Happy Sweet 16th B-Day Google! 'Evergreen marketing insights' ▲▲▲ by Gloria Buono-Daly

Surprise to Google who turned 16 years old today (9/27 and not 9/4 as many of us once thought). Last year Google posted its very own Happy 15th B-Day doodle, a swaying piñata that when you hit with your keyboard space key you earn points! Will they have a cool animated doodle this year to celebrate? Not as cool as last year. Below is a snapshot of Google's 16th celebration doodle.

So let's all celebrate Google’s B-Day.

Ever since Google launched (September 27, 1998), there have been whirlwinds of internet momentum, controversy, and innovation.

Google doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon. Google has created and acquired so much since it’s last B-Day.

Of the total 166 acquisitions Google has to date (through August 26, 2014), 38% (63) were made from 2011 to present. (Note, from 1998 through 2000 there were no acquisitions and therefore not counting those years in the average)

Interestingly, from February 12, 2001 through June 2013 (13 B-Day cycles) Google has on average, roughly 9.7 acquisitions per year (127 total divided by 13 years), through August 2014 (14 B-Day cycles, Google has on average roughly 11.9 acquisitions per year (166 divided by 14) which represents an increase of nearly 31% in 2014 vs 2013.

Below is a listing of acquisitions since it’s 13th B-Day, Sept. 7, 2011:


● Sept.   7, 2011 – Zave Networks, digital coupons for Google Offers program
● Sept.   8, 2011 – Zagat, restaurant reviews for Google Maps and Places programs
● Sept. 19, 2011 – DailyDeal, daily deals for Google Offers program in
● Oct.   11, 2011 – SocialGrapple, social media analytics for Google+ Plus
● Nov. 10, 2011 – Apture, instantaneous search for Google Search
● Nov. 14, 2011 – Katango, social circle organizer for Google+ Plus
● Dec.   9, 2011 – RightsFlow, music rights management for YouTube
● Dec. 13, 2011 – Clever Sense, mobile apps for Google Android
● Mar. 16, 2012 – Milk, Inc., social network Google+ Plus
● Apr.   2, 2012 – TxVia, online payment for Google Wallet
● Jun.   4, 2012 – Meebo, instant messaging for Google+ Plus
● Jun.   5, 2012 – Quickoffice, productivity suite for Google Docs
● Jul.  20, 2012 – Sparrow, mobile apps for Gmail Google
● Aug.  1, 2012 – Wildfire Interactive, social media marketing for Google, Google+ Plus
● Aug. 13, 2012 – Frommer’s, travel guides to enhance Zagat for Google Maps and Places programs
● Spt.  7, 2012 – VirusTotal.com,Security (SPAIN)
● Spt. 17, 2012 – Nik Software Inc., Photography (USA)
● Oct.  1, 2012 – Viewdle, Facial Recognition (Ukraine)
● Nov. 28, 2012 – Incentive Targeting Inc., Digital Coupons for Google offers (USA)
● Nov. 30, 2012 – BufferBox, Package Delivery for Google Shopping, Android(CANADA)
● Feb.  6, 2013 – Channel Intelligence, Product ecommerce for Google Shopping (USA)
● Mar. 12, 2013 – DNNresearch Inc., Deep Neutral Networks for Google and GoogleX (CANADA)
● Mar. 15, 2013 – Web Application Server Talaria, Cloud computing for Google Cloud (USA)
● Apr. 12, 2013 – Behavio, Social Prediction for Google Now (USA)
● Apr. 23, 2013 – Wavii, Natural Language Processing for Google Knowledge Graph (USA)
● May. 23, 2013 – Makani Power, Airborne Windturbines for GoogleX (USA)
● Spt. 16, 2013 – Bump, Mobile software (USA) Android
● Oct. 02, 2013 – Flutter Gesture recognition technology (USA)Google, Android, Google X
● Oct. 22, 2013 – FlexyCore DroidBooster App for Android (FRA)Android
● Dec. 02, 2013 – SCHAFT, Inc. Robotics, humanoid robots (JPN)GoogleX
● Dec. 03, 2013 – Industrial Perception Robotic arms, computer vision (USA)Google X
● Dec. 04, 2013 – Redwood Robotics Robotic arms, computer vision (USA)Google X
● Dec. 05, 2013 – Meka Robotics Robotics (USA)Google X
● Dec. 06, 2013 – Holomni Robotic wheels(USA)Google X
● Dec. 07, 2013 – Bot & Dolly Robotic cameras (USA)Google X
● Dec. 08, 2013 – Autofuss Ads and Design (USA)Google X
● Dec. 10, 2013 – Boston Dynamics Robotics (USA)Google X
● Jan. 04, 2014 – Bitspin Timely App for Android (CHE)Android
● Jan. 13, 2014 – Nest Labs, Inc Home automation (USA)Google
● Jan. 15, 2014 – Impermium Internet security (USA)Google
● Jan. 26, 2014 – DeepMind Technologies Artificial Intelligence (UK)Google X
● Feb. 16, 2014 – SlickLogin Internet Security(ISR)Google
● Feb. 21, 2014 – spider.io Anti ad-fraud (UK)DoubleClick Adsnse
● Mar. 12, 2014 – GreenThrottle Gadgets (USA)Android
● Apr. 14, 2014 – Titan Aerospace High-altitude UAVs (USA)Project Loon
● May. 02, 2014 – Rangespan E-commerce (UK)Google Shopping
● May. 06, 2014 – Adometry Online advertising attribution (USA)Google
● May. 07, 2014 – Appetas Restaurant website creation (USA)Google
● May. 07, 2014 – Stackdriver Cloud computing (USA)Google Cloud
● May. 07, 2014 – MyEnergy Online Utility Usage Monitor (USA)Nest Labs
● May. 16, 2014 – Quest Visual Augmented Reality (USA)Code Project, Google Translate
● May. 19, 2014 – Divide[disambiguation needed] Device Manager (USA)Android
● Jun. 10, 2014 – Skybox Imaging Satellite (USA)Google Maps, Project Loon
● Jun. 19, 2014 – Alpental Technologies Wireless Technology (USA)Google
● Jun. 20, 2014 – Dropcam Home Monitoring (USA)Nest Labs
● Jun. 25, 2014 – Appurify Mobile Device Cloud, Testing Services (USA)Google Cloud
● Jul. 01, 2014 – Songza Music streaming (USA)Google Play
● Jul. 23, 2014 – drawElements Graphics compatibility testing (FIN) Android
● Aug. 06, 2014 – EMU IM Client (USA) (USA)
● Aug. 06, 2014 – Director Mobile video (USA)
● Aug. 17, 2014 – Jetpac Artifcial intelligence, Image recognition (USA)
● Aug. 23, 2014 – Gecko Design Designs(USA)Google X
● Aug. 26, 2014 – Zync Render Visual Effects Rendering (USA)Google Cloud Platform

