Apple just announced the passing of Co-Founder Steve Jobs. As I write this post on one of my many Mac computers and dismiss a call on my iPhone – I draw breath at the sheer impact he has had on millions of lives. We are a wired society thanks in large part to his vision, [...]
Edit 9:10am Sept. 30 : Regardless of being played the fool (along with a lot of other people) I stick by my last edit – that it opened up a larger discussion on authenticity and social media. There have been many interesting conversations regarding authenticity in social media, ghost writers, automated posts, personal branding and [...]
If you want to win, you must have the attitude that your product kicks ass. Does your idea kick ass? Does it makes people bow down to the badassness that you are creating? Does it excite you? Can it excite other people? Does it excite your team to work overtime and stay late… and desire [...]
By now, we all know the latest and greatest social media craze is Google+. What we don’t know is how this new tool is going to affect the SEO industry. Personally, I’ve been doing SEO since the late 90′s and many iterations of what’s good practice and bad practice have changed as the industry has [...]
Google+ profile URLs are long, cumbersome things. Mine is https://plus.google.com/u/0/107496519574681170790/posts. How in the hell is anyone going to remember that? Zero percent chance of remembering that. Ok? Sure, Google+ is still in beta, but a vanity URL would be quite handy. Et voilà! Here is the remedy for what ails you. Gplus.to, the unofficial short [...]
Yesterday at SMX Advanced Seattle, industry experts offered case studies on how mobile local social marketing are helping brands reach audiences at the point of sale. During the event’s “SoLoMo Revolution: Social Media, Local Search & Mobile Search Collide” session [should have been called, MobLoSo], it was discussed how mobile content has the potential to [...]
The daily deal space has always interested me. Back in April 2007, I went out to San Francisco and went to the Web 2.0 conference. It was alive with great energy and ideas. Twitter was 9 months old. Yahoo was still strong. I gained tons of insight from this conference. Before going to the conference, [...]
Google is taking mobile localization to the next level. They are now leveraging their location based services feature on smart phones w/ Near Me News.
According to the Wall Street Journal report, Microsoft is close to a deal to purchase Skype, the Internet’s site with the most members. Think Facebook has the most members? Nope. Skype does, and Microsoft is thinking about buying it for $7 billion to $8.5 billion dollars. Why would Microsoft want Skype? Actually my estimation, it [...]
I’ll get straight to the point here. Is it just me, or are there local results showing up for not-so-local searches? At SMX West last week, someone asked Carter Maslan, Director of Product Management for Google Local, about what to do if their business doesn’t have a physical location. Carter sayssss: Don’t create a Places [...]
I know this isn’t necessarily a search blog, which is why I deemed it necessary to post about the Google vs Bing so maybe those who are out of the loop can join in on the discussion! Let’s start with why I’m writing a post on how Google and Bing got beef, because you’re probable [...]
Late Friday night, Facebook announced a new round of privacy settings for third-party applications via the company’s developers blog. They no doubt hoped to minimize the repercussions from its latest privacy change by announcing it late on Friday evening, but there could be a larger repercussions from its new privacy move than Facebook initially anticipated. Essentially, Facebook [...]
LG kicked off press day here at CES. LG Mobile connected with Mobile Local Social back in December and invited me to come out and blog about their event and give our honest take on their new product line. However, after the press event, I can say I am very impressed. 2011 is going to [...]
January is quickly approaching. What does this mean for early adopters and lovers of cool tech gadgetry? Only one thing, CES is nigh. This will be a fun time to go to CES, as many companies are preparing to take on Apple iPad with tablets of their own. I expect internet TV to get some [...]
Seriously. This will be awesome.
Why the best password to secure your data is “password”
News has come out that Yahoo is planning to shut down a group of their services in ways to save money and size, and Delicious, the social bookmarking site, is on the hit list. Yahoo announced today that they are shutting down MyBlogLog, Yahoo Buzz and Delicious. It is in a “Sunset” phase right now, [...]
Map 2.0. Paul Butler, an intern at Facebook, began pairing users locations and their friend connections and before he knew it, he had created a social cartograph of the world. When the data is the social graph of 500 million people, there are a lot of lenses through which you can view it. One that [...]
I know there are a billion “Twittiquette” posts out there, but I really don’t care and need to get some Twinger (Twitter + Anger? no? terrible?) off my chest. I’m not saying I’m a big deal or anything (although sometimes I like to convince myself I am as an ego booster?), but I think everyone [...]
Before you tear me apart for a sensationalist title, let me explain. I do not think that Gawker Media, the multimillion dollar blogging corporation, will fall. As a general rule, I do not second-guess the business strategies of multi-million dollar companies. However, the bloom is definitely off the rose as far as Gawker’s standing in [...]
Eleven key consumer trends to watch in 2011 include acts of kindness from brands, the developed world launching products for emerging economies, and online status symbols, according to consumer insights firm trendwatching.com. Following is a brief overview of each of the 11 consumer trends which trendwatching.com predicts will have a global impact on marketers in [...]
This is completely true and changing the world as we know it. The folks over at Cognitive Media created this visual art transcription drawing. Here is what they had to say: “Here’s our latest effort in the video Scribing arena. I say arena, but there seems to be very few of us doing this sort [...]
With the goal of bringing you the content you need to know, we are gonna start recapping some of the top news that makes us think. How to Survive the Social Buying Bubble Have your heard of the new bubble in the connected marketing world? Depending on who you ask, social buying is worth nothing, [...]
Are you ready for some liiiiiiveblogging! It may be a rainy Monday but all is right with the world here at SMX East. The next few days will be jam-packed with conference coverage and antics so I hope you’re stocked up on vitamins and coffee. To kick things off we have a killer local panel [...]
Earlier today, while monitoring some feeds on Tweetdeck, I was thinking about how handy it would be to check on all of my facebook pages, my twitter feeds, my Rss feeds, my favorite forum threads, etc… and boom Seesmic releases their new Desktop 2. It doesn’t add forum threads, that was my idea… but the [...]
There has been a lot of talk and maybe a little drama surrounding the Fast Company Influence Project and I wanted to write a little something about why I wanted to be a part of the project and why I continue to ask for the support of my friends and colleagues by the way of [...]
Via: Medical Coding Certification
They say if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Well I’m doing nothing to help with bad AT&T service. In fact, I’m going to encourage it by buying another iPhone. So screw all of you people whining about dropped calls and slow internet.
As the neighborhood friendly Brazilian at MobLoSo, I thought it’s only be appropriate to clear up the CALA BOCA GALVÃO trending topic mystery here for you guys. And to my fellow Brazilians, I apologize for ruining the biggest inside joke we’ve ever had. First of all, a little on Twitter use in Brazil. Brazilians are the [...]
Via: Online MBA
A fellow who goes by the name “squirrelfantasy” (we’re not going to ask) has put together a working printer that uses felt-tip pens instead of ink cartridges. The most impressive part, though, is that he built it entirely out of LEGOs. Adorned with LEGO men and, really, only as pretty as it has to be to [...]
Gawker Compromise Sparks Action- Protect Your Passwords and Protect Your Privacy
…. is a very good reason to create a “garbage” email account and only use it with your non-monetary transaction sites. For monetary transaction sites it’s up to you if you want connect them with a main real email account. BUT do NOT use the same password no matter what. So…when Gawker said that they had been hacked I just ….
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