While there will be an option now to boot right into the Desktop, the return of the Start Button appears to be more of  facade or a way to retrain frustrated users. Although there will be a Start button in the lower left hand corner (show below), it will not launch a traditional Start menu, rather the Metro interface will pop up essentially making the Start button as useful as the Windows key found on your keyboard.

In my opinion these are great compromises to try to resolve these issues. I believe Microsoft really should’ve done a better job at trying to change people’s habits and take a less abrupt approach initially. They are convinced in their vision of how important touch will be for future devices, hopefully they don’t burn too many bridges along the way.

Windows 8.1 is expected to be released around August 2013.

What do you think of Windows 8? What would you change?

First of all, Bitcoin is a real currency in which you can buy in to, sell and purchase goods and services with. Some of the benefits of Bitcoin are that transactions are instant, can be accepted anywhere around the world and generally have no processing fees.

Bitcoin is known as an open-source online commodity. In it’s exchange it uses a peer-to-peer encryption over the internet and has no central governing authority. The servers that create the currency are called bitcoin miners or bitminers.

As many speculated and feared, a Bitcoin collapse was very possible. As they say, greed turns to fear and with the bubble of the bitcoin driving this greed, it didn’t take much for the pendulum to drastically shift in the other direction.

At it’s peak a bitcoin was valued at around $260, but drastically and dramaticly lost half it’s value. Here is an view of the recent crash by Real Time Bitcoin Data Services.

Here is a video explaining more about the Bitcoin, it’s rise and crash.

To learn more about bicoin visit their official site:

http://bitcoin.org/en/

There are several ways to make it to the top but try not to focus as much on “tricks” as the real question you should be asking is “How do I EARN a top spot on Google?”.

You EARN a top spot by understanding how Google indexes and identifies quality and relevant content and producing quality content that people want to read and share across Social Media and link back to and refer to across the web on other sites.

Although we won’t go into ALL of the many ways to optimize your content for Google, we’ll start with the most important things.

Here is a checklist for beginners trying to get to the top or first page of Google by priority:

1. Title Tags

Make your title tags (The titles of your pages on your website) short and sweet. Keep them under 60 characters, carefully choosing the most relevant keywords that people will be searching for.

2. Quality Content

Make sure you have good quality content. Pages and posts that have great title tags but very short, poorly written content will not rank well.

3. Shareability

Social sharing raises the relevancy and value of your content to google, boosting your ranking higher as it sees your content has importance and relevancy for certain terms. If you create good quality content that Google can index easily, people will visit, enjoy and want to share.

Make sure you have convenient Social Sharing buttons for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest at the very least. You may consider adding LinkedIn too if applicable to your target audience. If you include too many share buttons, it may make it confusing, messy and hard to share.

What about linkbuilding?

Although it is important to have quality, relevant sites linking to you, it is my opinion that people get bogged too far into getting links and not enough attention is paid to the first three items above. The other problem is that people may be tempted to purchase links and settle for low quality links which can severely damage your Search Engine Rankings.

Let the links come naturally

The emerging linkbuilding philosophy is that build quality and optimized content and the links will come.

Not so bad, huh?

Google isn’t trying to trick you or make it hard for you to rank well. Google is trying to give searchers the best search experience possible and give them the best, most relevant results.

HTC also unveiled a Facebook-centric Smartphone built on Google’s Android OS and on an HTC handset at it’s Menlo Park campus today.

“Today we’re finally gonna talk about that facebook phone” Zuckerberg said in his opening monologue. ”We’re going to talk about how you can transform your android phone into a great social phone”

“Our mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Open means having access to information and being able to learn about the world around you.”

Although the idea of “Facebook Phones” is not considered a threat to the Smartphone juggernauts such as Apple & Samsung hardware-wise, the usability and familiarity of Facebook features could entice many looking for a mid range, affordable smartphone.

The long rumored ‘Facebook Home’ experience brings Facebook to forefront of your Smartphone. Much more than a custom ‘launcher’, this interface has deep integration with your Facebook, Friends, Activities and features only found in Facebook.

As Mark says “The phone is centered around People not Apps.”

The first Android handsets that will be supported will be the HTC One, One X, Samsung S3, Note II, Galaxy S4.

Facebook Home will be available from the Google Play Store on Android phones on April 12th (US only initially) and eventually on Android tablets, Windows Phones and on the iPhone & iPad.

