Google will reportedly open its own retail stores starting this year
Don’t be evil (in retail)
Well it was only a matter of time…
Facebook has launched Graph Search, a search engine to mine the billions of friend connections, locations, likes, comments, and tags that make up its Social Graph backbone. Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement at a media event at Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters.
Worlds Colliding - Facebook starts to search as Google continues to try and get more social…
Things are getting ripe for a disruption. And this battle will be a big one!!
Purely on Facebook’s graph search though - it is a potential fortune waiting to be unlocked in terms of monetization. Remember paid search is the majority of all digital marketing spends!!
Good find by Cnet’s Stephen Shankland:
It looks like Chrome users, not just Android users, will get access to Google Now, the search giant’s technology for bringing weather reports, trip departure reminders, birthday alerts, nearby restaurant reviews, and more to the attention of Android users.
Google Now is one of the few recent Google software projects I’m legitimately excited about. It’s very well done and seemingly getting better by the day.
A sneak peak at ‘google now’ was very exciting, I am looking forward to more from google’s core product teams!!
From coffee to condoms, there’s a subscription service for everyone these days.
Now you don’t have to wait until Xmas to get fun packages on your doorstep!
Cud subscription services completely disrupt the shopping experience and traditional consumer products industry?
Is the Ice berg slowly melting with the traditional barriers to entry melting away…
Definitely something to think about…
(Source: Wired)
This has the potential of disrupting digital marketing for companies both big and small !!
Steve Blank answers why curiosity is an important attribute for entrepreneurs.
Steve Blanks is possibly the most important voice on entrepreneurship today! Disrupting with the Lean Model to Innovation !!
