Blog citation volume for “iPhone” exceeded that of keywords “apple” and “ipod” during the launch yesterday. Note that the keyword apple can include any reference to the company, fruit or other. But buzz still hasn’t reached share as high as the January product announcement at Macworld (around the time of the Consumer Electronics Show).… Read the rest
I was in Washington, D.C. Friday for some meetings, and had to settle for a last-row middle seat in order to get on an earlier afternoon shuttle back to New York. I hate middle seats, but I didn’t mind during this trip because Senator Chuck Schumer was assigned to the seat next to me.… Read the rest
A few different company and industry colleagues have asked over the past few days if some bloggers — in a rabid quest for attention and traffic — are inherently mandated to chime in the iPhone launch. The question is whether they’re consciously and opportunistically exploiting human readers and search engines that are primed and sensitized to the event — similar to ambulance chasers.… Read the rest
The New Scientist reports that doctors at a debate at the AMA “backed away from a controversial proposal to designate video-game addiction as a mental disorder akin to alcoholism on Sunday, saying psychiatrists should study the issue further.”… Read the rest
Have you ever been in a shopping center or public building with a smooth floor? If yes, then you’ve certainly been circled at one point by a kid or two sporting Heelys, those sneakers with the wheels in the heels. These kids angle their heels, then start gliding.… Read the rest