Here are the features of Facebook Home:

• ‘Chat heads’ instant personal messaging and grouping
• ‘Cover feed’ lock screen, a visually rich news feed before you even unlock
• Standard Android App launcher
• Quick messaging with ‘Chat heads’
• Unified messaging with ‘Chat head’ interface for standard text messaging Facebook Groups and Facebook messages

HTC First

First standing for “Social First”. The first Smartphone to have Facebook Home preloaded.

Here is what we know about the hardware of the HTC First, the first “Facebook Phone”:

• 4.3inch display with 720HD resolution
• Snapdragon S4 Dual Core processor
• 1GB RAM
• 5MP rear and 1.6MP Front Facing Camera.
• Will come in Black, White, Red & Sky Blue.

It will be available exclusively on AT&T on April 12th for shockingly, only $99. Available for Preorder today.

 Images via Ars Technica

Here is an excellent Walkthrough for Bioshock Infinite on PC / Xbox 360 & PS3.

Click the icon (Show bleow) to see all chapters in the playlist.

Via ‘The RadBrad’

Tip 1: Optimize your Title

Include Keywords in your title

You essentially want to name your video exactly what people will be searching for in YouTube / Google. Sometimes you’ll only want to include some keywords because of the nature of your video, but this will dramatically increase your viewership.

Don’t “Keyword Stuff”

Matching popular search queries will be a plus, but keyword stuffing will decrease the value of ALL of the keywords, so try to be short and concise when including keywords. You probably won’t be able to include all the possible keywords, but make an educated guess as to what CORE keywords will increase chances of people finding your video.

Catchy names make a difference

Although keywords are important for getting your YouTube videos to show up in listings, it’s catchy names that will be the final bit of enticing you’ll need to get people to actually view your video. This is especially important when competing in an highly competitive space where there will be a lot of people with similarly titled videos.

Balance of Core Keywords, Not stuffing and Catchyness

It’s important to take all of the above into consideration and do your best. You won’t always get to the top, but you’ll notice a big uptick in views and interactions over time using these title tips.

Tip 2: Tags

Include Tags

This is another chance at including some keywords to leverage search queries in YouTube & Google. Similarly to a Blog post with Tags, Tags give your content an opportunity to show up for keywords not present in your Title or in a Blog’s case in the content itself.

Don’t include unrelated tags

Including unrelated tags, although may seem like a good strategy to attract a broader audience it can lead people to give your video a thumbs down. This hurts your content because will hurt relevancy for title and keyword terms you chose plus will not show up near the top of videos for people that filter their YouTube results by rating.

Tip 3: Include a good description

Focus on Keywords and Value

A description is not a place to keyword stuff, but it is recommend to include the core keywords somewhere in there. Filling in a solid description will even increase the chances of someone giving your video a thumbs up.

Promote other relevant Videos

This may also be a great place to include a link to another video if it is somewhat relevant, boosting that video’s relevancy even more. It’s essentially like giving the linked video a recommendation or a seal of approval, increasing the value of it.

 In Conclusion

It is important to be thorough in filling in titles, tags and descriptions if you want your video to shine among a world millions of videos. In the end YouTube Optimization and good, relevant content will lead your videos to becoming highly rated, more shared and inevitably raise up all of your efforts over time.

The contest is over. If you didn’t know, YouTube started as an eight year long video contest. Well, it’s time to pick a winner and see if your video was worth all the work.

Google’s annual April Fools attempts to promote GMail at the same time mocking tech update PR. Google creates a New GMail that has all the GMail you love, nothing more or less, only “Bluer”.

See more at http://gmail.com/blue

 Google Maps Unveils “Treasure Mode”

In Fall of 2012, Google discovered an authentic treasure map from the notorious pirate Captain Kidd…

http://goo.gl/m2aSb

Google Nose

It’s the New Scentsation.

Smelling is believing. Forget Google Search, Google introduces the intuitive ‘Google Nose’. Wondering what a certain Spring flower smells like? Google Nose!

http://www.google.com/landing/nose/index.html

Google Levity

It’s time to spice up the even the most boring presentations, e-mails, documents and work days.