To think it took Larry Page and Sergey Brin less than 2 years to incorporate Google -- in 1996, both were PhD students at Stanford University, working on a research project when Yahoo! and AOL were the major search engines.

Sixteen years later Google has embarked on hundreds, if not thousands of innovations, ventures and acquisitions. Below is a brief timeline of my most notable Google milestones (note clicking on the table below, and then once again, will enlarge for viewing):

This chart (as of 9/4/2011) has not been updated with the latest additions listed above. One of these days, it will be updated so bookmark this blog and visit frequently. Thanks!



"Happy 16th B-Day Google!" is part of the evergreen marketing insights ▲▲▲ series by Gloria Buono-Daly

Happy 15th B-Day Google! 'Evergreen marketing insights' ▲▲▲ by Gloria Buono-Daly

Surprise to Google who turned 15 years old today (9/27/2013 and not 9/4/2013 as many of us once thought). Last year Google posted its very own Happy 14th B-Day doodle! Will they have a cool animated doodle this year to celebrate? Yes they sure will. This year Google created a very creative piñata game. Simply hit the swaying piñata with your keyboard space key and earn points. I just did. Below are snapshots of the animated pinata new doodle.

So let's all celebrate Google’s B-Day.

Ever since Google was born (September 27, 1998), there have been whirlwinds of internet momentum, controversy, and innovation.

Google doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon. Google has created and acquired so much since it’s 14th B-Day.

Of the total 127 acquisitions Google has to date, 34.6% (44)were made from 2011 to present.

Interestingly, from February 12, 2001 through June 2013 (13 B-Day cycles) Google has on average, roughly 9.7 acquisitions per year (127 total divided by 13 years).

