Flickr is now offering 1 terabyte of photo storage for free. The updated site design immediately makes you realise how out-of-date the past design was.
An interesting new travel guide, informed from real time social media big data.
Loyalty programmes are starting to get mobile makeovers, based on the appearance of this new app from Larky in the US.
Surely a sign of more to come in this space, aggregating all your loyalty programme information with physical GPS location data should see a real jumpshift in consumer and retailer benefits.
Ten little known apps that entrepreneurs can’t live without: it’s worth checking them all out.
Your year in foursquare check-in’s - a nice visualisation tool
The latest Department of Statistics report into household use of technology in New Zealand.
No surprise now that more than 40% of households use more than one device to connect to the internet. With more than three quarters of people aged 15-24 accessing music online, it’s no surprise to see the ruination of traditional music retailing.
The Webby awards is “the leading international award honouring excellence in the internet”.
The People’s Award opens up voting to the world wide community, and showcases the best across a large number of categories. You can review all the finalists by clicking on the image, which by the way is for Hello Wallet, a good example of a service that banks should be providing….
A quick read through the lines on Mark Zuckerberg’s vision statement on the release of Facebook home
Nice takeover of Instagram by Swiss Air, targeting relevant consumers and making it easy to book.
A nice collection of data visualisations.
The future of news and media, by Gerd Leonhard.
While Gerd does commit some powerpoint crimes with his slides, there is no getting away from his advanced thinking.
It’s all about delivery: the top improvement factors for increasing the appeal of online shopping.
Research conducted by the Boston Consulting Group and was based on 1500 US consumers.
Customer satisfaction with e-commerce keeps on getting better in the US, and still holds a large gap over traditional retailing.
Nicely structured report by Wildfire, about achieving ROI from social media strategies, with some examples and best practices.
Registration is required prior to downloading.
A link to a series of keynote presentations given during the Interactive part of the SXSW festival.
Billed as “an incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity, the event features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable line-up of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer.” It’s pretty good then.