Google Fiber Pole

Wait before you take down those old, ugly telephone poles. Cool kids go to the pole.

http://google.com/fiber/poles

Google SCHMICK

Simple Complete House Makeover Internet Conversion Kit.

http://google-au.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/renovate-your-house-on-street-view-with_1.html

Other Notable Google April Fools

• Easter Egg in Google Analytics, visitors from Outer Space
• Google+ App Update, Emoticons (https://plus.google.com/100549881469536411122/posts/6cbXigttnUL)

Thanks for reading, post your finds below in the comments…

Despite the considerable dilemmas around copyrights, patents and other intellectual property and piracy concerns, the average Joe and Joanne are able to share and create works of art and practical 3D printed models right from their home office.

The above video breaks down the top 3 3D printers. Here are the details below:

Up! Mini

From 3D System  ($1000)

The Up! Mini 3D printer is both easy and efficient, but price may be a bit out of reach.

Pros

• Fairly easy setup
• Fast, clean prints
• Great software

Cons

• leveling print bed can be difficult

Cube Mini

From PP3DP ($899 MSRP)

The Cube Mini 3D printer is a good quality printer, with easy setup but isn’t as configurable as others.

Pros

• High quality design
• Fast & accurate
• Easy setup

Cons

• More exspensive than others
• Not very configurable

Solidoodle 2 “Expert” 3D Printer

(Solidoodle 3 recently released)

From Solidoodle ($499)

The Solidoodle 2 3D printer is very configurable and at a great price, but harder to setup and configure for a novice user.

Pros

• Very configurable
• Open source
• Very reasonably priced

Cons

• Configurable, but harder to setup than others
• Difficult setup in general

For more detailed information on these 3D printers, read this article:

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/The-Definitive-3D-Printer-Roundup-Cubify-Up-Solidoodle/?page=1

Noteworthy Hardware specs:

• Large 5 inch  Full HD(1080P) Super AMOLED screen
• 13 megapixel camera
• Lighter and thinner than the Galaxy S3
• Ability to control your TV (even if it’s not a Samsung) using the IR Blaster technology and accompanying App
• micro SD slot with up to 64GB of storage
• 2,600mAh battery

Noteworthy Software specs:

• Multiview, Multi-Window Mode (Formerly exclusive to the Galaxy Note 2)
• AirView (hovering finger gestures)
• Wave & Wipe Navigation using camera sensor
• Group Play, allowing people to share data, play multiplayer games via Bluetooth or NFC
• S Health, next gen pedometer and health sensor software built-in
• Runs the latest Android Jelly Bean 2.2 OS

Key Lime Pie

The S4 may be one of the first phones to get Android Key Lime Pie as Google’s expected to announce their next generation operating system at Google I/O on May 15th.

 The Full Samsung Galaxy S4 UNPACKED 2013 Presentation Key Note:

Here is the nearly 1 hour presentation by Samsung. Not your average Gadget Key note, a variety show part Steve Jobs, part Saturday Night Live and the Oscars.

Via Samsung, to learn more, visit the Official Samsung Galaxy S4 site.

A Responsive designed site has the ability to adapt to any screen size, whether it be Smartphone, Tablet, Laptop, Desktop or any other internet enabled device. You aren’t creating separate designs or Apps as done before, but one design that contains code enabling it to change based on the proportions and resolution of your screen.

Here is a quick tutorial on Designing Responsively.

What is Responsive Design?

Navigation Menu to Dropdown Menu For Smaller Screens

Using Media Queries

FYI: Both HipVine.com & Services.HipVine.com have responsive designs. Check out those two designs and shrink your window to watch them adapt.

Videos via Awful Media

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It all begins with the Dynabook, although never a real product, a glimpse at what would come 40 years later. This notebook / tablet concept never came to the market and was created by scientist Alan Kay in 1968. The technology needed for this product did not exist at the time but Alan envisioned being able to use this in classrooms to gather information from remote servers.

Also check out the History of Smartphones

Here are my top 5 most essential Podcasts, the ones that keep me ahead of the curve.

