Dunkin' Brands runs on mobile. That's the message from Global Marketing and Innovation Officer John Costello, a seasoned marketing executive who has been in that post for a year and at the company for five years, after previously heading up marketing at Home Depot. He's put mobile at the core of Dunkin's consumer-engagement efforts, pointing to its "single-screen strategy with mobile at the center of that" as the best way to reach its "authentic," "multi-viewing" customers. "For a brand on the run, mobile is perfect."

All diehard fans of indie music share the same fear — that their favorite bands will become wildly popular. Mainstream success triggers a downward spiral. Commercialism sucks out everything that was once pure and original. When a former indie darling starts singing corporate jingles, fans hear funeral bells.

At the end of the recession, growth slowed, and companies were sitting on cash. As a result, there was a flurry of acquisitions. Some large and notable M&A activity in this period were the deals for Kraft/Cadbury, Dow/Rohm and Haas, Pfizer/Wyeth, and Merck/Schering-Plough.

Forecasting 2.4 billion traditional PCs, tablets, ultramobile and mobile phone unit shipments in 2014 and tablet unit shipments overtaking PCs in 2015, Gartner recently released their Worldwide Traditional PC, Tablet, Ultramobile and Mobile Phone Shipments to Grow 4.2 Percent in 2014.

Over the past few months, there's been a lot of anger, debate, and misinformation regarding the FCC's plans for net neutrality. Since the FCC introduced a proposal that would essentially prioritize some internet traffic over other traffic, something net neutrality advocates fear could ruin the internet. But the irony is the debate around net neutrality largely ignores the wireless industry. As much of our computing shifts to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, wireless carriers are increasingly becoming the primary gatekeepers to the web.