Tag Archives: disruptive innovation

WhatsApp is the future; Facebook is history…

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Gary R Schirr

tl;dr Facebook was the huge winner of Web 2.0 but doesn’t really fit the mobile age. Despite the advantage of a huge user base, the primary functions of FB — photo and video sharing or text communicating — are better performed on smartphones by specialized apps developed for mobile. The purchases of Instagram and now WhatsApp is an acknowledgement that Facebook itself shares that vision! Continue reading →

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Is Facebook about to be DISRUPTED?

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

Users spending hours a day messaging with friends are not using cellphone minutes or viewing Facebook ads. The threat is not just hypothetical – a study shows that mobile apps are already more used than either Facebook or Twitter in Japan and Korea. Continue reading →

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