2014 has been a big year ? between ?Let It Go,? Flappy Bird, and Kim K trying (and, thankfully, failing) to break the Internet, we?ve lived through some memorable moments. And because social media is so tied to our day-to-day lives, we?ve also lived through some memorable social media campaigns.

If you believe Thomas Kuhn?s theory outlined in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, then the pace of change happens slowly at first and then all at once.

SoundCloud, a popular music and audio-sharing service, is in discussions to raise about $150 million in new financing at a valuation that is expected to top $1.2 billion, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations.

BlackPhone, the post-Snowden, pro-privacy Android smartphone joint venture between secure comms company Silent Circle and phone maker Geeksphone, has confirmed it will be adding an app store to its PrivatOS in an update early next year.

One of the first casualties in any economic squeeze is training. But those who have lived through many year-end budget cuts emphasize that this is a rookie move. Cutting training for short-tem cost savings actually costs money in the long run.

Much of my consulting practice centers on working with software-based companies. But I have substantial hardware market experience as well, and I also work with hardware companies.

HP threw a curveball when it announced a surprisingly good-looking smartwatch earlier this year, the Michael Bastian-designed Chronowing.

Reddit is a real asset for any startup or startup founder. It will provide support, ideas, business and will help you establish your brand. Let?s explain how?

Update: after I wrote this it emerged that Google Maps on iOS has only around 100m active users, out of a little over 400m iPhones and 650m total iOS devices in use today. This points both to the power of defaults and to the fact that, as I suggest here, maps in general probably aren’t as universal a use case as one might think.

Companies in healthcare IT have been percolating for the past five-plus years. Now, with the regulatory climate evolving and big companies like Apple getting more serious about health and wellness, it looks like 2015 could be when it?s all going to pop.