Three Radical Things Google+ Can Do To Catch Up With Facebook
If Google wants to make things interesting and make a genuine play for social, they need to get radical with their thinking.
If Google wants to make things interesting and make a genuine play for social, they need to get radical with their thinking.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
In what is perhaps the first genius marketing move of 2011 Nintendo has given moms around the world a whole new reason to scream, "Stop playing with that thing or you'll go blind!"
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
There is a new unwritten rule amongst big tech CEOs: the more you dress like you're homeless, the more powerful you are (or are perceived to be). Den...
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
A few weeks ago it was announced that social gaming powerhouse Zynga, who makes its money primarily through the sale of virtual goods, had a higher va...
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Facebook is in hot water over its users' privacy once again. On Monday The Wall Street Journal reported that the top ten applications on the platform...
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Twitter and Facebook have become such a ubiquitous presence and such powerful disseminators of information that they're now, well, lethal.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Here's a secret I'd like to share with all of the women and men out there -- being an entrepreneur and a mother is possible. And while it may be hard, it's a lot easier than working for someone else.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
I went in search of what would be this year's Farmville: a game so game-changing that its maker Zynga (only two years old) has earned a valuation between four and five billion dollars.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Irony reached new heights in the video game industry this week. On Monday CNBC published interviews with various game industry executives about the prospect of the Supreme Court curbing the sale of violent video games.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
While many of Steve Jobs' arguments against Adobe and its web video application Flash may sound logical, they're extremely hypocritical.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Many of our daily decisions, whether they be which airline to choose for our next flight, or which credit card to use when paying for lunch, are fueled by the games that marketers are playing with us.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
How did a Facebook skeptic like me become a believer? Numbers. It's hard to ignore 400 million users (50% active), and more than 5 billion pieces of content shared each week.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Attention lonely nerds: your prayers have been answered! A new site just launched where you can play video games with actual girls.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week Adobe made their first public stance in their war with Apple. They should have stayed silent.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
It's more than a little surprising to see a new crop of console games trading in the old standards (football, hookers, zombies, guns) for a far older standard: renaissance art and literary classics.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
The blogosphere has been busy comparing the iPad with everything from the iPhone to the Kindle. But how does Apple's latest innovation stand up to the newest in sex robot technology?
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
The last time Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) was the game to play, blue eyeliner and leg warmers were also hot, so it figures that the only guy still obsess...
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
We all know women shouldn't be bucketed neatly into 24 stereotypes. It's objectifying. But haven't we to some extent brought this on ourselves?
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Wow, your very own space station for $330k, sounds like a real bargain. Until you realize that it's located on Planet Calypso, a virtual world. Yes, in the midst of the great recession, someone actually paid $330,000 for a virtual space station.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Yes, you can tame your Sidewiki. And while you may never fully slay the beast that is rocking your website, you can learn from it, manage it and make it work for you (sort of).
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
This Tuesday banner ads turned 15 and Advertising Age did a nice write-up of the first campaigns. Birthdays are always a good time to reflect on w...
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
That's right, anyone can comment on anything at any website they visit, completely independent of the website owner.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Facebook games came on the scene approximately a year and half ago and have very quickly become the 800 pound gorilla of online gaming. Social games companies are the new darlings of the entertainment world.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 11.17.2011
Those of us in the games business know that grandma, grandpa, and great uncle Fred are the little secret that drive millions of game plays monthly across a host of sites.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011
Whether you love or hate his ideas, it's hard to deny that Brown has a gift for pulling you in and getting you excited about the possibility that there are truths being kept from us.
Jessica Rovello | Posted 09.20.2011