Honorable Mention:

Six Pixels of Separation

Mitch Joel of Twist Image brings marketing and communication insights from the edge.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/six-pixels-separation-marketing/id157616278

5. The BeanCast

Bob Knorpp brings his weekly marketing round table to itunes with the best from marketing, advertising, interactive and public relations industries.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/beancast-marketing-podcast/id277578731

4. Internet Marketing Podcast

From “across the pond” Andy White of SiteVisability brings you the latest news and advice, while having top notch guests such as Seth Godin, Tim Feriss and Avinash Kaushik chime in on the latest in the marketing world.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/internet-marketing-insider/id168492891

3. SEO: 101

Ross Dunn & John Carcutt break down the latest SEO tips, tricks in a to the point and incredibly helpful strategy show.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/seo-101/id280183060

2. Marketing Over Coffee

Bean town’s local gurus, John Wall & Christoper Penn bring you the latest trends, information and tactics in a short and sweet marketer’s marketing podcast.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-over-coffee/id251299460

1. E-Webstyle: Unknown Secrets of Internet Marketing

Chris Burres & Charles Lewis (The SEO Rapper) bring you a primarily SEO focused, well rounded Marketing Review in which they tackle the latest Marketing strategies and answer the toughest listener questions.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/seo-podcast-unknown-secrets/id303672420

Do you have a favorite Marketing podcast that didn’t make the list? Mention it below:

Authorship will allow you to take credit and link up with content you have written. Another enhancement from using authorship markup is that your picture from your Google+ profile will show up in Search results, giving your posts extra visibility.

Here is an introduction and discussion on working with Structured data such as Rich Snippets and Authorship with Dan Petrovic of DejanSEO and friends in a recent Google Hangout.

With Goal Conversion Tracking from Google Analytics you’ll be able to track things like how many people subscribed to your newsletter or how many people bought your product. After you can track who did what, you can track how they got there and a number of other details about your customers and subscribers.

Video Via Marketing Sheriff

We have a great 23+ piece part that will take you through all missions and give you all the hints, tricks, tips and maybe even some cheats to survive the island.

You can scroll through the playlist by clicking the icon on the video as shown in the figure below:

This XBOX 360, PS3 & PC Far Cry 3 Walkthrough covers the following Missions:

• Make A Break For It
• Down In Amanaki Town
• Harvest The Jungle
• Secure The Outpost
• Mushrooms In The Deep
• The Medusa’s Call
• Playing The Spoiler
• Prison Break-In // Prison Escape
• Island Port Hotel
• Keeping Busy // The Social Club (Part 1)
• Meet Citra
• Bad Side of Town
• Kick the Hornet’s Nest
• A Man Named Hoyt
• Saving Oliver // The Social Club (Part 2)
• Piece of the Past
• Down in the Docks
• The Motherlode
• Lin Cong I Presume
• Unhappy Reunion // The Social Club (Part 3)
• This Knife’s For You
• Ambush
• Warrior Rescue Service
• New Rite of Passage
• Payback
• Citra’s Favor
• Fly South
• Three Blind Mice
• Doppelganger
• Triple Decker
• Defusing the Situation
• Deepthroat
• All In
• Paint It Black
• Black Gold
• Aced in the Hole (Last Manual Save)
• Betting Against the House
• The Doctor Is Out
• Hard Choices

Via The Red Brad

Let’s examine the common language around getting your site seen on Google and other major Search Engines:

SEO – Search Engine Optimization

Pros:

It’s probably the most direct and simple way to explain what most people want, which is to organically rank high in Search Engines by optimizing your website based on what Google’s algorhythm values for you to rank high for the terms you want.

Cons:

The term “SEO” for some has a shady reputation for being limited to link building, buying links, spamming and even hacking.

SEM – Search Engine Marketing

Pros:

Search Engine Marketing is a broader term that can encompasses many Marketing strategies focused on Search including PPC (Google Adwords) AND Optimizing your site for Organic high visibility.

Cons:

Some may view SEM as being closer to the Advertising department than part of your Web Development. Traditionally this term has not necessarily encompassed Search Engine Optimization techniques and has focused more on Paid strategies such as Google Adwords and other PPC programs.

SXP – Search Experience Optimization

Matt Cutts offers a new term.

Pros:

A much “softer” term that focuses on the user rather than the goal. This term allows people to consider many aspects of the Search Engine experience and can encompass an expanding number of ways relevant customers can be led to you.

Cons:

Marketers may have trouble marketing their services to people who are focused on the bottom line and will want to use a term that is bit more focused on the Business value rather than Consumer value .

Ironically, the Acronym just isn’t SEO friendly in the relevant way.

Conclusion

Matt Cutts concludes that he believes SEO will probably stick around as the predominant term for Marketing Search visibility strategies. The key is to identify and educate the public that there are both “White hat” and “Black hat” SEO strategies and like anything else there is always a gray area to be aware of.

So do you think SEO should change it’s name? If so, to what?

