Google+ for business and Brands
Many of you, as I, have found the power of Google+. Google today, released google+ for business. This allows business and brands to capture the vital traffic in the network and build/join the important conversations. Read more @ googleblog.blogspot.com
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I recently obtained my amateur call letters from the FCC, KD2AVI and have had the privilege to work a dozen or so fellow Hams on my local repeaters. While I am still fairly new, the community is has been fantastic. While yes, there are easier was to communicate with people far away and I will not get into the...
small business and social media
9% of small businesses said a social media expert would the most helpful new hire.
use your phone to plan your next trip.
Google recently released OnTheFly™ a mobile shopping app to enable browsing of 35 days worth of departure dates. Read more at the google mobile blog. Check it out in the Android Market or the App Store.
delicious – how I have missed you.
delicious was maybe my first bookmarking service and it is great to see the site given a much-needed face lift. In the pre social days delicious was a network similar to twitter, simple and very powerful. Was it the effect of a big company coming in and buying it that hurt the traffic number, maybe,...
New York Tech Boom?
Is the west coast the only location to create a start-up? Is being accepted to y-combinator a key needed to unlock a start-up? Recently, Mr. Graham talked in Manhattan in front of curious people, entrepreneurs, developers and programmers regarding the fertile environment needed to make a winning start-up. “The Valley is a magnet for nerdy visionaries,” he said. “New York is for...
Quick look @ conferize
At the recent Demo ’11, some chatter is surrounding conferize. From the site, “Imagine all the conferences in the world. All the people. All the info. In one place.” Conserize will make it easy for you to track the members of a conference follow up with them after the show and also track conversations during...
I like the new Posterous
The new Posterous layout is very nice and clean. Well the interface was always nice and clean, but there is something about this new look that is very easy to use. They say the new site is: – Faster access to your favorite content – Check out your brand new profile page – Your pages...
photovine
Just obtained an email from photovice the iPhone application is now available. photovine is going to allow you to attach photos to a certain keyword and than others can attach photos to the same keyword. A really nice twist on the limitations we see in the current photo sharing applications. check out more @ photovine.com...
Recent 6 months of reading…
Here is a list of the recent books books I have finished over the past 6 months. Enjoy. Googled: The End of the World As We Know It Just eleven years old, Google has profoundly transformed the way we live and work-we’ve all been Googled. Esteemed media writer Ken Auletta uses the story of Google’s...
trying out, Pinterest
I recently heard about Pinerest and this application allows you to “pin” items from around the web and assign category labels to these items. Right now they are in private beta, but you can sing up for an account @ http://pinterest.com/