James O’Brien writing for Mashable shares how technology is affecting the events business. In it, O’Brien shares thoughts from Brian Solis’ popular presentation at Elevate in NY, which was delivered to an audience of events organizers. Events and event planning are evolving into new, dynamic formats. Old models are falling away and technology is giving both planners and event participants an opportunity to grow and revisit the underlying ideas about how event spaces work. “It’s been fascinating watching just how…

USA TODAY’s Jefferson Graham interviewed Brian Solis to get his views on whether #UBERGATE would give Lyft a lift. Brian explained that while Uber projects itself as an aggressive, combative force to take on taxi unions and city governments in making its alternative service available, Lyft is “super friendly and warming” in its approach, says Brian Solis, an analyst with the Altimeter Group. It won’t catch up to Uber, which is valued at $30 billion, but it will get it…

Serena Saito at Bloomberg is taking a unique point of view on the #UBERGATE controversy by looking into the pros and cons of UBER hiring a senior executive such as Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg or Google’s Eric Schmidt. Saito contacted Shawn Carolan, a partner at Menlo Ventures, Paolo Parigi, an assistant professor in sociology at Stanford University, as well as Brian Solis. “Uber has earned some frat culture publicity, and could benefit from hiring a woman on the board or an…

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images  CNBC’s Cadie Thompson went behind the emotionally charged #UBERGATE to understand the effect of senior vice president Emil Michael’s gaffe about “digging up dirt” on journalists with an opposing point of view. Thompson interviewed a series of experts tracking the situation including Brian Solis. Here’s an excerpt… Uber is in hot water with the media again, and it could be a tipping point of sorts for the company. The ride-sharing app’s latest…