The Mobile Bitch

Facebook Keyboard Shortcuts

2012-01-19T11:05:00.001-08:00

A useful Tip sheet here... Facebook provides users with about a dozen of handy shortcuts that users may use for faster navigation through Facebook. For instance, Alt+1 will take you to your home page. Alt+M will take you to a new message screen. There are many more and this cheat sheet list them all, including codes for Facebook chat emoticons. Also with this free cheat sheet you will receive daily updates on new cool websites and programs in your email for free, courtesy of MakeUseOf.
Facebook Keyboard Shortcuts

Photography for the Web--Free 61 Page Preview

2012-01-07T10:42:00.000-08:00

Some tips available to budding photogs and web developers in this e-book. Some details - Photography for the Web will teach you how to shoot fantastic photos with your standard, everyday camera, ready to use in your designs or on your website. Now you can stop buying other people's photos and capture your own digital images that shine. It will save you time and money! Learn how to:

Experiment and use light effectively
Store, display, and share your photographs online
Fully understand shutter speed, aperture, and ISO
Use software to enhance your images
Employ advanced techniques for more experienced shutterbugs
Request a copy HERE

Smartphone Adoption Reaches 40 Percent in Canada

2011-12-06T21:28:00.001-08:00

RIM continues to Lead Smartphone Market, with Apple a Close Second - Google Android Doubles its Smartphone Market Share in Past Six Months to 25 Percent
The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in Canada according to their share of current mobile subscribers ages 13 and older, and reviewed the most popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber's primary mobile phone. The September report found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.2 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 35.8 percent share of that market segment.
See more details HERE

Make Social Networking Work for You

2011-11-24T11:06:00.001-08:00

This white paper will discuss how the same concepts that have transformed personal communication are now being applied to enhance enterprise collaboration. Additionally this will also cover the benefits and challenges associated with implementing enterprise collaboration technologies, and highlight iWay CEP Enable, a powerful solution that can extend the value of enterprise collaboration platforms with broad-reaching integration capabilities as well as CEP functionality.
Make Social Networking Work for You

e-book - Mobile Apps - Native or Web?

2011-11-11T07:00:00.001-08:00

You probably have a plan to build a mobile app, but you've struggled with the basic question - Should I build it using open web standards such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, or should I build it as a native app for the devices I want to target?

This is a difficult question and one that requires considerable thought and analysis. To help you wade through the pros and cons, iPadCTO has created this comprehensive list of issues and provided a pros-cons template to quickly begin to quantify your requirements. At the outset, it is important to say that this is not a debate about which approach, native or web, should win in the marketplace. Rather, it is far more sensible to debate on how positive and negative attributes of a particular development strategy will unfold in the context of a specific business requirement. As such, this eBook will focus on an objective to first establish a context, and then apply sensible and rational arguments, either for or against web or native apps.

Along with this free eBook you will also receive a free email newsletter that provides timely guidance concerning iPad in the enterprise direct to your inbox.
Request a copy HERE

White Paper - Social Networking and Security Risks

2011-10-28T13:16:00.000-07:00

Each social networking tool comes with its own set of security concerns which can put your information systems and/or personal data at risk.

This white paper looks at some of these risks and identifies possible solutions to help protect you, your personal information and your company data.

Offered Free by: GFI Software Florida, Inc

Request your free Copy (Canada / USA only)

Other Resources from: GFI Software Florida, Inc

All-New D.C. Going Out Guide App for iPhone

2011-09-26T13:42:00.001-07:00

Planning your free time in Washington just got a lot easier with The Washington Post’s new D.C. Going Out Guide App for iPhone, now available on the App Store. Complete with more than 18,000 D.C.-area restaurants, events, bars and movie listings, the app also features at-a-glance lists of editors’ picks and tools to make going out in Washington effortless. http://www.lbszone.com/content/view/7943/2/

Social Media, Content and Marketing Tools of the Trade for 2011

2011-09-17T19:35:00.000-07:00

Tools, tools and more tools! There are dozens of ways to manage your social media presence, curate content and conversation and measure and track how it's all working but there are only a select few that really improve your productivity. In this webinar they'll look at some of the top tools that marketers are adopting in 2011.
Discover new ways to improve your social media productivity!

