Whether Canadian mobile technology company BlackBerry has a viable future or not is still a big unknown. The company fell from grace during this year as sales of its smartphones plummeted in the face of competition from Apple and Android devices, plus a collapse in confidence in the company, in the brand and in its leadership, and a knock-on effect on its lucrative software and services business. The cost was catastrophic. Calling BlackBerry "a company in crisis" would be an … [Read more...] about The thrill and heartache of BlackBerry: employee perspectives
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Twitter on the launchpad #TWTR
Today, Twitter is on the cusp of becoming a publicly-listed company with an initial equity valuation of $18 billion, according to some analysis. At 9.30am US Eastern time, 2.30pm GMT, the sound of the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange will mark the moment when shares in Twitter - at an initial offer price of $26 each and identified by the NYSE symbol TWTR - will become listed on the Exchange and public trading will begin. It's worth looking at what it is about the microblogging … [Read more...] about Twitter on the launchpad #TWTR
The changes that did for BlackBerry
Summarizing the tale of the rise and fall of mobile device and services maker BlackBerry as "changing too little and changing far too late" is probably as good as any way of succinctly capturing the sense of the huge fall from grace of Canada's biggest technology company, originally known as Research in Motion or RIM. And a huge fall it is, from almost owning the mobile devices market a few years ago to becoming a bit player in the past year or so as the company's leadership tried in vain to … [Read more...] about The changes that did for BlackBerry
Content marketing requires a sound foundation
Two words I've heard mentioned a lot recently are "content marketing." I use them myself at times, often in the context of helping people understand the value that can be derived from taking 'old' but still valid "content" - case studies, white papers, features, etc - and re-telling those stories in ways that work well in today's social communication climate, fit measurable business goals and meet the information needs of the people in the marketplace you want to reach out to. The … [Read more...] about Content marketing requires a sound foundation
Twitter takes control of its story as it prepares for an IPO
The days when you heard about a company's plans for a stock market flotation via a newspaper report or a TV or radio news item are now so much part of our nostalgic reflecting on simpler, slower times with the announcement by Twitter late yesterday on its plans for such an event. The announcement was made in a tweet. Posted at 10pm UK time, Twitter said that it has filed Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as a first step on the route to an initial public offering of … [Read more...] about Twitter takes control of its story as it prepares for an IPO
FIR Interview: Allan Schoenberg, CME Group, on social media and the futures industry
A strategic approach to planning and implementing social media initiatives has played a significant and measurable role in enabling the CME Group to claim a position that is ahead of the curve when it comes to using social media among financial exchanges. The world's largest future exchanges and owner of the Dow Jones stock and financial indexes, CME Group was an early adopter and experimenter with social media. Since starting out five years ago, the organization has expanded from a few … [Read more...] about FIR Interview: Allan Schoenberg, CME Group, on social media and the futures industry
The toxic mix of legality, morality and reputation
I first heard the phrase "It may be legal but is it moral?"in relation to the kerfuffle that blew up in the summer regarding the tax minimization activities of celebrities. What was happening - complex financial schemes to shelter income from the tax man in offshore tax havens and so pay the minimum UK tax possible - was indeed perfectly legal. But the current climate of economic gloom, belt-tightening all around and bleak-sounding prospects into the coming year made it all but inevitable … [Read more...] about The toxic mix of legality, morality and reputation
RIP Blackberry
A great analysis in The New York Times magazine of RIM and brand destruction. This share price chart says it all. Story: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/how-the-blackberry-died.html Google+: View post on Google+ Post imported by Google+Blog. Created By Daniel Treadwell. … [Read more...] about RIP Blackberry