lundi 30 avril 2012
5 Ways Coaches and Experts Can Hurt Your Business
Need advice? Experts, including myself, will be glad to share it.
Unfortunately, experts can give very bad advice. As an expert, I need to
walk a fine line here, since this article itself is an expert opinion.
But hear me out.
The main problem with experts today is that everyone seems to be one.
Don’t get me wrong. We need experts....
09:07 0
5 Social Media Activities for Your Next HR Training Session
There’s a new dilemma in today’s training world: Is it prudent to
allow technology devices in the classroom? One school of thought is that
there should be absolutely no distraction—technology won’t be tolerated
and should not be incorporated into a professional training
environment.
But a new way of thinking is to encourage...
09:03 0
8 Professional Tumblr Themes for Your Small Business
When it comes to your small business website, image is everything.
How you present your company on the digital sphere is important, and as we've learned recently, people are searching for the word "Tumblr" more than "blog." The micro-blogging site has become a more serious platform for brands, whether it's to show brand character,
...
08:56 0
Open Source and the Future of Capitalism
MIT physicist Richard Morley once quipped how innovation happens: “In
order to see the solar system as it is, Copernicus had to be standing
on the sun.”
That analogy serves as the title of the book Standing on the Sun by
Christopher Meyer and Julia Kirby, which gives a big-picture view on
how capitalism is changing...
08:49 0
How One Startup Led to Another
You might call Raad Mobrem, 25, a serial accidental entrepreneur. As a
senior at the University of California Santa Barbara, he and fellow
classmates Chase McElroy and Jonathan Luna Rivera, who were in an
entrepreneurship class together, came up with an idea for a new kind of
durable dog toy as part of a class project. As it turned...
08:42 0
samedi 28 avril 2012
Yahoo Escalates Patent War With Facebook
Yahoo just took its war of lawsuits with Facebook to the next level, adding two more patent-infringement claims to the 10 it filed for back in March.
The company also accused Facebook of not having a good-faith belief in the counterclaim it filed almost a month ago.
“Today Yahoo! filed additional claims against Facebook in U.S.
District...
10:32 2
How to Maximize Your Facebook Engagement
If you have a Facebook page, you likely know how important it is to get likes and comments. Without those, your EdgeRank
suffers, and your posts are seen by fewer fans in the future. Facebook
has already admitted that the average Facebook page only reaches about
17% of its fans. Since less than 1 to 2% of fans go back to your page,
EdgeRank...
10:26 0
5 Tips for Great Content Curation
You’ve heard the buzz word — curation — being thrown around like it’s a gadget we all know how to work. In reality, good content curation
isn’t as simple as pushing a share button. It’s actually a combination
of finding great content and following some simple best practices on how
to successfully share that content.
If you’re a curator...
10:16 0
Women Are More Likely Than Men to Have a Blog, Facebook Profile [STUDY]
When it comes to the demographic discrepancies of social media usage,
we tend to think primarily about age. Young people, we assume, are
Facebook addicts; older people, we assume, are Facebook-phobes. And
while generational divisions have represented, and continue to
represent, a primary division in the way Americans use social media,...
10:06 0
mardi 10 avril 2012
Samsung Preparing Itself for Production of Flexible Displays?
Time after time, a display manufacturer will come up with some ideas
for making a flexible screen, and end up showing it off at a trade expo.
Over the years, we’ve seen variations on this tech keep popping up, but
we still haven’t been at the place yet where anyone’s ready to produce a
finished, commercial product.
That’s not to...
16:48 0
Does Instagram Owe Kodak a Billion Dollar Thanks?
A few days ago, I was walking around the George Eastman Mansion in Rochester, NY, blissfully unaware that Facebook was preparing to buy Instagram for $1 billion. I loved the tour. Eastman and his company, Kodak,
turned early photography, an incredibly a cumbersome and rarified
process in the mid 1800s, into a portable, easy-to-repeat...
16:37 0
Following Apple’s and Google’s Lead, Amazon Enables In-App Purchases
After a relatively short test period, Amazon announced Tuesday that developers can now set up in-app purchases within apps offered in the Amazon Appstore.
The move gives the developers an opportunity to earn more money
through in-app upgrades, expansions, subscriptions (essential to
publishers) and virtual good purchases. It also makes...