Below is a listing of acquisitions since it’s 13th B-Day, Sept. 27, 2011:


● Sept.   7, 2011 – Zave Networks, digital coupons for Google Offers program
● Sept.   8, 2011 – Zagat, restaurant reviews for Google Maps and Places programs
● Sept. 19, 2011 – DailyDeal, daily deals for Google Offers program in
● Oct.   11, 2011 – SocialGrapple, social media analytics for Google+ Plus
● Nov. 10, 2011 – Apture, instantaneous search for Google Search
● Nov. 14, 2011 – Katango, social circle organizer for Google+ Plus
● Dec.   9, 2011 – RightsFlow, music rights management for YouTube
● Dec. 13, 2011 – Clever Sense, mobile apps for Google Android
● Mar. 16, 2012 – Milk, Inc., social network Google+ Plus
● Apr.   2, 2012 – TxVia, online payment for Google Wallet
● Jun.   4, 2012 – Meebo, instant messaging for Google+ Plus
● Jun.   5, 2012 – Quickoffice, productivity suite for Google Docs
● Jul.  20, 2012 – Sparrow, mobile apps for Gmail Google
● Aug.  1, 2012 – Wildfire Interactive, social media marketing for Google, Google+ Plus
● Aug. 13, 2012 – Frommer’s, travel guides to enhance Zagat for Google Maps and Places programs
● Spt.  7, 2012 – VirusTotal.com,Security (SPAIN)
● Spt. 17, 2012 – Nik Software Inc., Photography (USA)
● Oct.  1, 2012 – Viewdle, Facial Recognition (Ukraine)
● Nov. 28, 2012 – Incentive Targeting Inc., Digital Coupons for Google offers (USA)
● Nov. 30, 2012 – BufferBox, Package Delivery for Google Shopping, Android(CANADA)
● Feb.  6, 2013 – Channel Intelligence, Product ecommerce for Google Shopping (USA)
● Mar. 12, 2013 – DNNresearch Inc., Deep Neutral Networks for Google and GoogleX (CANADA)
● Mar. 15, 2013 – Web Application Server Talaria, Cloud computing for Google Cloud (USA)
● Apr. 12, 2013 – Behavio, Social Prediction for Google Now (USA)
● Apr. 23, 2013 – Wavii, Natural Language Processing for Google Knowledge Graph (USA)
● May. 23, 2013 – Makani Power, Airborne Windturbines for GoogleX (USA)
● Jun. 11, 2013 – Waze, GPS navigation software for Google Maps (USA)

To think it took Larry Page and Sergey Brin less than 2 years to incorporate Google -- in 1996, both were PhD students at Stanford University, working on a research project when Yahoo! and AOL were the major search engines.

Fifteen years later Google has embarked on hundreds, if not thousands of innovations, ventures and acquisitions. Below is a brief timeline of my most notable Google milestones (note clicking on the table below, and then once again, will enlarge for viewing):

This chart (as of last year, 9/4/2011) has not been updated with the latest additions listed above. Will try to update soon. Bookmark this blog and visit frequently. Thanks!



"Happy 15th B-Day Google!" is part of the evergreen marketing insights ▲▲▲ series by Gloria Buono-Daly

'One to One with Gloria' and Roger Neal , host of 'The Future of Mobile Commerce' at Lafayette Restaurant on July 23, 2013 – See what you missed video

“... It’s a hugely disruptive force and they’re being very innovative in doing lots of experiments and strategies to set the groundwork for the future of their company across global ...” ~~ Roger Neal , Founder and Executive Director, NYC Media Lab on mobile commerce, as quoted during "The Future of Mobile Commerce," invitation only event hosted by DeSilva+Phillips and NYC Media Lab, held at Lafayette Restaurant, New York City, July 23, 2013.

Below is the latest video, 'One to One with Gloria' and Roger Neal, Founder and Executive Director, NYC Media Lab at The Future of Mobile Commerce at Lafayette Restaurant, New York City on July 23, 2013.

NYC Media Lab Founding Executive Director, Roger Neal moderated a very interesting and informative session with Gilbert Ahye, Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer, American Express Company. NYC Media Lab is a consortium of NYCEDC, NYU-Poly, and Columbia University which connects digital media sector with academic researchers who are conducting cutting-edge research in New York City with the goal of growing New York’s media technology IP and human capital.

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"One to One with Gloria" interviews are by AllThingsDigitalMarketing.com. This video was produced using video, photos and audio recordings from interviews by Gloria Buono-Daly during the event. Interested in knowing how this video was done? Maria Benevenga, Senior Design Specialist and Creative Extraordinaire created the video using Movie Maker software and/or Adobe Premiere.

