)
I’ve often wondered if the Facebook “Like” or Google “+1″ buttons are the most basic of all social gestures — the most minimal of user generated content that can be published by social media streams.
There has been a lot of discussion lately about US jobs and Silicon Valley’s role in helping to rebuild the US workforce. US government officials, and many others believe that Silicon Valley is key to reviving US jobs growth. But is this really true?
Google is moving quickly into the content business, becoming more like the media companies that use its AdSense advertising network. Here’s an interview with the founders of Zagat, recently acquired by Google.
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