Tag Archives: Socmed

Facebook CEO mad at US govt for alienating non-US customers

Posted on September 12, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Mark Zuckerberg understands how harmful the NSA revelations are for a global business. Not spying on Americans won't help Facebook clients who come from all over the world. Refreshing view. Zuckerberg said after the news broke about Prism, the government … Continue reading →

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Plague Doctors: Founding Fathers of Inspirational Images?

Posted on September 1, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

It used to be a short-lived, but profitable job with an avant la lettre steampunk outfit. The beak was filled with aromatic herbs and straw to protect against the Black Death. Didn't work when the plague finally swept over Europe, … Continue reading →

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How much time do you spend on a blog post (on G+ or elsewhere)?

Posted on August 30, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

and do you ever suffer from writer's block? Some of us use G+ as a blogging tool with posts for which we do some research and were we actually ponder over the words. Others use their blogs and post a … Continue reading →

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The silent force: Messenger service Whatsapp has 300 million users

Posted on August 8, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Most of the talk is about iMessage, Skype, Facebook Chat and of course Google's efforts to take over the instant messaging spece, but the elephant in the room is startup WhatsApp. The amazing thing is that it's one of the … Continue reading →

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Is posting links to your blog the same as spamming?

Posted on May 8, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

G+ allows us to post reasonable length posts, but more and more people are going back to the old ´read my blog, here is the link´ style of posting. In the early beta-phase of G+ this was quite common, but … Continue reading →

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YouTube will no longer be free for premium content channels

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

According to the Financial Times YouTube will get a paywall for quality content channels. Subscriptions will be offered for $2/E1,5 per month to enable channel operators to produce different content, such as TV shows and films, a person familiar with … Continue reading →

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Social is getting old; Facebook, Twitter and G+ attract baby-boomers

Posted on May 1, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

According to the GlobalWebIndex between Q2 2012 and Q1 2013 Twitter’s fastest growing age demographic was 55 to 64 year olds, registering an increase in active users of 79%. Both Facebook’s and Google+’s fastest growing age demographic was 45 to … Continue reading →

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Does income equality really lead to more trust in others?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark have a remarkable trust in their fellow citizens, but is the income equality the cause or the effect? Germany and the Netherlands have a similar – low- inequality, but the Germans don´t share that trust in … Continue reading →

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Buying comfort is key; brands are endangered by social media

Posted on April 22, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Looking at consumer decision making is always illuminating; consumers basically hate choice and they prefer the least mental effort in the buying process. Buying a well-known brand is just one way to ease the choice and satisfy the need for … Continue reading →

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Advertiser Do Not Track me as the default. Do you agree with Microsoft?

Posted on April 22, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Google won´t like it, but what would be the effect on the web? No tracking, no ad income, so no web OR can we go back to the old ways of untargeted ads. After all, televisions don´t spy on your … Continue reading →

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