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► One to One with Gloria and Roger Neal on YouTube
► Desilva + Phillips
► NYC Media Lab
► American Express
► Three Important Developments For the Future of Mobile Commerce
► Mobile Commerce Transactions To Surpass $3.2 Trillion By 201, MISCO.co.uk News
► Evans Data Corporation
► Mobile Commerce 2013, 1, Juniper Research
► Mobile Developers Target NFC More Than Voice Recognition, Dr. Dobbs


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Mobile commerce professionals gather in New York City to attend “The Future of Mobile Commerce,” event hosted by DeSilva+Phillips and NYC Media Lab

“… We are a payment services company … we have a very good core business -- the charge card and credit card business … As we began to think about where commerce and the world may be going we realized that we needed a different strategic thinking about it …so we thought about how the world will begin to interact and so people will decide how they want to interact and they will choose based on a couple of things … convenience, security and the third one, value … When I think about convenience, if you are sitting at a computer or you may be walking around the street and we may push a deal for one of our merchants to you, you have a mobile phone because it is convenient for you to transact with that device … you may be somewhere and you have none of those things, but you have a fingerprint and that’s how I interact … so our philosophy as a payment company … we don’t pick either one, we have to let the customer choose how they interact with us. Mobile device is just a form factor.”
~~ Gilberg Ahye, Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer, American Express Company, on his company’s view on the future of mobile commerce as quoted during “The Future of Mobile Commerce,” event hosted by NYC Media Lab, July 23, 2013

A full house audience of professionals in Mobile Payments, Mobile Advertising & Marketing, E-commerce, Analytics, Development, Strategy and Product Management gathered at Lafayette Restaurant in New York City to attend “The Future of Mobile Commerce.”

Hosted by DeSilva+Phillips and NYC Media Lab, this annual invitation only event included a wealth of insights by business leader Gilbert E. Ahye, Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer, American Express Company. The event was moderated by Roger Neal, Founder and Executive Director of NYC Media Lab. Q&A was held after the session.


THERE WERE MANY TAKEAWAYS AND FACTS IN MOBILE COMMERCE I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU; ONE MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION BY AHYE PERTAINED TO GEOGRAPHICS

Not surprising, mobile has surpassed the personal computer in the U.S. all while the U.S. has invested billions of dollars in POS (Point-of-Sale) infrastructure. Ahye believes POS is going to take a very long time for the U.S. to adapt fully to NFS but eventually the credit card business will be replaced by mobile in the U.S.

Ahye also mentioned that since India and China have no infrastructures in place and did not have any substantial investments in copper wiring as the U.S. did, these countries will continue to adapt to mobile commerce at a much faster rate.

Besides India and China, according to a recent Juniper Research report, emerging markets such as Brazil, Turkey, etc., are growing at phenomenally faster percentage rates versus mature markets like North America and Europe. However, consider that even with the lower percent growth rate of mobile commerce in the U.S., we still lead the world significantly in regards to the actual user population of mobile commerce.

Juniper Research stated that that the introduction of mobile wallets has provided access to poorer people in some emerging markets, where the proportion of adults without a bank account can exceed 50%. Thus, a new market of mobile users has converged.

Juniper Research also reported in June that mobile commerce transactions reached $1.5 trillion in 2013 and are expected to more than double, at $3.2 trillion by 2017.


TECHNOLOGY IS KEY WHEN IT COMES TO DISRUPTIONS OF MOBILE COMMERCE

American Express is constantly looking at various technologies and has already made investments in other countries. Ahye believes technology will determine how mobile commerce will evolve and American Express will continue strategizing and participating without picking a “winner or loser” technology.


CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES ARE MORE PROMISING THAN OTHERS

“We know that the NFC device is probably a better form. With an NFC device you can get information. The world is about data and information. So the direction should be about data and how we get data – it is about how do you get data, how do I make the right type of offer to a customer,” explained Ahye. “What information do I get or how do I do it. If you think about American Express, I know a lot about a customer, what merchants a customer has and how much a customer spends, profile. So NFC can profile people – someone spending $150,000 on pet products we know we should push pet products to her. It is really hard to do that on a mass market so the devices need to give us information, we need to create the layer to analyze all that mobile data to promote to that customer? That is the holy grail. We don’t want to be collateral damage to get the data,” added Ahye.

DeSilva+Phillips Dealmakers Summit 2013 event video montage

The "see what you missed video" montage of the DeSilva+Phillips Dealmakers Summit 2013 is here! This version has been udpated to include the names and titles of the distinguished professionals who answered the "AllThingsDigitalMarketing Q of the Day."

