It’s easy for bloggers to take shots at people who are much more successful than the blogger ever will be whenever the subject of their wrath makes mistakes that bite them later. This is one of those cases. Andrew Mason should have sold Groupon to Google when they offered $6 billion for the daily deals… Continue reading You should have sold Groupon when you had the chance, Andrew Mason
Month: February 2013
How to nurture your laptop to make it live longer
Some people keep their laptops for a long time. Others upgrade regularly because they think that their laptops are outdated or too slow. In either case, it’s important to know how to keep your laptop running at optimal performance levels so that the decision to get a new laptop is done at the right time… Continue reading How to nurture your laptop to make it live longer
Wasn’t email supposed to be dead by now?
At the World Economic Forum in 2004, Bill Gates made an interesting promise. “Two years from now, spam will be solved.” The rise of social media has had others making other predictions for years. One such prediction has been in the form of bloggers and technology experts declaring that email will be dead by 2009,… Continue reading Wasn’t email supposed to be dead by now?
Background video technology brings the world to Hollywood
We’ve all seen the shots in sci-fi movies where the background was obviously manufactured. Background fill video technology is nothing new with green screens being the predominant type in Hollywood and around the world. What many don’t realize is that many of the television shows that they watch today aren’t filmed on location the way… Continue reading Background video technology brings the world to Hollywood
Leap Wireless shows the iPhone still can’t be popular for low income consumers
Hindsight is 20/20, or so they say. This is important for Leap Wireless as it seems on the surface that their failure to sell a no-contract iPhone was a doomed concept from the start. Last year, the company became the first pay-as-you-go carrier to offer the Apple iPhone. Now, they’re on pace to sell half… Continue reading Leap Wireless shows the iPhone still can’t be popular for low income consumers
The world of mobile payments
Mobile is taking over the scene. Smartphones and tablets are bringing along this revolution, and our lives are becoming more intertwined with technology as a result. The term “mobile payment” actually has a number of different meanings. To some, NFC (near field communications) comes to mind. NFC is a relatively new payment option that allows… Continue reading The world of mobile payments
How- to pay to promote your video on YouTube
We are capable to promote posts and tweets on Facebook and Twitter and although Google+ is just joining the social login sphere, promotion still lies in the hands of Google Ads. However, there acquired company YouTube is giving its vloggers the opportunity to promote their videos by paying to target more people. They are called… Continue reading How- to pay to promote your video on YouTube
Gun control Twitter campaign using ‘male enhancement pill’ techniques according to GOP congressman
If you’re going to spread your message on Twitter, it’s best to avoid the Viagra technique. That’s the message coming from capitol hill as Congressman Steve Stockman (R-TX) released evidence in a press release that he is being spammed by twitterbots. “Obama’s anti-gun campaign is a fraud,” Stockman said in the release. “Obama’s anti-gun activists… Continue reading Gun control Twitter campaign using ‘male enhancement pill’ techniques according to GOP congressman
Facebook’s corrected insights may be a red herring for improved exposure for pages
When Facebook announced last week that Insights, their page-level analytics platform, had been reporting the wrong numbers for several months, most took it as a growing pain of a company growing into its own. It was a minor negative, something that caused a handful of “Facebook advertising has a long way to go” blog posts… Continue reading Facebook’s corrected insights may be a red herring for improved exposure for pages
Minecraft gets the Harlem Shake treatment
Some Minecraft faithful might view the video below as an abomination, hurtling their beloved creation engine into the sordid depths of short-lived internet memes. Others will see it as a valiant use of the game to touch a mainstream world with exposure that can only help the Minecraft world grow larger by riding the coattails… Continue reading Minecraft gets the Harlem Shake treatment