HTML5's Search For Independence From Flash by Laurie Sullivan

Companies have begun to phase out Flash in exchange for HTML5 because Apple products don't support Flash, Google cannot index interior pages, some browsers don't display Flash objects, and Yahoo and Bing struggle to read the content. Search engines like Google go to great lengths to explain the shift. ...Read the whole story

  • Ad Industry M&A Investors Spend $32 Bil, Digital Soars by Laurie Sullivan

    There's no shortage of money for companies innovating in the marketing and digital advertising space. Business-to-business and business-to-consumer, Online Media & Technology, Marketing & Interactive Services and Mobile Media & Technology accounted for 79% of total merger and acquisition deals. ...Read the whole story

Google Tip-Toes Toward The Robot Valet by Steve Smith

Anyone interested in the data story and how consumers will grasp the power of data in their lives, will want to keep an eye on Google Now. this is one of the bolder steps into the realm of the digital valet. ...More

  • Google Chrome Hits iOS: Let The Cloud Skirmishes Begin by Steve Smith

    Google Chrome on iOS is not a Safari killer, but its conveniences for users of the browser on other platforms are immediately obvious. It underscores how important the cloud is about to become in the mobile OS battle. ...More

  • Why Microsoft Is Going It Alone With Do-Not-Track by Mark Simon

    Microsoft got into hot water with the FTC and ad industry self-regulators recently over its decision to ship its next version of Internet Explorer, version 10, with the "Do Not Track" option turned on by default. How could anyone be against Microsoft - which is about to ship millions of copies of Windows 8 with IE 10 aboard - making the reasonable assumption that users would like to start their online computing experience in some level of anonymity, a state that they can of course modify should they positively elect to be tracked at a Web site of their own ...More