All The World?s A-Twitter
by Chris Pirillo
[12 Mar 2010 at 2:02pm]
It seems as though everyone in the world is on Twitter now. Sadly, not all of them know how to utilize this fabulous tool to maximize their outreach. The reach you can have by using social media can be staggering. However, you have to know how to use the service correctly to get your message [...]
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Motally Cool To Use For Gaming Analytics
by Matt Hartley
[11 Mar 2010 at 1:46pm]
Mobile analytics have apparently, been long overdue to the mobile platforms out there with regard to personal gaming. Now it looks as if Motally, is going to be just what the doctor ordered.
While it’s currently in a private beta at the moment, this could become a valuable tool for those looking to gain greater insights [...]
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Twitter Only 21% Active
by Matt Hartley
[10 Mar 2010 at 1:43pm]
Thinking that Twitter is all that it’s cracked up to be? Consider the fact that only 21% of the users on that social network are considered to be active users. Apparently there are a growing number of people that sign-up for Twitter, only to go into limbo later on.
So this begs the question – why [...]
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Socialized Customer Support
by Matt Hartley
[10 Mar 2010 at 1:40pm]
Normally the idea that we could use an socialized help functions, might seem like a great idea. But when you consider that this is Facebook we’re talking about, clearly that is likely more risk than most of us would ever want to take.
Imagine having your help requests re-syndicated somehow, even if it’s Get Satisfaction?s approach, [...]
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Ad Blocking Is Generally Evil
by Matt Hartley
[5 Mar 2010 at 6:22pm]
The silly idea that somehow ad blocking is just not that bad is insane. As this article accurately outlines as clear as day, you are basically trying to get something for nothing. Now to be fair to readers tired of having their browsers crashed by poorly done Flash ads, this is something that needs to [...]
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Jobs: Adobe Flash Is A Hog
by Matt Hartley
[5 Mar 2010 at 2:27pm]
Is Steve Jobs just whining about Adobe Flash being a CPU hog on today’s computing devices? According to Jobs, he has no plans whatsoever for letting Flash find a home on the upcoming iPad. And on Macs, he made it clear that he felt that HTML5 is the future. Great, Steve, now if we can [...]
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Social Web On Mobile Browsers Seeing Intense Growth
by Matt Hartley
[5 Mar 2010 at 1:10pm]
With just about everyone and their mother owning a smart phone of one type or another these days, it should not be all that shocking that social media is seeing a huge boost in usership through the eyes of various mobile browsers. So much so, that a reported 30.8% of mobile users are accessing various [...]
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Facebook Connections ? Not With Google
by Matt Hartley
[8 Feb 2010 at 2:26pm]
With Google rolling out all of this emphasis on the social web, it’s rather shocking that there is no usage of Facebook connections, as it is certainly available for Google to use.
What’s also interesting is how Google is leaving the beta label on the social search, despite the fact they feel like it’s something people [...]
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Startpage Provides Users With Secret Surfing
by Matt Hartley
[8 Feb 2010 at 2:26pm]
If you are concerned about your online privacy, then perhaps using Startpage is the best approach to keeping things private for you. With more concern growing for online privacy, no longer are proxies only for those looking to use them for nefarious reasons.
In today’s world, now more than ever, it seems that we are seeing [...]
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Bing Local Through Localeze
by Matt Hartley
[8 Feb 2010 at 2:25pm]
Do we really need local listings through Bing? Well of course those who are using Bing need something along this line, just to keep up with Google. The real question is whether outsourcing the task to Localeze will be the best match.
On the surface, this article indicates that Localeze could very well prove to be [...]
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Lost Dog Or Cat ? Think FindToto
by Matt Hartley
[25 Jan 2010 at 3:56pm]
As a pet owner myself, I can relate to the likely heartbreak of trying to track down a lost pet should it escape into the wild blue yonder. And up until now, tracking down pets was all but a joke. Knocking on doors, ignored posters, totally not worth it as no one is going to [...]
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JobDeck ? The Twitter Job Search Option
by Matt Hartley
[25 Jan 2010 at 2:41pm]
Certainly among one of the more clever ideas I have seen out there. Using the power of Twitter to help others land a job does have a serious twist of logic to it to be sure. So comes the concept of JobDeck, from the folks over at TweetDeck..
Unlike other job sites however, this one runs [...]
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Meet The New Youtube
by Matt Hartley
[25 Jan 2010 at 1:36pm]
Have you see the latest YouTube revision? Looks quite a bit different from the old version, that is for darn sure. According to TechCrunch, the new YouTube changes are very aesthetic to the eye. And in addition, the general layout is simply more pleasing.
Perhaps the best new feature is being able to search for videos, [...]
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Baidu Loses Their CTO
by Matt Hartley
[22 Jan 2010 at 9:45pm]
Strangely when Baidu lost their CTO, most people felt generally unaffected. After all, unless you are Google or happen to live in China, why would you care?
The real reason why we should be caring is that there is some kind of strange tie-in between Baidu and Google recently. As competitors, it seems like China is [...]
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China Puts Up The Wall On Mobile Adult Content
by Matt Hartley
[22 Jan 2010 at 9:45pm]
Clearly China has no intention of screwing around when it comes to violating their laws on mobile adult content. The approach to how China deals with this issue, is actually rather mild. They stop the offending phone from working, then cancel the phone’s access all together.
Clearly proving ineffective as the issues does not seem to [...]
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