P&G's CEO has suddenly discovered that advertising on facebook and Google can be a substitute for spending money on TV, Billboards and other forms of advertising. Is search and social media the new ways to reach billions of people?

Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg claimed in Davos that Facebook created 450,000 jobs around the world. Do they really compare to some other eco-system creating companies like Microsoft, Oracle or SAP? What's the price?

Google provided the Android Operating System as an open source OS, especially for smartphones and tablets. Ever wonder how they were planning to make money? They were wondering also, and you may not like the answer if you an Android phone or tablet user!

Today I looked at my facebook timeline and published it also! It is fascinating for me personally. But I could see some pluses to this and some potential drawbacks also!

Google has started placing your profile and your last few entries in Google+ as the first search results if you are a Google+ member. So if someone is googling you that's the first thing they will see about you! Be careful about what you place in there!

Facebook seems all set to go public in May 2012! How well this does, along with how well Europe recovers from its economic illness these days, will indicate how well the world as a whole will do economically this year!

Business Glossary 8.7 has an improved user interface over previous versions and something to get used to is the new way to add items and stewards.

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas happening this week (Jan 10th through 13th) is seeing an invasion of Ultrabooks - lighter laptops that weigh only 3.3 lbs or so and can be "Instant On". They costs around $800 today. Question is - will they replace laptops or tablets?

Even a decade or two ago, people in various countries had stereotypes of who the people really were in others. Now people across the globe have the option of interacting with each other everyday with YouTube, facebook, Google+ and other social media, leading to greater global understanding!

David Gelernter was one of the unfortunate victims that the Unabomber, David Kaczynski targeted with a bomb. Luckily David survived and is continuing his seminal work on how to organize Information in a computer or online! Lifestreams and Worldstreams go way beyond Facebook's Timeline!

"It focuses you on the best possible solution, freeing you to take risks that you might have not otherwise taken"

Social networking use for companies is a different beast than the usual marketing and advertising media companies are used to! They need the help of younger workers to teach them about the dos and don'ts of Corporate use of Social Networking!

On the heels of the wildly popular Top 10 Technology anti-predictions for 2011, I thought this could be the perfect time to reprise the same for 2012! Please do your anti-predictions too, in the comments!

Larry Summers lost his job as President of Harvard University when he suggested that women are not as good in Science as men. Baroness Susan Greenfield in Britain suggested that women are less intelligent than men and that she said was the reason for lack of more women scientists and in positions of power in the scientific community. Results of IQ tests are cited as evidence but an intriguing explanation shows that all differences adjusted for the typical average height of men and women may show no diference of any significance. Interesting discussions but the conclusions still seem elusive!

There seems to be a concerted effort to promote women in STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and recently there is a spate of scholarships available! Grace Murray Hopper is a great inspiration, role model for those interested in a career in computer science! And she had some great quotes!

Going back the years I can still recall my first BPM implementation. It caused, on the technical side, a hard time for sure. You know how it is when you deal with a new tool.

At least in the U.S, more women get degrees, associates', bachelors', masters' and doctorates' than men! But it seems to take someone in the family to be a professional first before this happens! Interesting statistic!

IBM has announced the upgraded version of Information Server WorkGroup Edition and adds Business Glossary to the bundle for the cheapest complete Information Server bundle around.

If you are a fan of Mel Brooks's movie Blazing Saddles like I am , you may remember that clownish villain, Hedley Lamarr! This story is about Hedy Lamarr, beautiful woman, inventor and holder of a patent for Frequency Hopping! There was an interesting connection between the two!

When it comes to business dashboards, the gauge chart is a case of indulgence without restraint. Since it is the season of indulgence, perhaps even this chart is worth another look.