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Sunday Chatter – 7/5

Chris Jacobson — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:45:00 +0000

19 Twitter Desktop Applications If you’re still using the Web interface for Twitter, you’re out of the loop. Most users use some sort of desktop application for the added ability to sort contacts, keep track of their preferred search phrases and to make following many people more organized and orderly. I wrote in February how I [...]

YouTube Rolling Out Call-To-Action Overlays Today

Chris Jacobson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:45:10 +0000

YouTube is set to release an exciting addition to its advertising suite called the Call-To-Action Overlay. It’s the transparent box you currently see at the bottom of some videos, but this time it won’t rely completely on AdWords to display links. The outgoing links will be able to be set by the user who uploads [...]

Amazon Discontinues Affiliate Program for North Carolina

Chris Jacobson — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:45:23 +0000

Amazon has surprised many affiliates after announcing it would no longer offer its affiliate program to residents of North Carolina. SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc. closed accounts with its affiliates in North Carolina to avoid paying a proposed sales tax, according to media reports Friday. In an email, Amazon reportedly told marketing affiliates [...]

Sunday Chatter – 6/28

Chris Jacobson — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:45:37 +0000

Murray Newlands’ Blog Competition There is still time to enter the blog competition being hosted by Murray Newlands. Several categories are available for you to enter, including best overall blog, mommy blogger, green blogger, under 21 blogger and more. The competition wraps up on July 10, so get entered and secure some votes for yourself as [...]

The ‘Michael Jackson Effect’ on the Internet

Chris Jacobson — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:30:40 +0000

The world is still trying to let the news of Michael Jackson’s passing yesterday sink in, and part of that coping process is to share their thoughts on the King of Pop. Yesterday as news broke about MJ, Twitter, AIM, Facebook and MySpace all experienced overloads and temporarily slowed down. After L.A. Times followed TMZ’s lead [...]

What Does Apple Have Against Public Transparency?

Chris Jacobson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:45:45 +0000

Apple is one of the most popular companies around today. They have already pretty much revitalized how we listen to music, talk on the phone and access information in a mobile environment. With such a cultural impact, it’s no surprised that the coolest company around would want to keep things locked down behind the scenes. I [...]

Sunday Chatter – 6/21

Chris Jacobson — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:40:25 +0000

Ever Heard of a 130 Megapixel Camera? Believe it or not, someone has actually crafted a homemade 130 megapixel digital camera. I’ve never used anything more than a 10 megapixel myself, so I can’t even imagine what a 130 shoots like. The camera was designed with parts from an Epson scanner bed and a Canon manual-focus [...]

AdSense Allows Font Size Increase in Ads

Chris Jacobson — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:45:49 +0000

Discussing Google AdSense isn’t something I post about often, as for the most part, there hasn’t been much to be discussed. But Google announced yesterday the ability for AdSense publishers to change the font size of their ads. They’ve realized in some testing and with feedback from beta users, that an increased font size leads [...]

Did You Get Your Facebook Username?

Chris Jacobson — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:45:56 +0000

Friday night/Saturday morning was the big event, where millions of users jumped on the bandwagon of claiming their Facebook usernames. Over 3 million names were registered in just 24 hours — that’s unreal! A lot of people thought the website would crash, or lag, but it didn’t. It appears everything went smoothly without a hitch. I was [...]

Sunday Chatter – 6/14

Chris Jacobson — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:50:00 +0000

WordPress 2.8 Unveiled This Week The latest version of WordPress was made available for download late Wednesday evening. Version 2.8 includes several new features, such as a built-in theme browser, along with faster navigation. I’m always excited when WordPress comes out with a new build, but maybe that’s because I’m a geek. Watch the video below [...]