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Ken Yeung
With two decades of experience in content strategy, project management, and journalism, Ken is a seasoned digital marketer. He spent time as a reporter for VentureBeat and The Next Web covering Silicon Valley innovations and personalities, and also served as Flipboard’s Assistant Managing Editor overseeing the platform's technology, science and health coverage. Ken has a genuine passion for storytelling and enjoys staying on top of the latest technology and business trends. Outside of work, he finds joy in photography, has a soft spot for startups, and loves exploring new places and networking.
Search for your political vote
Just read an article from Techmeme that was posted in the New York Times today about how politicians running for their party’s nomination are heading to Mountain View, California to reach out to the people of Google to spread their message about why they should vote for them in the presidential primary. The article talks […]
Is Lyro worth all the hype?
So earlier this week, I read about a new social network for business professionals similar to LinkedIn and so I thought that I’d be an “early” adopter and register and be a guinea pig for this new site. Here I am, thinking that it would be a profile page that you could network with and […]
From Twittering thumbs to extreme Utterances and to Seesmic expressions: the Evolution of Communication
I’ve noticed over the course of the past few weeks, there has been a huge evolution in how people communicate in the digital age. If you’ve been on your cell phone and also on the Internet, then sending and receiving text messages isn’t anything new and is used quite often by the younger generation (those […]
Abusing your database without their knowledge
In the Washington Post business section today, there was a story about how people are complaining to the FCC about their e-mail address being inproperly used in support opposition of the XM-Sirius satellite radio merger. These supposed e-mails were delivered to members of Congress and now the consumer database is pretty pissed. Frankly, this is […]
Something’s ironic about this webpage…
Does anyone notice anything funny about this website or is it just me? Michael Vick, former quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons surrendered earlier today to begin serving his sentence for cruelty and neglect towards the dogs he had…he pled guilty to dogfighting. But when you go to the website on a local CBS affiliate (CBS […]
Microsoft wants to know you’re behaving
In recent weeks, there has been much discussion about how Microsoft is trying to buy out Facebook and take it over, but ultimately resigned itself to buy a minority stake. Moreover, as part of that agreement, Microsoft will be allowed to serve its own ad model on Facebook and instead of a traditional role as […]
Common sense when developing a website
I’m a little very much perturbed about the state of how people are so lazy when designing websites. Yes, I probably shouldn’t talk because I haven’t walked a mile in their shoes, but I have used their products and I must say that it’s insulting to the average user. First of all, why would you […]
DM News: The Week in Stats
Here are some fascinating bits of statistical news you might be interested in… US Mobile Advertising Forecast $1.4 billion – size of mobile ad market in 2012 $2.1 billion – a-sponsored directory assistance calls in 2012 91.7 million – number of mobile internet users in 2012 Source: The Kelsey Group Percentage of US consumers that […]
E-mail Marketing: It’s just not marketing of one
If you’ve ever looked on Monster or CareerBuilders for job postings for anything online, chances are you’ve come across a posting for “e-mail marketing manager”. If so or if you’re currently in this position, then the primary goal is obviously…e-mail marketing. Chances are that you’ll need to work on lead generating, sending out e-mails to […]
CNN: Internet Start-Ups going low-budget
CNN recently posted a story on their site about how Internet start-ups are picking up where they left off after the bubble burst in early 2000. It starts to compare the differences in how life was for tech companies back in the day versus what tech companies are doing differently in 2007. The article states […]