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The Phoney War: Google and News Corp make up?

Jay Caetano — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:37:41 PDT

Only last week we heard of an “exclusive deal” to list News Corp’s content on Microsoft’s Bing, but today a happy compromise has been suggested by the plaintiff. To many, dropping the company’s content from Google’s indexes was slated as a septuagenarian not understanding the concept behind the internet, while Hooray Henry newspaper chiefs curtsied [...]

Email Marketers Seek New Ways to Reach Customers

Jay Caetano — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:30:22 PDT

As email marketing becomes an increasingly important driver of revenue for companies around the world, savvy marketers are focusing on improving their programs and enhancing results. To take their email marketing campaigns to a higher level, thousands of marketers logged in last year to Silverpop’s monthly Webinars. Silverpop®, the world’s only provider of both email [...]

How Professional Web Designers Can Improve Your Presence Online

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:18:19 PDT

The Internet is the new way to advertise your business and reach thousands of people a day. Unfortunately there are also other competitors that are advertising online too. A professional web design company knows how to design a web site and promote it to attract the highest number of customers.

Tech-Savvy Shoppers Setting The Pace For The Future; Retailers Must Follow Their Lead

Jay Caetano — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:07:13 PDT

NRF Annual Convention & EXPO 2010 — A new IBM ( IBM) global survey of over 32,000 consumers reveals that technology is giving shoppers a new source of power — pushing retailers to engage them more directly via increased use of personalized promotions and offerings. The changing economy has given rise to the smarter consumer- [...]

Really Good News About Your Children’s Video Games

Marc Prensky — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:02:41 PDT

Research published by University of Rochester neuroscientists C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier has grabbed national attention for suggesting that playing action video and computer games has posit...

How Twitter is Destroying Your Mind

Jack Deal — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:40:52 PDT

Twitter is showing us a very important and revealing aspect of our humanity: a mind is not necessary for self expression. Or, as we say out here in California, "No es necessario!"

Get the Best Out of All Web Hosting Companies

Allan Massey — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:20:33 PDT

There are many independent directories of web hosting providers available. One must look for the most updated information of the prime web hosting company.

One Billion People Will Own A Smartphone By 2013

Jay Caetano — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:13:22 PDT

Despite the increasing overlap between mobile phone functionality and other handheld devices, consumers are still purchasing standalone cameras, sat navs, personal media players and handheld gaming devices, according to a new convergence report from Futuresource Consulting. “Right now, the functionality and quality of dedicated products can far exceed that of multi-function gadgets,” says David Luu, [...]

Dell and Infobird Build Alliance Targeting Cloud Computing

Jay Caetano — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:57:50 PDT

As the new year begins, Dell, the global IT giant, and Infobird, China’s leading “cloud management” system vendor, have entered into an official strategic partnership. The partnership, seen as a pioneering agreement between a renowned global IT company and a Chinese company, will set-out to explore the huge potential of the cloud computing technology market. [...]

Has China Bought The World’s Outdated Auto Technology?

Jay Caetano — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:49:31 PDT

In the wake of China’s recent buying spree of foreign-owned auto brands, Chris Devonshire-Ellis, founder of Dezan Shira & Associates, takes time to analyse what these transactions really mean for the automotive market. Following China’s recent buying spree of European and American-owned auto brands, technology and know-how, I feel a few related issues not commonly [...]

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Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

The Top 25 Twitter Applications For Any Business
Twitter is the hot new social networking site today. Everybody is trying it out and using it for different things. For the business owners out there, you can use Twitter to market your product and introduce them to other people. But as your Twitter account grows, you will have to spend more time on it. The best way to help you... TechSquirt.com

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Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Pay Per Click – 5 Steps For Effective PPC Advertising
There is a lot of information on the web that can teach marketers about pay per click advertising. However, there are very few resources that explain how to properly set up your ppc (pay per click) campaigns to maximize on pay per click traffic. Pay per click traffic is some of the best traffic you can receive online....
Opt For Cost Effective SMS Services
Text messages have always been one of the popular modes of communication since the last decade and the arrival of Pagers and other simplified gadgets have simply cemented this trend. Thus, it is not hard to understand or realise that in this fast and ever changing world of globalisation, many people are reaching to the threshold of....

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Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Boost Your Online Marketing With PPC Advertising
PPC advertising is a great way to improve your online marketing efforts. It is a shortcut for saying Pay Per Click advertising. Essentially, you sign up with a search engine service such as Google or Yahoo!, and use this service to run your advertisement. You can create any variety of advertisements - more at SocialMediaBits.com
Facebook Has Surpassed MySpace Thanks to the Smart Kids
MySpace leads Facebook in revenue earned form advertisements. But recently, Facebook has surpassed MySpace in unique visitors. This is an astounding accomplishment being that MySpace had a three year lead and enjoys immense popularity. Users are leaving MySpace for Facebook in droves - more at techsquirt.com

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Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT

17 Social Media No-No’s
Before engaging in any social media activity, be sure to conduct yourself like the decent person you are so that your efforts will be worthwhile. Social media is all about engaging and connecting with your target audience. Only through genuine engagement you will really experience the full potential of social media. SocialMediaBits.com
Google Android Operating System Interests Unbranded Phones
Open source Android means that manufactures of unbranded phones now have the ability to cheaply integrate an OS that is recognized as being very well made, and is mainstream recognizable at the same time. Read more at MobileMediaBits.com

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Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Apple iPad – the New Kid on the Block
It is a touch screen tablet allowing users to conduct host of activities like web browsing, e-mail, play music, watch videos, movie and television and store photos. Almost every single app of Apple is available and is tailored to fit to the bigger screen of iPad. Like the other technological revolutionary electronic device by Apple

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Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Facebook Lite Unveiled, Stealing Twitter's Thunder?
Facebook Lite has been the newest Facebook makeover in which the social network has become a lot more simplified. How is this affecting social media optimization? Many believe Facebook Lite has been introduced as a direct competitor to Twitter's minimalistic look. Before, it used to be that social networks with more applications, options...

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Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Location Wars - Whats the Big Deal?
NOTE TO SELF BEFORE READING THIS POST: If you are fan of location-based services and apps such as gowalla and foursquare, this article maybe heart-breaking to you. If you haven’t heard by now, apparently the next big wave (or current big wave) in social media / social networking are these location-based services such as foursquare, gowalla...