How to Pass an IT Audit

2011-09-04T08:10:00.000-07:00

Learn how one security analyst from a Fortune 500 company, used a GRC tool to automate management of IT controls, verify compliance with policy, and document everything for auditors.
This guide covers the steps and procedures to passing an IT GRC audit -- as told by an enterprise end-user who deployed QualysGuard Policy Compliance. The tool allowed the audit team to be more productive by focusing time on analyzing the data and preparing for audits -- instead of administrating the tool.

How to Pass an IT Audit

Consulting Magazine is the flagship publication of the consulting profession

2011-09-04T07:33:00.000-07:00

Consulting Magazine is the flagship publication of the consulting profession. The magazine features the latest information on consulting careers, thought leadership, and corporate strategies.

Serving this highly competitive profession, their mission is to go inside the thinking of top consulting firm leaders and deliver unique access to the people that shape consulting's future. Consulting Magazine delivers a variety of industry events, one-on-one interviews with newsmakers, in-depth article profiles and of course, their Top 25 Consultants, a look at the movers and shakers in the marketplace.

Consulting Magazine

Building Enterprise Social Communities with Drupal Commons

2011-09-04T07:31:00.001-07:00

Learn how organizations are successfully leveraging the momentum of social web services to increase loyalty, brand value, and revenue by implementing open source Drupal to build enterprise social communities.

Innovations in consumer social web services create both opportunity and risk for your enterprise. Your customers and employees are increasingly gathering in online communities of like-minded people, and there is an urgent, growing need to nurture these communities. The organizations that succeed and leverage this social momentum increase loyalty, brand value, and revenue. Those that fail to do so will be stuck merely watching as their communities self-organize wherever the community wants to - probably out of sight, out of mind and out of the influence of the organization.

Building Enterprise Social Communities with Drupal Commons

42 Rules of Social Media for Small Business

2011-05-21T11:46:00.001-07:00

42 Rules of Social Media: Written by communications professional Jennifer Jacobson, this book is designed to help working professionals find social media that fits their business and get the most out of their social media presence. From networking communication, to social branding, '42 Rules of Social Media for Small Business' addresses specific rules of engagement, as well as the fundamental approach to online, as opposed to traditional, media. As part of the 42 Rules series, this book is designed to quickly and effectively equip business professionals with the tools they need to generate an effective customer community through social media, that translates into customer loyalty, excitement for the brand, and return business that eventually generates a dedicated customer base and increased revenue. '42 Rules of Social Media for Small Business' demystifies social media and teaches readers why social media is important to their business and how they can maximize their social media effectiveness.

See 42 Rules of Social Media

Realtor.com Launches iPad App

2011-04-26T19:27:00.001-07:00

Today, 10 properties are viewed every second on a Realtor.com mobile app, including the iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, and now iPad at http://www.realtor.com/mobile. Realtor.com mobile apps have been downloaded 3.6 million times and active users have increased by 79 percent in four months.
Finding the ideal home among the millions of properties on Realtor.com is fast, easy and fun with the Realtor.com iPad app:

Draw Your Own Search Boundaries anywhere in the U.S. with Area Highlighter. It's fast and allows for hyper-local searches down to street levels. Tap the Show More Listings button, and more properties instantly populate the map. Use the iPad's finger controls to slide, pinch, zoom and pan through a map to drill down into a neighborhood or particular street.
Personalize your experience by rating properties and saving personal notes on each home for later reference or to share with an agent via email. Sort, refine or filter your search results according to what's important to you – price, distance, square footage, etc. Create new searches for homes or open houses nationwide or nearby based on your location, MLS ID number, or by city, state, or street name. Tap My Real Estate to instantly access My Listings, My Saved Searches, or My Recent Searches.
Stay Connected with an agent from each listing detail page via email with questions or to schedule a tour. Store their contact details within the app so it's easier to send notes, comments and ratings about properties to your agent. Keep friends and family connected to your house hunting adventure by sharing favorite properties via email, Facebook and Twitter.

