Leap Motion released their pre-production teaser video (below) of their newly announced Leap 3-D gesture device and set the gadget world on fire. The product certainly looks impressive and the specifications are even more outstanding. According to the manufacturer the device is 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market (sorry Microsoft Kinect) and can track movements within an 8-cubic-foot environment down to 1/100th of a millimeter. Continue reading
There’s been an enormous amount of press given to Facebook these past few weeks – even more so than the normally copious volumes – due to the impending $100 billion initial public offering. However, even as investment bankers prepare to snap up their shares and subsequently dump them some hours or days later, some companies are beginning to break ranks from the social behemoth. Continue reading
WordStream, a provider of search marketing software and pay-per-click services, published the handy infographic above earlier this week. Titled the “WordStream Internet Marketing 150″ the list is a compilation of the top software and software-as-a-service providers “…currently doing business in 10 major business categories, including content marketing and blogging, conversion rate optimization, crowdsourcing, email marketing, marketing automation, pay-per-click (PPC) marketing, search engine optimization, social media management, video hosting and management, and web analytics.” Continue reading
This week’s geek-out post is the Inception of geek-out Sunday posts. It features a the fictional Peter Weyland from this summer’s upcoming sci-fi blockbuster movie Prometheus presenting to an enormous stadium filled with fans at a TED conference in 2023. Continue reading
Have you ever wondered what the major themes are in the 27 page Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for Apple’s iTunes? Well intrepid reader, wonder no more. Continue reading
I like how people say Facebook is eating Google's lunch. The former generates $4.39 per user compared to Google's more than $30. Dig in.
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Marshall Stanton (@marshallstanton) March 27, 2012
Microsoft is getting into the aftermarket car business. No, not really but engineers from the Redmond-based software giant did recently team up with West Coast Customs to customize a 2012 Ford Mustang chassis complimented with a replica 1967 fastback body into what could be arguably called the coolest Microsoft “device” on the planet today. Continue reading
“It takes a good crisis to get us going. When we feel fear and we fear loss we are capable of quite extraordinary things.” Those words were spoken by Paul Gilding during his February, 2012 TED speech in Long Beach, California. Continue reading
Over the past decade and a half the U.S. economy has weathered two significant recessions, including crises in the residential real estate and financial services industries. Despite these economic hardships the self-employed and “solopreneur” workforce grew by 4.3 million workers and is projected to continue growing at double-digit rates. Continue reading
Great advice from Bill George, the former CEO of Medtronic || "A New Era for Global Leadership Development" ow.ly/9clts #leadership—
Marshall Stanton (@marshallstanton) February 21, 2012
