Win­-Win Negotiations for Groupon? Google’s Failed Bid

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It seemed to be a match made in Internet heaven. In late 2010, Google made a $6 billion bid for Groupon, the Chicago­based company that e­mails daily coupon deals for local goods and services to consumers around the world. (If enough people sign up, the daily deal “tips,” meaning the coupons are issued; otherwise, the deal is called off.) Google was looking for opportunities to branch into local­search advertising, and Groupon appeared to be the perfect fit.

TED: Aakash Odedra: A dance in a hurricane of paper, wind and light - Aakash Odedra (2014)

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Choreographer Aakash Odedra is dyslexic and has always felt that his best expression comes through movement. “Murmur” is his ode to that experience. Watch him spin his way through the center of a storm, as pages of books take flight all around him.

Social Media and Email Integration Predictions for 2014: Were they right?

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Earlier this year at MarketingSherpa Email Summit 2014, five industry experts opined on the relationship between social media and email over the course of 2014. Now that we are nearing the end of the year, read on to find out how those predictions panned out.

Uber drives past privacy issues and secures $1.2 billion in funding

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Recent privacy concerns surrounding Uber haven’t soured investors on the ride-sharing startup, which just raised US$1.2 billion from investors in its latest funding round.In 2014, Uber launched operations in 190 cities and 29 countries, and is six times larger than it was a year ago, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick wrote in a blog post on Thursday announcing the cash injection.

This New Microsoft App Highlights The End Of The Windows Empire (MSFT)

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One of the ways Microsoft grew itself into a $87 billion company is by making people pay to use Windows on each device they used. Today, Microsoft quietly announced a new service that radically changes that.  With the geeky sounding name of Microsoft Azure RemoteApp, this app is not a dramatic new technology. In fact, it's a pretty hum-drum tech that's been available for years. It allows business customers to stream any of their Windows apps to any device (Android, iOS, Mac, Windows) over the cloud. The change is how Microsoft will sell it.

Discussing the Merits of Device Encryption

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In the wake of Apple and Google’s recent decision to implement “whole device encryption” on their latest mobile operating systems, the FBI has warned that the tech giants’ actions will force law enforcement to “go dark” when it comes to keeping tabs of criminals. FPF has previously explored the question of encryption and law enforcement access, […]

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