FotoSpot and FotoMapr Geo-Tag Digital Images in Nikon, Canon, Sony, Panasonic, Ricoh Cameras

2011-04-25T19:58:00.000-07:00

Eka Technologies Introduces Consumer and Professional-Grade Geo-Tagging Digital Camera Peripherals Available in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & Cabled Models
FotoSpot is Eka’s consumer geo-tagging camera peripheral. FotoSpot’s patent pending technology uses Wi-Fi wireless to embed shot location and direction data directly into the digital images as they are taken; ready to be sorted, viewed and uploaded to photo sharing sites like Picasa using mySnapMap--a software utility provided free to FotoSpot users. FotoSpot Wi-Fi (model W-100) is designed for use with today’s most popular digital cameras including Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic, Ricoh and more. Bluetooth wireless (B-100) and cabled (C-100) versions are available for use with select NIKON and RICOH cameras.
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Employee-owned Smartphones: Seize the Opportunity

2011-04-25T19:57:00.001-07:00

It's no longer feasible for an IT department, regardless of company size, to ignore the smartphone push from the majority of the employee population. IT management must attempt to channel the chaos and determine ways to embrace the personal mobility wave while maintaining effective security and management measures, especially in relation to the corporate network.

This new environment calls for innovative mobile strategies, new policies, and a fresh approach to allowing smartphones access to corporate resources. IT management must take a leadership role in setting those strategies and policies. Download this white paper to learn more.
Employee-owned Smartphones: Seize the Opportunity

Are Your Smart Phones Tough Enough for Work?

2011-04-07T11:08:00.000-07:00

An interesting white paper (Free) Millions of new smart phones continue to ship every month, and many of them find their way into businesses to help workers do their jobs in innovative new ways. However, many of these same phones will be replaced within a year because they are not durable enough to work reliably in new enterprise work environments. In this white paper, learn why emerging enterprise applications require ruggedness and reliability.

Learn to sort the hundreds of smart phone options to a few devices that are truly appropriate for your organization
Details HERE

iPad: A Magical and Revolutionary Guide

2011-04-03T08:47:00.001-07:00

This 28 page guide will help you to get the most out of your shiny new tablet - If you're reading this you either already own an iPad or are seriously thinking about getting one. With this guide you will learn how to effectively manage your device and keep it organized and tidy, it will give you some tips and tricks, and present you with the MakeUseOf app picks for pretty much anything you'd want to do. Some things in this guide you may already know, but it is written for a variety of readers in mind – even experienced iPad owners are sure to find something here they weren't aware of, or some new apps that will change their usage of the device.
iPad: A Magical and Revolutionary Guide

wipe your mobile phone with BullGuard’s Antitheft feature

2011-03-30T22:38:00.001-07:00

The Antitheft feature of BullGuard Mobile Security has been designed to safeguard your personal data and ensure that your phone can be located in the event it is lost or stolen. Users can lock their phone and wipe the personal data on it via the Internet, as well as track the devices movements via the built-in GPS. See more at: www.bullguard.com

First App for Document Encryption and Data Security on iPad and iPhone

2011-03-29T12:36:00.001-07:00

The latest version of Cortado Workplace enhances the protection of data, fully supporting encryption of local documents on iPad, iPhone and iPod touc. In addition to the enhanced data protection, Cortado’s new Open In feature allows for Workplace to seamlessly integrate with other apps, such as Good Reader, Keynote, Pages or email applications. Documents from these programs can be saved and printed directly in Cortado Workplace.
Learn more about Cortado Workplace here: www.cortado.com/workplace

