Monthly Archives: August 2010

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Implications of Facebook Places on the Future of Marketing

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Late last week, Facebook announced its highly anticipated entrance into geo-locating technologies with their new pride and joy, Facebook Places. Similar to Foursquare or Gowalla, Facebook Places is a location-based mobile service that allows users to not only share where they are and what they are doing, but will also allow them to discover new places based on the behaviors and interactions of their social network. Critics were very quick to point out the potential dangers that these types of technologies create. The fears mostly … Continue reading →

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Why Google Wiped Out on Wave

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Google seems to excel at just about every project they undertake. So last week when they announced that they were ceasing further development of the supposed revolutionary communication service, Google Wave, it seemed to take everyone by surprise. Originally launched in 2009, Google Wave was meant to fill a void as the premier online communication and collaboration tool, allowing groups to communicate in real-time with richly-formatted text, pictures, videos, and audio. Possibly even more interesting than Wave’s failure, however is Google’s reaction and grace to … Continue reading →

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Developing for the Mobile Marketplace Made Simpler!

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An important market for any full-service interactive media agency like DBS is the mobile application marketplace. With smart phone usage steadily increasing it will not be long before standard cell phones (or as we like to call them, dumb phones) are in the minority and Internet-enabled smart phones will rule the airwaves. It is important to provide clients with the option of a total package: online marketing, web application development, and more recently mobile phone application development. There are several questions that clients often ask … Continue reading →

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Progress is Good, Right?

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So why aren’t we attempting to be more progressive when we build web sites? The idea sounds simple on paper, but practicing progressive thinking when creating for the web requires patience, objectivity, foresight, and most importantly, knowledge. If you are in the industry, CSS 3 and HTML 5 may come to mind when you hear the word ‘progressive’. These advancing technologies are some of the most popular discussion topics when it comes to the future of web design, but we can’t forget that the practice … Continue reading →