Some really interesting stuff is about to happen in the display ads market.  Check out Boston based http://www.html5ads.com

It wasn’t long ago that AAPL surpassed MSFT in market cap which was a huge shift in power in tech. However Apple is still on a tear and after an incredible earnings call yesterday where Apple reported 24 billion in sales for the quarter, their stock is flying high today given them a market cap …

If you run a business, these are the three things you need to be on top of from a marketing perspective in today’s world. If you’re not monitoring search at this point, you’ve got to get on that. For many it is the most impactful. Make sure your business can be found in Google and …

TweetAlarm.com is a web site I whipped up one weekend to send me email alerts when someone tweets about my company and other things of interest. It is like Google Alerts for Twitter. I wrote it in about 2 hours and put it online, its been covered by a handful of key tech blogs including …

I love my iPad and iPhone and use them both every day. However, I still bring my laptop everywhere. Why? Just in case I need to create or edit content. That maybe source code, it maybe an article or a presentation so I keep it on standby. I take it out of the bag a …

When you’re 20, you have fewer bills and can take more risk. When you get to be 40 you are likely to have a mortgage, a spouse, kids, a dog and other responsibilities that require a steady check. But more importantly when you’re 20 you have no idea how hard it is to sell a …

Sprint’s market cap today is about 15 billion, Verizon has about 22 billion in current assets and a market cap of 101 billion. It is certainly doable. Let’s see what happens assuming the ATT deal gets passed the SEC

I don’t wish bad on SecondMarket and other secondary stock markets and in fact I think they bring many positives to the ecosystem, letting founders take some money off the table without selling out and without having the burden of being a public company. Certainly its fun to watch some of these hot young companies …

With the pervasiveness of Facebook and now Facebook Connect on so many web sites, it maybe time for Facebook to launch its own browser. Does the world need another web browser, probably not but they could use Webkit as the rendering engine and then add social layers to the browser. This would allow you as …

It seems every day I read about another law suit filed by a shell company who has licensed patents from inventors with no other purpose but to sue companies. They can sue with essentially no risk to themselves but even if the patent turns out to be invalid or the company is found not to …

I don’t have any problem with Apple taking 30% of subscription revenue for iPhone and iPad apps that leverage its new billing mechanism but I have a big problem with Apple requiring publishers to use that system. Given Apple’s magnitude right now that is asking for an anti trust action but for companies that have …

I played with an iPad 2 this weekend and a Samsung Galaxy. I also saw a myriad of new Android tablets at CES. It is Windows vs Mac all over again. I hate to be an Apple fan boy but everything else I saw just sucks in comparison. Sure there are some advantages to Android …

Mobile is the new everything and like all new media, CPMs are high in the early going.  If you have an app in the app store that gets a lot of usage, iAd is a viable business model.  The fill rate is still not where it needs to be but CPMs are high and I’m …

With Google tweaking its algorithm to help eliminate content farms, I wonder if many of those premium parked domains will start to go up for sale and come down in price. The squatters make a lot of money by parking domains with link farms and ads and get a lot of search traffic from natural …

When the iPhone becomes available on Verizon will app developers see a big spike in revenue? I suppose the real question is will Verizon iPhone users be mostly AT&T runaways or hold-outs who have been waiting on the iPhone on Verizon. I’m sure Verizon will sell millions of iPhones and will do so quickly but …

Facebook’s targeting platform for ads is one of the most interesting ad opportunities out there. The ability to micro-target based on user’s interests, cross sectioned with their demographic information is amazing and particularly when the interest data isn’t assumed but rather its what users have gone out of their way to tell you what their …

For someone who wants the world to be more open, Zuck really doesn’t post much on his wall. He doesn’t check in, the rarely posts status updates and don’t see a whole lot of photos. Or maybe he only shares privately. Seems slightly hypocritical

Fundraising from VCs is like being at a party with a bunch of girls who aren’t that good looking but who were all the hot girl in high school and so still think they are hot. They spend the bulk of their time texting their friends while you’re talking and only looking up to tell …

iPhone pros: -Superb device, large distribution (100 MM iOS devices) -Seamless payment via iTunes -iPhone is very app focused unlike other devices where apps are an add-on. Translation iPhone users use a lot of apps -iAd eCPMs are high so you can actually make money with free apps. -Solid tools and simulator, objective C is …

Every article I read, people are killing Adobe and Flash. We know it takes a lot of memory, a lot of CPU and a lot of power. It always has. That is because it has always pushed the envelope in terms of what it can do. Anything pushing the envelope in that direction is going …

Yes, an old school rabbit ears antenna. Why? Sports. I watched a football game recently on a TV that had a $10 antenna and it came in almost as good as cable. The over the top set top box market is growing but until they can find a way to get live events content (E.g. …

Lots of discussion recently about VCs vs super angels and investment models. One that thing is clear is that the start-up model has changed over the last 10-15 years. In the 90s you needed a big chunk of money to get a web business launched but that has changed. Of course there are still business …

I love my iPhone and I use it for many things. The usual, voice (when AT&T lets me), email, text, photo / video sharing but many other things. I use Facebook more that I did before I had the iPhone, I use the Bank of America app, Yelp, Maps and more. I log my workouts …

Microsoft often gets beat up by the blogs and tech writers in the U.S. but Microsoft does do one thing right. When they launch, the launch worldwide. Sure the iPhone is the phone in the U.S. but Windows Phone 7 will go out the door in 30 countries. Nice move by Microsoft and something they …

It annoys me that Facebook started here in Boston but moved to Silicon Valley. It doesn’t annoy me that they moved because clearly it was the right thing to do. It annoys me that it was the right thing to do. We have MIT, Harvard, BU, BC, Northeastern, Babson, etc. The list goes on. There …

Granted Facebook has moved well behind a network for college kids to connect but what made Facebook spread so quickly was it was the in thing. If you weren’t on Facebook, you were missing something. At some point, some one is saying, “Facebook is stupid” and that can spread just as virally. What if the …

Are you kidding me? I just heard Microsoft Phone 7 is launching their first device on AT&T. Makes no sense. They have a gap before iPhone launches on Verizon and there are plenty of people who are frustrated with AT&T service but who want a smartphone. Seems like a poor move

We mentioned SearchAsana earlier this week.  Well today on Google’s blog, they announced realtime search that incorporates twitter, facebook and other sources into a search stream.  What a week for realtime search.  This is going to be a hot item for the next few years.  Not clear if Google will win in realtime but they …

We’ve been talking about this a lot, how Facebook search could really change the game. Well here it is, check out http://www.searchasana.com – it lets you search Facebook updates, not just your friends but everyone’s. Updates from people, pages, events. This is a game changer.

Where do you go first when you begin your search. Interesting evolution in my user habits over the last several months. I use Google every day and not sure what I would do without it but I don’t go there for news. I go to Google when I am searching for something like a person, …