See what you missed video. The DeSilva+Phillips Dealmakers Summit 2013 was held in New York City at New World Stages on February 7th. The Dealmakers Summit (an invitation only annual event) was held at New World Stages in New York City. Hundreds of the top dealmakers in the Media, Advertising & Marketing Services, Information Services, Education and Healthcare Communications Industries attend to discuss the latest trends in M&A.
This video was produced using MovieMaker by Maria Benevenga, Senior Design Specialist and Creative Extraordinaire.

For more information about this event, visit the article posted last week titled " Desilva+Phillips hosts 11th Annual DEALMAKERS SUMMIT - You should have been there! See what you missed!"

Hghlights of the various “One to One” interviews with key speakers, leading executives and top dealmakers will be posted soon. So stay tuned for more.





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Other Resources:
► Desilva + Phillips
► AMRinternational
► Fortune
► News Corporation
► The Wall Street Journal
► Bloomberg
► The Street
► BBC Worldwide America
► [x+1]
► InfoCommerce Group
► ABRY Partners
► PR Newswire
► Ipreo
► Forrester Research
► Time Warner Investments
► Accenture
► Columbia Journalism School
► Thompson Reuters Digital
► NBC
► Columbia University
► Droga5
► Comcast Ventures
► Matterhorn
► LexisNexis
► Kaplan
► Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
► Amplify
► McGraw Hill Education
► WorkMarket
► Empirical Media ; Jack Griffin Empirical Media, CEO "On the "4 Building Blocks of B-2-B"
► American Express Publishing Company
► Penton Media
► Centaur Media
► Thuzio
► Nomad Editions
► Peoples Education
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Desilva + Phillips hosts 11th Annual DEALMAKERS SUMMIT - You should have been there! See what you missed!

“Media is moving from offline dollars, to digital dimes, to mobile pennies ... That’s where I think all of us has to worry about … it’s happening faster than anybody can imagine … that leads to the other kind of competition - audience … you have to have global optimized for tablet, smart phones … must have a good product and a responsive audience regardless of your delivery system ... there are no shortcuts.”
~~ Elisabeth DeMarse, Chairman, CEO and President, The Street , first group panel, "Adapting to Changing Media Platforms," at Desilva + Phillips DEALMAKERS SUMMIT

The "see what you missed video" montage of the DeSilva+Phillips Dealmakers Summit 2013 is here!

On Thursday, February 7, 2013, top dealmakers in the Media, Advertising & Marketing Services, Information Services, Education and Healthcare Communications Industries gathered to attend the Desilva + Phillips Dealmakers Summit at New World Stages in New York City.



The annual event, 11th year, explores trends driving deal outlooks for the media and information industries and insights on key sources, challenges and solutions for the year ahead. Other relevant content was discussed along with unparalleled networking throughout.


Daniel McCarthy, Partner, DeSilva + Phillips began with an introduction presentation “The 2013 Deal Outlook: Trends and Opportunities,” and introduced Chairman and Founder of AMRinternational, Denzil Rankine, next up to the podium.

Rankine’s presentation “The next challenge in B2B information: The shift beyond workflow to business solutions” reviewed the conclusions of research collaborated by his company and Desilva + Phillips. The new white paper was released later in the day, and focuses on media strategy and the B2B information framework.

“As a journalist I felt I had to do my homework before, and I talked to a lot of people about Robert and a lot of superlatives came out … smartest editor … most perspective man at the table…often wittiest…I don’t think there is any other CEO in the world who can write a memo like Robert Thompson…I'm looking forward to his first letter to the shareholders.”
~~ Stephanie Mehta, Keynote Interviewer
Executive Editor, Fortune. Quoted at Desilva + Phillips DEALMAKERS SUMMIT introducing Keynote Speaker, Robert Thompson, CEO, News Corporation

Stephanie Mehta, Executive Editor, Fortune, keynote interviewer opened the summit with an introduction to Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corporation.

The discussion focused on the deal outlook for 2013 and aspects of trends and opportunities.

Mehta shared major aspects of Thomson's stellar career with the audience -- intellect journalist, top editor for major publications -- before his latest tenure as CEO of News Corporation and then opened with a discussion pertaining to the recent news of News Corporation splitting into two companies -- entertainment and publishing groups. Thomson believes sharing assets and content across all platforms to be one of the most important aspects for the publishing company with investment, opportunity and growth added benefits for both publishing and entertainment businesses.

The first group panel, “Adapting to Changing Media Platforms” was moderated by Russell Adams, Editor – Markets, The Wall Street Journal. Adams brings extensive experience as a media reporter and has a reputation for asking interesting and thought provoking questions.