Using the Magic Pocket: A Dropbox Guide

2011-03-23T16:37:00.002-07:00

Here's a handy tip about the very cool and useful dropbox - You're at the coffee shop and you need to access a file that has information about your work, but as you attempt to find the file you realize that you've made a mistake. You saved the work on your desktop computer, but you only have your laptop with you and you have no way to access the file. This problem, and others like it, are increasingly common today. It isn't unusual to own both a desktop and a laptop computer, and a smartphone on top of that. Dropbox solves these issues by making it easy to synchronize files between computers. One of the greatest strengths of Dropbox is the large number of platforms it supports. Computers running Linux, OS X and Windows are all supported. This would normally be considered very good, but Dropbox takes things a step further by offering support for mobile devices.
Using the Magic Pocket: A Dropbox Guide

BlogNotions Mobile Newsletter: Monthly eNewsletter Featuring Blogs from Industry Experts

2011-03-23T16:37:00.000-07:00

The BlogNotions Mobile Newsletter delivers a diverse series of perspectives provided by thought leaders in the mobile industry. Presented by NetLine, this forum delivers compelling updates on the latest technological advances, discussions of emerging technologies, best practices for working within the Web 2.0 culture, implications for the future, and much more. This newsletter not only provides thought provoking content, but also is accompanied by an open forum for mobile enthusiasts to collaborate with experts in the industry. Don't miss this valuable newsletter, subscribe today!

BlogNotions Mobile Newsletter: Monthly eNewsletter Featuring Blogs from Industry Experts:

A free white paper from Brian Solis - Visualize social media adoption on a global scale

2011-03-15T12:54:00.001-07:00

If you were to look at Social Media in the United States and many other parts of the world, you would believe that the world of Social Media was flat, dominated by social continents including Facebook, Twitter, blogs, YouTube, and Flickr. As we zoom in, we visualize other established and emerging social services that depict provinces and outlying settlements of our social atlas.

As Social Media is truly global and relationships are truly without borders, it's incredibly important to understand the social behavior associated within each platform that host conversations relevant to your projects regardless of their geographic location.

Brian Solis has been actively writing about new marketing and communications since the mid 90s to document how the Web was redefining the communications industry — he coined PR 2.0 along the way before focusing his efforts on the greater impacts on the future of marketing and media. He was also among the original thought leaders working to organize and define the “Social Media” movement to establish a definitive media category.

His new book, Engage, provides a deep review of the evolution of new media and how to integrate new technologies and methodologies into everyday activity. It is written for champions and executives alike in business, marketing, branding, interactive, service, and communications with a mission to help all aspects of business to the table.
The State of Social Media Around the World 2010

Digia To Acquire QT Commercial Software Licensing Business From Nokia

2011-03-07T06:59:00.001-08:00

Digia Plc. (DIG1V) has today signed an agreement with Nokia Corporation to buy Qt commercial licensing and service business. Nokia will continue to develop Qt technology, but in the future, Digia will be responsible for its commercial licensing and service business. Under the agreement, about 3500 commercial Qt customer enterprises are targeted to be transferred to Digia.

The Google Story - Free Book Summary

2011-02-26T09:56:00.001-08:00

You probably use Google when you are looking for something on the Web. But do you know who founded the company and why it is unique? Here's the inside scoop. Authors David Vise and Mark Malseed tell the story of Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in fast-moving, energetic prose, from start-up to triumph. The authors spend little time considering any of the possible negative aspects associated with Google, but most readers will find that it hardly matters because their book is downright fun, and it ends with a useful set of Google search tips. See The Google Story - Free Book Summary

The Ultimate Guide To Your Windows Mobile Phone

2011-02-16T20:39:00.001-08:00

The Ultimate Guide To Your Windows Mobile Phone: If you have a Windows Mobile phone, you will know that stuff can occasionally get pretty difficult. These devices, which are basically mini-computers, have endless possibilities — and thus endless possible difficulties as well. Whether you want to (re)discover the most basic features and applications of your device, extend it with new applications and tools, or even flash a custom ROM, the Windows Mobile Guide comes to the rescue. Download the Windows Mobile Guide now, and read it on your computer today, or even on your phone! With this free guide you will also receive daily updates on new cool websites and programs in your email for free courtesy of MakeUseOf.