16:27 0
Intel Releases Rugged Education Tablet for the Developing World
Intel has launched the latest device in its line of classroom computers: a tablet, Intel studybook.
The Intel studybook is built to be both a rigorous education tool and a sturdy playmate. It comes loaded with Intel’s Learning Series
software, including an interactive ereader and LabCam applications. The
rugged water and dust-proof...
16:02 0
Microsoft and Nokia Begin Massive Marketing Push Behind Lumia 900
On the heels of putting on a free Nicki Minaj concert in Times Square on Friday, the big marketing push behind the Lumia 900 smartphone went into high gear this week in New York City.
To draw attention to the Nokia Lumia 900
— the first U.S. Windows Phone to boast a high-speed LTE network
connection — Microsoft set up an event in Madison...
15:48 0
Would You Watch An Angry Birds Web Series?
Angry Birds is one of the world’s favorite mobile games with their most recent release, Angry Birds Space, garnering a whopping 10 million downloads in less than three days. People wear Angry Birds costumes, dream of Angry Birds theme parks, eat Angry Birds pizzas, and even shop in Angry Birds stores. Soon, fans will be able...
10:43 0
LinkedIn Introduces Targeted Updates and Follower Statistics
LinkedIn’s 150m+ users worldwide are a marketers dream.
Professionals with lots of money and desperate me-too job seekers. A
marketer with the ability to craft intelligent relevant messaging would
be able to do good business on the network. But fortunately for
everyone, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner is not necessarily keen...
10:39 0
Today: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Hosts a Google+ Hangout
At 3:30pm EST on Tuesday, six people will participate in a Google+
Hangout with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Google has been actively
recruiting celebrities and Presidents to use Google Hangouts to connect
with people, and they are definitely a great way of getting the word
out about Google+.
The event will be moderated...
10:35 0
Everyone’s Curious About Instagram; Android App Hits 5 Million Downloads
What a week. As if being purchased for $1 Billion by the most
influential social media company in the world wasn’t enough, Instagram
has just reached 5 million downloads for the Android version of their
photo software — and that’s in 6 days. We reported when they hit a
million earlier this week, and now it looks like they’ve...
10:32 1
lundi 2 avril 2012
Dude, Where’s My iPhone — Ashton Kutcher to Play Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Somewhere in Hollywood, Ashton Kutcher is trying on a black mock turtleneck. Variety has reported that the actor, producer, and angel investor will now play the late Steve Jobs in a film about the Apple CEO.
Last seen replacing Charlie Sheen on
CBS’ “Two and a Half Men,” Ashton Kutcher is best known for comedic
roles like his stoner...
19:48 0
Groupon Stock Drops 12% As Customer Refunds Increase
While other IPOs such as LinkedIn and YELP have had tremendous recent
success, social buying startup Groupon has been on a bit of a roller
coaster ride and it looks like they just went over a steep drop. The stock is
down over 10% today on news that four-quarter revenue and income is
down due to a higher than expected number...
19:45 0
Foursquare Shuts Down Location API for “Girls Around Me” App
A recent application that allowed users to spot the girls that were
within their vicinity has had some of its rights revoked by Foursquare.
The app, called “Girls Around Me”, was scanning public Foursquare and
Facebook to determine whether there were any females in your location.
If a girl had checked in to a location...
19:38 0
Why You Should Consider Hiring Recent Grads
Are you in a hiring quandary? All signs point to more businesses,
big and small, planning to add to head counts. And many employees are
itching to make a change after years of doing more work for the same (or
even less) pay. Others simply feel they’ve been stagnating in their
jobs for the past few years, and can’t wait to...
19:24 0
How to Get Your Business Involved in a Charity
Being a part of your community means giving back. Businesses that
give time, money and other resources to their communities reap many
benefits. They have employees who are more involved and productive who
are willing to stay. Being involved in the community improves brand
visibility and facilitates networking.
"It’s a great way to retain...
19:18 0
How One Entrepreneur Is Profiting From March Madness
When the men of Kentucky try to drive through Kansas’s powerful
defense tonight, the cheers and groans of March Madness fans will be
easily known, thanks partly to Kevin S. Ryan.
The former newspaper editor and publishing exec has built a business
consulting and teaching how to create social media strategies. March is
madness for...
19:07 0
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