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Is Marketing About To Get Really Creepy Or Really Good?

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Apple acquired a company last week. It is the ability for a brand to deliver contextual and highly targeted marketing at the local retail level. Applications range from step-by-step indoor navigation, to product-level retail customer engagement, to proximity-based social networking." It's something to pay attention to.

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Tracking, Personalization And Screams Of Privacy

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" Amazon beat out Apple , The Walt Disney Company , Google and many more to grab this coveted spot. According to the Business Insider article: "Nomi's team gives retailers a snippet of code that lets wireless routers listen for nearby smart phone signals. compare prices among retailers, the survey says. on holidays.

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The Year Of More

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While many article and columns look back at the year that was or posture on the year that will be, it's becoming abundantly clear that 2012 will - without question - be the "Year of More.". That may not happen this year, but you will see that consumers will be even more social in 2012. More social. Will this trend stop in the future?

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Think Like Zuck: 5 Secrets of Success of Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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The most successful companies build their products on their purpose, whether it is Southwest Airlines striving to bring affordable air travel to everybody, Apple to create a seamless and stylish user experience, or Dyson to re-invent what we use every day and make it better. Walter was named among 25 Women Who Rock Social Media in 2012.

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Is Smart Marketing An Oxymoron?

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With Samsung leading these sales (close to one third of all sales) and Apple in second (at about 14% of all units), the growth may be coming from areas like Asia Pacific, Latin American and Eastern Europe, but sales have grown in all regions (according to the analysts). retail digital. retail digital. Desktop had a 12% growth.

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From Atoms To Bits To Atoms

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Anderson's latest book, Makers - The New Industrial Revolution ( Crown Business , October 2012) tells the amazing story of how 3-D printing coupled with open source design and the entrepreneurial spirit is beginning to take hold. The 2012 edition of the Maker Fair held in San Mateo, California this past May hosted over 120,000 attendees.

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T-Commerce And The Rise Of Tablet Shopping

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Google also announced their tablet, Nexus 7 , at this year's Google I/O 2012 developer conference this past week. I'm less confident in Microsoft and Google's attempts at cracking the penetration that Apple 's iPad is having, simply because both the Surface and Nexus 7 are making their debut with wi-fi only. Tags: apple.

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