Panelists Paul Bascobert, COO, Bloomberg Media; Elisabeth DeMarse, Chairman, CEO and President, The Street, Inc. and Ann Sarnoff, COO, BBC Worldwide America. Adams’ opening question -- “What types of competitors specifically and generally are you most worried about now that have emerged recently that keep you up at night” -- produced great answers.

Interesting takeaways were the consensus that programmatic ad buying is here to stay but indoor and outdoors media channels are crucial -- must reach consumers in all parts of the day -- for example, reach consumers indoors beginning with waking up in the morning to heading outdoors to work and throughout the entire day and night.



For those of you who weren’t able to attend this outstanding event, this article will be updated regularly with updated highlights of the various panel discussions and disruption segments. Also included will be a “see what you missed” video featuring highlights of the event and “One to One” interviews with key speakers, leading executives and top dealmakers.





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Other Resources (updated throughout the day)
► Desilva + Phillips
► AMRinternational
► Fortune
► News Corporation
► The Wall Street Journal
► Bloomberg
► The Street
► BBC Worldwide America
► [x+1]
► InfoCommerce Group
► ABRY Partners
► PR Newswire
► Ipreo
► Forrester Research
► Time Warner Investments
► Accenture
► Columbia Journalism School
► Thompson Reuters Digital
► NBC
► Columbia University
► Droga5
► Comcast Ventures
► Matterhorn
► LexisNexis
► Kaplan
► Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
► Amplify
► McGraw Hill Education
► WorkMarket
► Empirical Media
► American Express Publishing Company
► Penton Media
► Centaur Media
► Thuzio
► Nomad Editions
► Peoples Education
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Matt Lauer, reaches the BIG 055 on December 30th: Happy Birthday to you!

" We fine broadcasters for using four-letter words, we say that's offensive. So is it offensive to call for the assassination of a world leader? "
~~ Matt Lauer
American television journalist best known as the host of NBC's The Today Show since 1996

According to many in the NYC streets, Matt Lauer has been naughty to his former co-anchor, Ann Curry. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't celebrate his big 055 Birthday! Happy 55th birthday to Matt Lauer, American television journalist best known as the host of NBC's The Today Show since 1996. Born Matthew Todd "Matt" Lauer in New York City, (December 30, 1957) to Marilyn Kolmer, a boutique owner, and Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle-company executive. His parents divorced during his youth, and his father died in 1997.

Lauer was married from 1982 until 1989 to a television producer named Nancy Alspaugh. The marriage ended in divorce. From 1989 until 1996, he dated Kristen Gesswein, a television newscaster. They were briefly engaged.

In 1998, he married Annette Roque, a Dutch model known as "Jade." During Roque's pregnancy with their third child in 2006, she and Lauer separated. Although Roque filed for divorce in Manhattan Supreme Court on September 13, 2006, the couple subsequently reconciled.

Lauer became co-host of The Today Show replacing longtime host Bryant Gumbel in early 1997. Prior to that he was a news anchor in New York City and a local talk-show host in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence and Richmond.

"We fire broadcasters for wearing flats with colorful clothes and for having gray hair, we say that's offensive. So would it be offensive to ask Matt Lauer to wear multi-colored, leopard platform stilettos?"
~~ Gloria Buono-Daly American blogger, AllThingsDigitalMarketing.com founder, responsible for photo-editing this wikimedia photo (above left) of Lauer in stilettos.

On the April 5, 2012 program, Lauer announced he had come to terms on a new contract with NBC News that will reportedly pay $25 million annually.
Do you think Lauer should walk a mile in Curry's shoes? Just think of the places he'll go (if he doesn't trip) and of how stiletto-high the Today ratings would go?


On June 28, 2012, Matt Lauer's then co-host Ann Curry, announced her controversial departure from the today show and it was reported that Matt Lauer was 100 percent behind Ann Curry's ousting. Also it was widely rumored that he fathered a child with Today show coworker, Natalie Morales.
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Additional resources:
♦Facebook photo: Lauer in stilettos
♦Matt Lauer criticized for saying "indian giver" on Today Show
♦ Matt Lauer TODAY Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Coverage Causes Upset on Twitter
♦ Matt Lauer cleans up the Hamptons
♦ Gloria Buono-Daly writer profile on Examiner



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It's official, Google's B-Day is September 27th: Happy 14th Google

It is official. Google's official B-day is September 27th, according to Google. Surprise to Google who turned 14 years old today (not 9/4/2012 as many of us originally anticipated).

