All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘Google’

• Why Google will never be a social media company

  Posted Jan 9 2013 by AxelS in Blog, culture, Social Marketing, Social Technology, Society3 with 0 Comments

  Because Google does not understand social media. For the same reason IBM was never really a software company and Microsoft was never really a hardware company, Mercedes Benz did not become an Air Plane company… The missing piece is called “Subject Matter Expertise”. The most …

  

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• YouTube Presents: Mayday in San Bruno, California

  Posted Nov 27 2012 by A Googler in Syndicated posts, Technology Hub with 0 Comments

  England had The Beatles. Ireland has U2. Taiwan has Mayday.
  
  
  Taiwan’s Mayday (五月天) is the biggest name in Chinese rock today, with tens of millions of fans across the globe. No doubt they will be making even more fans when they perform at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California on Wednesday, November 28 at 7pm PT, and livestream it to the world on YouTube Presents and Mayday’s YouTube channel.
  
  
  After the concert at 8:30pm PT, Mayday will hold a Hangout with fans on Google+. To get a chance at joining this Hangout, post a question you want to ask the band with the tag #HangoutsWithMayday on Google+. Seven lucky fans will be invited to participate.
  
  
  
  
  The first ever Chinese-speaking band to perform at YouTube Presents, Mayday announced their visit at Google’s office in Taipei last week, as they start their U.S. tour promoting their newest album Album No. 8 (作品8號).
  
  
  Tune in to the livestream for a bit of Mayday to warm up your November, and subscribe to Mayday’s YouTube channel to get the latest videos from the group.
  
  Richard Li, Country Marketing Manager for Taiwan, recently watched “Don’t Wanna Leave You Alone.”

  

  

  

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• Google at the peak of its live cycle?

  Posted Apr 17 2012 by AxelS in Advocacy, approachability, Blog, Presence development, Technology with 0 Comments

    Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google's Sergey Brin An interesting post to read. In the  Guardian,  Brin said he and co-founder Larry Page would not have been able to create Google if the internet was dominated by Facebook. While Google was a great …

  

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