Oguya started spending some Saturday mornings with Colaco and other women, snipping code and poring through hacker cookbooks. These informal gatherings became the Akirachix. Oguya graduated and turned her mobile phone idea into a company called M-Farm. At 25 years old, she now has a staff of 18. And 7,000 African farmers use her app. …
(CNN) — From the continuing rise of tablet devices to the daily-deals craze and the return of the Internet IPO, 2011 has been a transformative year for technology. The pace of change has become blisteringly fast, with traditional industries — bookstores, video-rental chains, newspapers — crumbling more quickly than we could have imagined. read more …
The 2012 presidential election results are in, and it is evident that social media played a larger role than ever in the outcome. Ryan Adams, CEO of PME 360, explores whether social media analytics such as Facebook and Twitter are reliable resources for predicting election results. Read More Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your …
Cara Pring recently posted a blog with over 200 of the latest social media statisticsfor 2012 (as of September) and the results are mind blowing. After reviewing all the social media stats for 2012, it’s hard to imagine that it won’t reach a point of near-complete saturation and integration into modern society. Some might argue …
With more and more voters online, leaders are turning to twitter to get their political message across – or just to have a rant Read More Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 360 other subscribers Email Address Subscribe
Consumers will spend $5.5 billion in 2016 on daily deals, flash sales and other online discounts, up 53% from $3.6 billion this year, projects consultancy BIA/Kelsey. The spending amount in 2012 will increase nearly 87% compared with 2011, BIA/Kelsey says. Despite those gains, the year-over-year growth rate will start to slow after 2013. Read More …