Twitter has really taken hold of our interest as of late.  The twitter userbase is growing at a staggering rate.  Seavista has developed some exciting new software for this platform to help business succeed in providing value to its customers.  More news will be posted over the next couple of weeks.

Seavista is proud to annouce the formation of our new Social Media division.  Social Media is a powerful way to get the word out and have a pulse on your consumers mindset.  Business are missing a BIG opportunity without exploring this a new tool in their marketing arsenal.  Seavista can help establish your presence on Social Media site like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.   Creating a presence that creates value for consumers and is delivered in a professional, yet fun, manner.  Contact Us today and find out why your business should be on Twitter.

Be sure to check out our latest project called TwitGear.com.  We take a logo branded twitter shirt and customize it with your own @username or slogan.  Also we carry hoodies, hats, mugs, stickers, pins, sweatshirts, long and short sleeve options.  Great way to self-brand yourself and build a

Need a custom twitter shirt?  How about a mug, hoodie or skateboards?  Check out TwitGear.com, I’ll post my shirt when it arrives

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Magnetic Levatation Train

Bullets trains are just very cool right…..Japan latest plans for 2025 include a train that tops 350mph+ using magnetic levitation.  Riding this train from LA to San Francisico would take only one hour.  Check out the full story

We are hard at work on several great new products that we are launching in the upcoming months…stay tuned. 

• NeighborBuilder™ - Our latest software version has gone RIA, we are looking for beta testers, contact if interested in trying our new service.
• CrystalCoastBicycles.com - Online bike shop launching this month.
• Cody Homes - Charlotte area contractor.  Launching in April.

More updates coming soon.

Facebook temporarily loses more than 10% of photos in hard drive failure

“You may have noticed in the past day that some photos aren’t appearing or are displaying a ‘question mark’ graphic when you go to view them. We’re trying to fully understand what happened, since simultaneous hardware failures like this are rare,” Evan Priestley, a Facebook engineer, stated in his blog. ”

 

Hard drives fail, yours WILL one day too…Back up your hard drive(s) daily.

Found this very interesting, about Google and its size and positioning to become a monopoly.

Hats off to Jesse Liberty who discusses the layout system in Silverlight in good detail.  Another great two part series.

Well, it really isn’t really surprising, just a little disturbing.  Facebook is holding your rights to everything you do there, even if you leave their service.

Update to TOS: 

You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content you (i) Post on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof subject only to your privacy settings or (ii) enable a user to Post, including by offering a Share Link on your website and (b) to use your name, likeness and image for any purpose, including commercial or advertising, each of (a) and (b) on or in connection with the Facebook Service or the promotion thereof.

Get the full report over at Mashable.

After seeing the new Kindle 2 leaked photos, i am still left to wonder.  Why would anyone buy one of these?  Slim sexy, but very narrow in it’s usability.  It reminds me of buying one of those kitchen top appliances that gets used one in a blue moon and then just takes up way to much space.  Much like the Ronco Dehydrator

Hey turkey jerky sounded like a great idea to many at first too.  Maybe someone can enlighten me on why they would purchase this for $350+.  You know it will be in the cupboard (or bookshelf in this case) collecting dust in months.

I think it is dead on arrival.