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Barack Obama Towers Above Republican Foes On YouTube

March 1, 2012Erik Kain

Google counted the number of views each of the main GOP candidates and President Barack Obama received on YouTube over the past thirty days and this is what they came up with: The president looms above the rest of the pack, thanks to a few spikes in views. Remarkably, the Republican spread is not that […]

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Why You Should Build Brand Loyalty Before Worrying About SEO, Especially In The Age Of Social Media

February 29, 2012Erik Kain

Megan Garber has yet another fantastic post up in The Atlantic. She notes that revenue is up for the Times, and that the ability of that publication to build a strong brand, rather than cater simply to the whims of SEO, has made it a stronger company for the long haul: If I search for […]

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Why It Doesn’t Matter That Google+ Users Only Spend Three Minutes A Month On The Site

February 28, 2012Erik Kain

The big news today is that Google+ users only spend an average of three minutes a month on the site – a pretty shabby showing compared to Facebook or Pinterest, and one of the lowest time-scores of any social network. Compare Google’s 3 minutes to Facebook’s 405 minutes, or Pinterest and Tumbler’s nearly 100 minutes […]

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How Storify And Pinterest Are Cultivating The Wild Web, And Why Social Media Will Civilize The Internet

February 23, 2012Erik Kain

The buzz these days in the tech universe has been all Pinterest all the time, and with good reason. Pinterest gives people the ability to curate photos on various online pinboards easily and quickly, and to follow pinboards curated by others. Instead of asking users to set up their own account from scratch, Pinterest users […]

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With Latitude Leaderboards Is Google Taking A Shot At Foursquare?

February 20, 2012Erik Kain

Is ‘s addition of a leaderboard feature into its Latitude service a direct shot at the competition? Terrence O’Brien, writing about Google’s quiet launch, notes that, ” didn’t exactly offer much fanfare for this new feature — as far as we can tell, it still hasn’t been officially announced. With the latest update to the Maps app, Mountain […]

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At Just Over $500 A Share, Is Apple A Steal?

February 16, 2012Erik Kain

Writing at Slate, Farhad Manjoo says , which recently clocked in at over $500 a share, is still a bargain: In six months without , has done spectacularly well. Three weeks ago, it announced quarterly revenues of $46 billion and profits if $13 billion, double the same period last quarter. And its stock price has climbed […]

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Apple Sues Samsung In US Court

February 12, 2012Erik Kain

The patent wars are coming to American shores. After numerous court battles playing out across Europe have led to mixed victories and losses for some of the biggest tech companies in the business, is now suing Samsung in American court. Patent expert Florian Mueller says the suit is based on four patents which are the […]

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Why Is Google Opening A Retail Store In Ireland?

February 10, 2012Erik Kain

Google is only just now wading into the manufacturing business. Up to this point, Google has been a product sold inside other products: a software service for email, mobile operating systems, search and so forth. So why are they opening up a retail store in Dublin? Either Google has quite a few more products up […]

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Four Reasons Why Google Won’t Be Able To Compete With Apple

February 10, 2012Erik Kain

is getting into the hardware business. Earlier reports that was testing out a new, secret device in peoples’ homes had people scratching their heads. What could this secret device be? It turns out that is developing a home entertainment device under its own brand. For the past few years, the Android team has been developing […]

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Texas Jury Strikes Down Patent Troll’s Claim In Clear Victory For Patent Reform

February 10, 2012Erik Kain

Score one for the forces of good. Eolas Technologies, which claimed to hold patents on essentially any program which allowed access to the “interactive web” had their claims struck down in a Texas court: An eight-member federal jury in East Texas deliberated Thursday for just a few hours before concluding that all of Eolas’ asserted claims […]

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