Last year Google didn't post its very own Happy 13th B-Day doodle so I had created one. This year, I do notice they have a really cool animated doodle this year.

See the animated google doodle in action.

So let's all celebrate Google’s B-Day.

Ever since Google was born (September 4, 1998), there have been whirlwinds of internet momentum, controversy, and innovation.

Google doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon. Google has created and acquired so much.

Of the total 116 acquisitions Google has to date, 33.6% were from the past two B-Day cycles, the most recent B-Day cycle, from September 5th 2011 to September 4th 2012, Google made 15 acquisitions (Google made 24 acquisitions the previous B-Day cycle, Sept. 5, 2010 to Sept 4, 2011.)

Interestingly, from February 12, 2001 through August 30, 20010 (12 B-Day cycles) Google has made a total of 78 acquisitions, on average, roughly 6 acquisitions per year.

Below is a listing of acquisitions since it’s 13th B-Day, (which many originally thought was Sept. 4, 2011):


● Sept.   7, 2011 – Zave Networks, digital coupons for Google Offers program
● Sept.   8, 2011 – Zagat, restaurant reviews for Google Maps and Places programs
● Sept. 19, 2011 – DailyDeal, daily deals for Google Offers program in
● Oct.   11, 2011 – SocialGrapple, social media analytics for Google+ Plus
● Nov. 10, 2011 – Apture, instantaneous search for Google Search
● Nov. 14, 2011 – Katango, social circle organizer for Google+ Plus
● Dec.   9, 2011 – RightsFlow, music rights management for YouTube
● Dec. 13, 2011 – Clever Sense, mobile apps for Google Android
● Mar. 16, 2012 – Milk, Inc., social network Google+ Plus
● Apr.   2, 2012 – TxVia, online payment for Google Wallet
● Jun.   4, 2012 – Meebo, instant messaging for Google+ Plus
● Jun.   5, 2012 – Quickoffice, productivity suite for Google Docs
● Jul.  20, 2012 – Sparrow, mobile apps for Gmail Google
● Aug.  1, 2012 – Wildfire Interactive, social media marketing for Google, Google+ Plus
● Aug. 13, 2012 – Frommer’s, travel guides to enhance Zagat for Google Maps and Places programs

To think it took Larry Page and Sergey Brin less than 2 years to incorporate Google -- in 1996, both were PhD students at Stanford University, working on a research project when Yahoo! and AOL were the major search engines.

Fourteen years later Google has embarked on hundreds, if not thousands of innovations, ventures and acquisitions. Below is a brief timeline of my most notable Google milestones (note clicking on the table below, and then once again, will enlarge for viewing):

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American thriller/horror film, Fatal Attraction, turns 25

Ever since the American psycho-thriller/horror movie “Fatal Attraction,” was released on September 18, 1987, it became an instant cult and went on to become the second highest grossing film of 1987 in the United States and the highest grossing film of the year worldwide.

The movie starred Michael Douglas (as Dan Gallagher), Glenn Close as (Alex Forrester) and Anne Archer (as Ellen Gallagher).

The film was directed by Adrian Lyne, and was about a married man (Douglas) who had a weekend affair with an single career woman (Close) who becomes miserably obsessed and jealous that her affair was just a fling and that he was a happily married man. Desperate and mortified, she resorts to stalking, blackmailing and even boiling his daughter’s pet bunny.

Critics were so enthusiastic about the film it became a cult. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including that for Best Picture, Best Actress for Close and Best Supporting Actress for Archer.

The provocative film created much controversy and discussion about the risks of infidelity. Feminists had major gender issues, particularly because of the films association of a successful, single, career woman, Alex (played by Close) as being profoundly psychotic yet depicting the careless married man who lacked compassion and responsibility, Dan (played by Douglas), as a loving father, husband who was just a normal guy.

The film also had an effect on men. In a 2008 Glenn Close interview, she mentioned that men still come up to her and say “You scared the shit out of me; Sometimes they say, you saved my marriage,” said Close.

Fatal Attraction grossed US$156.6 million and was the second highest-grossing film of 1987 behind Three Men and a Baby.

Interestingly, the original ending of the film was so impressive and depressing that it received poor feedback during pre-release viewing that the final scene was completely reshot in 3 weeks.

Photos courtesy of Wikimedia.org unless otherwise noted.

