At m-pulse we wrap up a month dedicated to mobile voice technology and transformation with a look at Nuance, a company aggressively leveraging its long heritage in speech recognition to enable a range of new experiences and – ultimately – a new voice search experience (and ecosystem). Our guest is Kenn Harper , Nuance Mobile Director of Product Management. In other segments we discuss some new numbers from Xyologic, a company tracking app downloads to provide us a more European perspective on the rise of Android and the increasing importance of local content and context. Leveraging intent. MORE >>

Episode #294 of Six Pixels of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast is now live and ready for you to listen to. What does it take to create and nurture a modern marketing agency in this day and age? The answer is not as obvious as it used to be. From choosing the right services to offer and finding the proper pricing structure, to being able to clearly identify your services to your clients and potential clients, it's a complex business to build and (sometimes) an even harder business offering to sell to clients. Enjoy the conversation. advertising. blogging. cast of dads. cc chapman. facebook. MORE >>

Unless you have been living under a rock or on an island populated primarily by men, you have likely heard a slight shift in the vocabulary of the women around you. The terms “pinned” or “pinning” are no longer accompanied by the details of a fraternity dating ritual, but instead are followed by dialog about recipes, shoes, arts and crafts, or wardrobe ensembles. While not necessarily a new site (it launched in beta in 2010),  Pinterest is coming into its own with a female-dominated demographic that has rocketed past Etsy in membership and traffic. So Why Now? Digg this! MORE >>

Today Caucus votes in Australia as to who will Lead the Labor Party – our current Prime Minister Julia Gillard, or our ex Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – and ultimately be Prime Minister. I’ve put together a video to talk about how I think representational democracy is dead, and how Media failed the Australian people. sooner or later, my ramblings end up on my iTunes podcast – video or audio. Please subscribe and rate? Democracy is Linear. Representational democracy is where you vote for a Member, and hand over all your responsibilities to them until the next election. In MORE >>

One of the biggest changes in Internet use over the last two years has been the traffic coming from mobile users. It was interesting to read statistics this week related to the income of Microsoft and Apple over the past 12 months. What really stood out was the sale of iPhones – they alone accounted for over half of Apple’s income, with the total surpassing Microsoft’s income from all sources for that same period. And that was just Apple iPhones, you can probably triple those numbers for all mobile devices sold during the same period. It should be. website development MORE >>