McDonald’s Tractor Beam Technology

McDonald’s Tractor Beam Technology

For years I’ve asked what would cause humans to be drawn to the McDonalds and the chicken-ish food they call McNuggets. Turns out it’s a Tractor Beam. Not Really a Tractor Beam I learned about this from Robert Scoble’s Facebook Post New McDonald’s...
Apple Pay Rejected by WalMart and BestBuy

Apple Pay Rejected by WalMart and BestBuy

Apple Pay Rejected by Walmart and BestBuy  Walmart and Best Buy have instead opted for MCXor Merchant Customer Exchange, a technology group that focuses on providing mobile solutions. The MCX payment solution requires only a software download and can be used on...
How Facebook is Winning the Video Game

How Facebook is Winning the Video Game

Last week, Beyoncé posted a video on both Facebook and YouTube showing preparations for her live performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. In the first 4 hours, Facebook users watched the video 2.4 million times. Many times the few thousand views over on YouTube...
Drone Visit to Richard Branson’s Island

Drone Visit to Richard Branson’s Island

Did you see the Richard Branson drone video? This video shows the drone descending on Branson’s private island, saying hello to Branson. Richard Branson is adding drones to his portfolio and not just to take fancy pictures (although that doesn’t hurt). The...
Demystifying The Google Knowledge Graph

Demystifying The Google Knowledge Graph

Search is changing – and it’s changing faster than ever. Increasingly, we are seeing organic elements in search results being displaced by displays coming from the Knowledge Graph. Yet the shift from search over documents (e.g. web pages) to search over data...