Advertising Agency Brisbane, Interactive Media, Creative Marketing and Digital Branding - BCM: Two Cents
BCM's Blog on advertising, media, technology and everything in-between
Subscribe and Follow
Posts tagged with Google
A reason to stay on the couch… the multi-million channel TV
The gap between where the internet ends and the medium of television begins got even smaller last week with the announcement of the launch of Google TV. In partnership with Sony, Intel, Logitech, Dish Networks, Adobe and Best Buy – Google will roll out a platform that makes the multimillion-channel TV a reality. The simple and appealing [...]
Read More
Why don’t we ride zebras?
‘Twas the summer of 2009 (at least to my memory) when Google rolled out predictive text in their search box – a feature which I seem to have a love/hate relationship with depending on how accurate the results are, or how sloppy my typing is… What has this got to do with riding zebras? Well, a [...]
Read More
Google, no longer evil?
Google is a company that has a mission to make the world’s information as universally accessible as possible. And, in their Code of Conduct they state their philosphy is “Don’t be evil.” Both of these seem at odds with how the company operates in China. In 2006 Google entered the world’s fast-growing internet market by agreeing [...]
Read More
Dear Google, It’s Not You, It’s Me
This morning I decided to temporarily stop using Google Search after almost 10 years of making daily requests to the world’s most popular search engine. It isn’t because Google has done anything wrong in particular. Ok, it does feel a little creepy the way it tracks each and every search I do. And Google has developed [...]
Read More
Finding the right Dylan with a little bit of algorithmic help
There’s a nasty rumour that I am algorithmist. This is simply not true. Algorithms make the world go round. IF the sun is rising in the east THEN day is approaching. IF the clock says 3.00pm THEN my dogs want to be fed. My son Sam and I used to write algorithms in BASIC for his school [...]
Read More
The algorithm of life is a powerful beat
Want to book a centre seat, 6 rows back at a concert hall? Sorry not yet, we’re selling off the rubbish seats on the side at the back first. Want to pull your fighter jet into a 10g climb? Computer says no, that would exceed predetermined stress levels. Want to Google the lyrics, “The rhythm of life [...]
Read More
Wolfram Alpha: A new type of search engine
I’ve always loved reading reference materials, and probably always will. So if anyone out there had any doubt left in them that I’m not a total dweeb, banish those doubts now. But I’m unashamed in my love of absorbing facts, figures, diagrams and histories. Growing up, those facts came almost exclusively from the set of encyclopaedias [...]
Read More
Are we ready to take responsibility for our privacy online?
Last week, Google announced their plans for behavioural targeting when serving up bazillions of ads each day. The approach they plan to use follows the lines of ‘if you don’t ask we won’t tell’- essentially making the detailed information that Google collects about you available if you have the inclination [...]
Read More
What Next: 13 March 2009
Do you subscribe to What Next? What Next is BCM’s weekly review of what’s happening in the world of media, entertainment, new products etc. If it’s new, you’ll hear about it here! This week: The rise and rise of the smart phone Google set to dominate smart phone search A newspaper becomes a platform For sale – by SMS Social networking passes [...]
Read More
Twitter vs Facebook (aka David vs Goliath)
Journos love a good story about the latest social networking craze. News outlets have been full of stories about Facebook and Myspace for years. But now, it seems, there’s a new kids on the block. Twitter. The runt of the social media pack has finally gone mainstream, leaving nobody in any doubt that the micro-blogging [...]
Read More
-
Goo-goo-ga-ga-GUI-GUI
-
Don’t get all emotional on me…
-
BCM makes a splurge for Wotif.com
-
The Androids are coming!!
-
Are you a Scrum-er, a Queue-er or a Pay to Jump-er?
-
The battle that never happened
-
Happiness is…
-
He’s getting his colour back – quick, call a Wireframbulance!
-
View from 45th & Madison – via Warner St
-
Cognitive space to rent
-
Scott: Nice video Derek - proof of just how naturally int...
-
Nathan Bush: Great stuff. It works both ends of the spectrum to...
-
Sheila: This article is terrifc. I'm planning on buying a ...
-
Daniel Oyston: I wish they had express parking machines so I coul...
-
Jim in London: You nailed it. Completely agree on all fronts. A...
Copyright © 2010 BCM Partnership, all rights reserved.