Other resources:

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/fatal-attraction-25-inside-ending-didn-t-see-223532708.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Attraction

https://www.google.com/search?q=fatal+attraction

Happy 46th B-Day StarTrek! Google celebrates with unique doodle

Happy Anniversary to Star Trek who turned 46 years old today (9/7/2012). Born September 7, 1966, Star Trek, the most progressive American science fiction entertainment series, was created by Gene Roddenberry. See photo below left of Roddenberry (courtesy of Wikimedia).

To commemorate Star Trek's B-day, Google celebrated with an array of unique "star-techie" interactive doodles. When mousing over a particular area of the doodle, you hear all of the inter-galactic sounds such as alarms, door rings, alerts, etc. Below is the doodle posted about 8 hours ago (7 a.m. EDT).

The original name, Star Trek, was later renamed “Star Trek: The Original Series”.

This was done largely because there was a solid audience and many spin-offs were produced which included the likes of Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. Google celebrates Star Trek’s 46th this with a wonderful doodle.

Creator Roddenberry used westerns such as “Wagon Train” as inspiration, along with references of the novel Gulliver's Travels.

The original iconic Star Trek emblem photo is pictured to the right. (photo courtesy of Wikimedia).

The original Star Trek followed the interstellar adventures of James T. Kirk and the crew of an exploration vessel of a 23rd century galactic "United Federation of Planets"—the Starship Enterprise.


The original Star Trek series began production under Desilu Productions. With the merger of Desilu into Paramount Pictures, that studio assumed outright ownership of the Star Trek franchise.

In 2006, rights transferred to CBS when it took Paramount's TV division as part of its split from Paramount owner Viacom.

For more information visit the original Star Trek Web site at : http://www.startrek.com/page/star-trek-the-original-series

Happy 14th B-Day Google!

Surprise to Google who turned 14 years old today (9/4/2012). Last year Google didn't post its very own Happy 13th B-Day doodle! Since I couldn't find one on the internet, I thought you'd enjoy last years "Google Rocks 13th B-Day" doodle rendition (below), didn't have time to create one this year.

So let's all celebrate Google’s B-Day.

Ever since Google was born (September 4, 1998), there have been whirlwinds of internet momentum, controversy, and innovation.

Google doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon. Google has created and acquired so much since it’s 13th B-Day.

Of the total 116 acquisitions Google has to date, 33.6% were from the past two B-Day cycles, the most recent B-Day cycle, from September 5th 2011 to September 4th 2012, Google made 15 acquisitions (Google made 24 acquisitions the previous B-Day cycle, Sept. 5, 2010 to Sept 4, 2011.)

Interestingly, from February 12, 2001 through August 30, 20010 (12 B-Day cycles) Google has made a total of 78 acquisitions, on average, roughly 6 acquisitions per year.

Below is a listing of acquisitions since it’s 13th B-Day, Sept. 4, 2011:


● Sept.   7, 2011 – Zave Networks, digital coupons for Google Offers program
● Sept.   8, 2011 – Zagat, restaurant reviews for Google Maps and Places programs
● Sept. 19, 2011 – DailyDeal, daily deals for Google Offers program in
● Oct.   11, 2011 – SocialGrapple, social media analytics for Google+ Plus
● Nov. 10, 2011 – Apture, instantaneous search for Google Search
● Nov. 14, 2011 – Katango, social circle organizer for Google+ Plus
● Dec.   9, 2011 – RightsFlow, music rights management for YouTube
● Dec. 13, 2011 – Clever Sense, mobile apps for Google Android
● Mar. 16, 2012 – Milk, Inc., social network Google+ Plus
● Apr.   2, 2012 – TxVia, online payment for Google Wallet
● Jun.   4, 2012 – Meebo, instant messaging for Google+ Plus
● Jun.   5, 2012 – Quickoffice, productivity suite for Google Docs
● Jul.  20, 2012 – Sparrow, mobile apps for Gmail Google
● Aug.  1, 2012 – Wildfire Interactive, social media marketing for Google, Google+ Plus
● Aug. 13, 2012 – Frommer’s, travel guides to enhance Zagat for Google Maps and Places programs

To think it took Larry Page and Sergey Brin less than 2 years to incorporate Google -- in 1996, both were PhD students at Stanford University, working on a research project when Yahoo! and AOL were the major search engines.

Fourteen years later Google has embarked on hundreds, if not thousands of innovations, ventures and acquisitions. Below is a brief timeline of my most notable Google milestones (note clicking on the table below, and then once again, will enlarge for viewing):

This chart (as of last year, 9/4/2011) has not been updated with the latest additions listed above. Will try to update soon. Bookmark this blog and visit frequently. Thanks!