The Score had a television audience of 7 million Canadians and a mobile audience of 4.5 million around the world. It made the only logical decision which was to sell the television station and focus on mobile. Why? List en to Tom Hearne explain their very logical approach to this challenge – one that many media outlets are facing today.
On the show today: Yahoo! continues to buy employees; Big data from Twitter showcases the hate; Alibaba takes a stand in the mapping wars; Lenticular printing teaches a lesson to abused children; The re-emergence of RFID for grocery checkout; A Canadian interpretation of the future of Google Glass and our special guest, Gary Schwartz, CEO of Impact Mobile.
In this episode shot live at Relay Ventures’ Strictly Mobile event, I talk with Romotive co-founder Keller Rinaudo about their first home robot, Romo, and the implication the smartphone will have on the democratization of the home robot.
Ben Broca is a first time entrepreneur tackling a huge challenge – real-time. This episode dives into why the world needs another real-time social discovery application, how he has morphed his company from consumer focused to that of one targeting businesses with big data, how he built his “perfect experience” first and scaled it using software and how he ended up being featured by Apple on 3 different occasions.
On the show today: Facebook rumoured to be in talks to purchase Waze for $1 billion; Square set to check in to Foursquare’s neighbourhood; BlockAvenue launches to give your city a grade; Unilever goes hyper-local with rewards program; Outback Steakhouse jumps back in time to when check-ins were the rage; The VERY cool Pennies for Life campaign by Microloan; Pew enlightens us on the state of location in mobile; Plus special guest Duncan McCall, CEO of PlaceIQ.
In this episode I talk with Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, about the coming impact that mobile and pervasive computing will have on the education system and the new ways we will learn as a result.
Episode #453 Reach, Retention and Revenue are the new three “r’s” of business. One of the single greatest challenges in the mobile app ecosystem is building a product that is compelling enough to have users come back to use it a second and third time. A one-time user does not build a sustainable business. There [...]
On the show: ISIS brings loyalty to vending machines, Dwolla closes their $16.5 million series C, Kiip powers the “sour to sweet” campaign for Sour Patch Kids, MoodMedia pinpoints you by the music your hear, Google Now! comes to the iPhone and leaves a lot to the imagination, Foursquare is about to sell your data, PJs that tell stories + our very special guest, Ben Broca, founder of Now.