Here is a great XBOX 360, PS3 and PC Walkthrough by “The Rad Brad”.

To browse through the gameplay tutorial by Mission, select the playlist as indicated in the following image:

Content Marketing is essentially the creation and sharing of content to build brand awareness, interest and loyalty. Many Marketing professionals refer to Content marketing as both the oldest AND newest form of Marketing.

Telling a  story through creating content to a potential customer has been in practice since the dawn of the Marketing industry. Now people are starting to pull away from focusing so much on a Social Media strategy and more of a focus on the larger Content strategy that encompasses SEO, Social Media, Blogging, Print, Video and other forms of media.

For Business owners who want to go beyond the “Fluffy” feel good Social theory and want to know how to get leads and sales, Content marketing has been proven to be the real deal.

In this Video, the experts at ClickTecs give you an overview of “What is Content Marketing?”,  How Content Marketing relates to other Marketing efforts such as Social Media,  SEO and Advertising and Optimizing  for your Content Marketing Strategy.

Via ClickTecs

HipVine offers Content Marketing services out of their Hartford Connecticut Studio, Click here to learn more.

Yes, the whole Templar story is a blend of straight up fiction and conspiracy theory, but the engagement really hammers in the atmosphere and the tension which led to the Revolutionary War. I could go on and on, but you are here for an Assassin’s Creed 3 Walkthrough:

Here is the Walkthrough for XBOX 360, PS3 and PC in a playlist of 32 parts (To skip through the Walkthroughs click the playlist button shown in the image below).

This walkthrough covers the following Missions (Sequences)

Sequence 1

• Refresher Course
• A Deadly Performance
• Journey to the New World

Sequence 2

• Welcome to Boston
• Johnson’s Errand
• The Surgeon
• The Soldier
• Infiltrating Southgate

Sequence 3

• Unconvinced
• Execution is Everything
• The Braddock Expedition

Sequence 4

• Hide and Seek
• Feathers and Trees
• Hunting Lessons
• Something to Remember

Sequence 5

• A Boorish Man
• A Trip to Boston
• Boston’s Most Wanted
• River Rescue
• The Hard Way

Sequence 6

• Desmond on the Skyscraper
• On Johnson’s Trail
• The Angry Chef
• The Tea Party
• Hostile Negotiations

Sequence 7

• The Midnight Ride
• Lexington and Concord
• Conflict Looms
• Battle of Bunker Hill

Sequence 8

• Something on the Side
• Bridewell Prison
• Public Execution

Sequence 9

• Desmond in the Stadium
• Missing Supplies
• Father and Son
• The Foam and the Flames
• A Bitter End

Sequence 10

• Alternate Methods
• Broken Trust
• Battle of Monmouth

Sequence 11

• Desmond at Abstergo
• Battle of the Chesapeake
• Lee’s Last Stand

Sequence 12

• Laid to Rest
• Chasing Lee
• Desmond Finds the Truth
• Desmond’s Decision

Gameplay tutorial Via The Red Brad

“Balance bracelets were a scam when I drilled them on shark tank and they still are a scam. No chance I let them I our locker room.” Mark Cuban posted on his Official YouTube page.

In the video (See at the top of this page) Mark is seen discovering the Point of sale display in the Mavericks locker room , throwing a bit of verbal abuse at the NBA and at the products he calls “a scam” and chucking the display and products in a trash can. Mark insists he has already “drilled” the products on his show and has banned them from his team’s locker room.

On ‘Shark Tank’ Mark considered similar types of products nothing more than praying upon wishful thinking and classic placebo effect.

“See this stuff?” “It was a scam when they were on ‘Shark Tank, and it’s still a scam. I don’t care if the NBA was dumb enough to sign an agreement, this is going where it belongs.”

At that point, Cuban put the display case in a trash can.

“But have no fear, we do recycle.” Mark says while dumping the products in the trash.”What are you thinking, NBA?”

Power Balance LLC has already been involved in a $57 million false advertisement settlement in late 2011.

The bracelets are rubber like a typical “LiveStrong” bracelet and carry a hologram that is supposedly based on Eastern principles of wellness and to bring balance to the wearer. The top markets such as Los Angeles & New York branded Power Balance Bracelets are available now and eventually all 30 NBA teams will have a licensed version with their team logo on it and retail for $32.99 on the NBA’s Official site.

Learn more about the history of this product.

