If you Google "Antonio Lucio CMO Visa", as I did in preparation for my conversation with him next week at CM Summit, the first several links which show up are headlined : " Google Hater - Visa CMO Antonio Lucio Slams Giant.". The headline isn't really reflective of Lucio's views on Google, but there you have it. Key to that is social, Lucio told me. MORE >>

One of the best new features in Apple’s updated iWork suite for iPhone and iPad is the ability to control a Keynote presentation on your iPad (probably ideally connected to a larger screen) using your iPhone. Here’s what you need to do to get it working: Open the Keynote app on the iOS device you want to use to display your presentation. MORE >>

Here is an interesting study by IDG that found that cloud computing is enabling a more central role for IT in shaping business strategy and driving innovation. The research polled 200 IT managers in the U.S. and Europe. Half feel that the cloud is contributing to this change. However this transition will set up challenges.     MORE >>

Successfully coordinating meetings over email can be tricky, particularly if attendees are located in other cities, or even other timezones. Meetin.gs is a collaborative tool that is hoping to make organizing meetings easier. They can fill out their profile using data from their Facebook account if they wish, but it’s not required. Meetin.gs MORE >>

While Microsoft could not have been pleased it lost a key sales executive, at least Everson was going to a friend of sorts: Microsoft owns a chunk of Facebook stock, and has been busy leveraging Facebook data into its upstart search engine Bing. Everson and I spoke last month as a prelude to our onstage conversation next week at the CM Summit. MORE >>