The AT&T store of the future in Huntington Beach, CA
I was invited down to the AT&T store in Huntington Beach to check out their new interactive store of the future. This is the second store of its kind...
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How to start over with a Facebook page
Oh, the regrets. Things happen. We start heading down the wrong direction and suddenly we find ourselves in a bad place. What am I talking about? Facebook...
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Pre-pivot work
40 articles from Louie Baur's earlier era on TECHi (pre-2026 financial-coverage pivot). URLs still resolve and Google can crawl them, but they're not on the current beat.
First cell phone television ad from 1989
Okay, so we probably shouldn't have used a jolly Don Draper cartoon as the featured image for this piece, but it's hard to find a valid photo for the...
NY Times goes after Apple with ridiculous claim
There are conspiracy theories that blow your mind and make you wonder what the author was smoking. You don't normally expect to see them in the New York...
Mulally is definitely still talking to Microsoft
When the St Louis Rams lost Sam Bradford to a knee injury, they called on 44-year-old Brett Favre to see if he was interested. He publicly said he was...
#Infographic: How accurate could the NSA be about terrorists?
We know they're watching. That much is not in question. The only real debate that could possibly have enough substance to sway the American government is...
Timelapse video shows just how detailed Grand Theft Auto V really is
The gameplay has been heralded as amazing. The online version has had bugs but seems to be heading in the right direction. The sales of GTA V have been...
The history of social media
Do you remember having to pick up a phone book? When was the last time you licked a stamp? Did you ever look at your phone bill and make a note to watch...
How branding posts set up power posts on Facebook
There are several different ways that businesses go about using Facebook for marketing. Some use it for branding only. Others use it for business...
The art of getting retweets (with addendums)
There really is more art than science when it comes to getting retweeted on Twitter. For individual influencers and organizations with a lot of clout,...
Use social media to educate consumers... and possibly blow their minds
The days of businesses focusing their efforts on entertaining their fans on social media are behind us... at least they should be. Today, people expect...
Four types of Facebook posts that businesses can rotate if they must
There are too many opportunities out there in the world of social media that makes it a bad idea to ignore the medium. Businesses can make an impact if...
Second screen usage during commercials highlights social media's potential
Quick, what's the first thing you do when a commercial comes on the television. The standard answers without thinking about it are: flip through the...
If you want attention on Google+, go large and horizontal with your images
When Google+ first rolled out their change, we called it "Twitteresque". After exploring it further for the last couple of weeks, we believe that it's...
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