Category Archives: MySpace

[Foursquare] Social media: forever in the dating phase

Posted on April 6th, 2010 | 1 Comment

What is the traffic in monthly unique visitors of the most talked about location-based mobile and web sites Brightkite, Gowalla, Foursquare, loopt? And newly Check.in, the mobile web app, which Techcrunch positioned as the remedy to checkin fatique? Here is a quick draft from February 2010 from Compete.com (US only) data that gives a quick portray of forces in action here. Foursquare has seen a big jump in February 2010. Smells like the start of critical mass adoption? It is funny how Spring ignites social messaging services, see Twitter: le grand bond du printemps blog post which highlights the February 2007 Twitter jump in Statistics, just the way Foursquare has seemed to be “jumping” in February 2010. Is that a pattern?

Foursquare has now been valued around $50M to $70M by four Venture Capital investors, cited in Techcrunch and Social Media Today. Only speculations? Probably. Continue reading →

Is social media a revolution?

Posted on August 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments

I just started my day viewing that video entitled “Social Media Revolution“. Is Social media a revolution ?  Or is … Continue reading →

2008 Top Ten Articles on this Blog

Posted on December 31st, 2008 | 2 Comments

In 2008, here are the top blog post that caught your interest, 9 out of 10 are in french. I am always surprised to see that the Top 1, L’évolution du commerce de détail: l’industrie du vêtement, that speaks about the Evolution of the retail industry and the future of the clothing industry with emerging new business models, having more of a social media focus is certainly a trend to watch.

The shopping aggregator Glimpse.com (& thefind.com) is amongst the innovative discoveries. Its motto: What can we find for you?

While interesting, it does not fully aggregate the deep shopping Web. When I look for Nacara Cosmetics (http://www.nacaracosmetics.com/), which is a small brand originating from Montreal (and, yes, it is the foundation that I use… I could add one of my best kept secrets). I do not find it. Of couse, this website introduction is in flash and with music! That certainly does not help. Continue reading →

Attend Deloitte Tech Predictions 2009 Roadshow on January 21 in Montreal

Posted on January 12th, 2009 | 3 Comments

Are you an IT consultant, a startup owner, a product manager, a software developer, a CFO, a e-Marketing manager, a communications manager, a tech blogger or part of the Local Tech Community?

Deloitte Canada is revealing its Technology predictions for 2009 on January 20 in Toronto and on January 21st, in Montreal. If you are in town, please attend and come voice your opinion. Industry specialists will be invited to raise their voice and comment on 2009 technology predictions in Video. Continue reading →

Bran Van 3000 "experience": un grand retour sous forme de tableaux

Posted on October 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Belle façon Web de faire un retour au public pour Bran Van 3000, par un site expérientiel mettant de l’avant l’essentiel : des extraits musicaux et vidéo! Un son riche, actualisé et étoffé. J’ai bien hâte d’écouter l’album en entier. Ainsi que des liens vers les pages de ses membres dont on avait perdu la trace… Continue reading →