Here is a countdown of the Top 10 Marketing Mishaps of all time, including:

10. McDonalds 1984 Olympic promotion

(Golden ticket giveaway)

9. Facebook Beacon

(sharing web browsing with advertisers, the beginning of the Facebook privacy concerns)

8. Burger King rebirth

(Creepy Burger King terrorizing the public and sometimes in the bed)

7. Snickers Mr.T

(Too close to glamorizing discrimination)

6. Skittles touch the rainbow

(then you die, is what they are insinuating)

5. Ayds weight loss “aid”

(Marketing push becomes less affective in the 80′s).

4. Oshimo Robot

(Demo fail of all fails)

3. Netflix Qwikster

(People hate change, but hate their Cable companies more).

2. Ford Etsel

(A Classic failure.)

1. “New” Coke

(If it aint Coke, don’t fix it.)

Via Watch Mojo

Don’t get on this list. Get in touch with the Marketing Guru’s at HipVine out of Hartford to run your next campaign.

The folks at Pinterest have given the green light to Businesses and Brands to start their Pinterest “Push” with the announcement of Pinterest Business accounts.

Setting Up Your Pinterest Business Account / Page

You can either create or convert your existing Pinterest account or create a new one by going to Business.Pinterest.com

You will be able to categorize your Business by the following categories:

• Professional
• Public Figure
• Media
• Brand
• Retailer
• Online Marketplace
• Local Business
• Institution / Non-Profit
• Other

We have a great 1 minute video on how to convert your existing personal Pinterest account to a Business account below:

Benefits Of A Pinterest Business Account / Page

So why should you create or convert your existing Pinterest page? Well, you don’t need to right away, but it appears Pinterest will be making a larger commitment to brands in the future. For now, if your personal page is effective and you see no advantage to it, then stick with what you have. There are still a number of ways to maximize the effectiveness of your existing personal Pinterest account.

Maybe from an SEO standpoint, it is possible that there will be some benefit for categorization soon but on the surface and at the moment, a Pinterest Business and Personal page is nearly identical.

In the future, however, you could see many differences between categories, especially when it comes to Local businesses which could include features such as interactive maps and easy contact access similarly to Facebook Local Pages.

Video via NetBizMedia

Apple’s famous industrial designer Sir Jonathan Ives was forced to reveal details about an original Apple Tablet (Later to be named iPad) prototype, which sparked the the idea for the design of the iPhone and put the tablet on hiatus for 8 years. 

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The Prototype Tablet was codenamed "035". From the outside it looks like early-mid 2000's white MacBook. Besides the depth of the device, it's general shape, minimal ports and keyboard remains fairly consistant with todays form factor.
You can see what appears to be some sort of dock connector similar to the 30-pin connector that shipped with the third generation ipod and early iPhones and iPads.

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“Presenting Mobile Pay on Demand. Pay-as-you-go convenience with a free,
secure card reader and access to funds as soon as the next business day”

You simply plug the dongle into you phone turning it into a mobile payment terminal. In combination with a Mobile App, the card is swiped, payment is received via the Merchant account and receipt is e-mailed to the customer.

It is true that this isn’t much different from Square’s offering and many people may be rolling their eyes as the big corporation co-opts other’s innovations, this could lead to a major turning point in the way we do commerce. Millions of existing Bank of America business customers will be able to easily add the service in conjunction with their existing merchant accounts.

I actually believe this period is merely a transition to more innovative solutions such as NFC (Near field communication), which allows phones to communicate with terminals instantaneously. NFC is already being built into many Android phones and people are eagerly awaiting Apple’s adoption in a future iPhone update.

Mobile Pay On Demand will be available starting December 3rd 2012 and payments will be swiped at a 2.70% Swiped rate for Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express.

See more at Bank of America’s Site:

http://merchant.bankofamerica.com/mobilepay

You are simply going to login in to YouTube and click your username in the upper right hand corner of the YouTube Home page, then a History tile should show up.

Next, go up to the History tile on the top of your YouTube Home page and click through to Pause and Clear your History.

If you find that the History tile up at the top is missing then you probably already have your viewing History paused. If this is the case you need to look for the ‘History’ Link next your Channel or Profile Icon on the left hand side of the YouTube Home page then click ‘Watch History’ to get to the History management section.

There is also a “Recommend No More” Google Chrome Browser Exstension so you never have to deal with it again:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recommended-no-more/

Via ‘Shunami Code‘