Mark Davis
January 11, 2012
Yesterday Google made a major revision in its search algorithm called Search, plus Your World. This change has been called ‘the most radical change ever’ on Search Engine Blogs. Google will now be incorporating data from its social network as well as the public Internet when delivering search results to people. What this means in [...]
Mark Davis
January 5, 2012
Over the holidays, and without fanfare, the FDA issued Draft Guidance for Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information. The title of the guidance is a little deceptive in that within the document lies some draft guidance on dealing with social media in the form of ‘public’ platforms where some of this conversation may take [...]
Mark Davis
August 10, 2011
Facebook has rocked the pharma world with its announcement that pharma ‘whitelisting’ will largely disappear on August 15th. Whitelisting has been a special exemption where pharma has been able to prevent people from being able to Like or comment on their Wall posts. So we might actually have to engage with people rather than broadcasting. [...]
Today Google announced it’s wallet, an electronic wallet located in your cell phone with tap-and-pay technology. With Google’s engineering prowess, it’s got to be a smooth customer experience – frictionless, as the saying goes. Why so late? Doesn’t it seem like we should have been tapping and going at 7/11s and gas stations for a [...]
Mark Davis
April 22, 2011
This story originally appeared in PRWeek Insider on 04/20/11 (subscription required). More People are playing Farmville than Watching Dancing with the Stars. More people are playing Texas Hold’em Poker than are watching Glee.* And Zynga, maker of Farmville, has about half the monthly active users that Twitter does – 135MM versus 283MM. Clearly, gaming is [...]
Mark Davis
April 20, 2011
This story originally appeared in PRWeek Insider on 04/20/11 (subscription required). With the emergence of today’s digital space, it is safe to say that bloggers are the new reporters and journalists. Their content reaches many at once and is easily accessible by a click of the finger. What bloggers choose to feature on and write [...]