Will Verizon announce iphone 4 at CES 2011?
By Sean Sarian Many are expecting an iphone 4G announcement from Verizon at the next CES 2011, in early January, which will be held in Las Vegas. There has been news ...
Indoor Gardening: Beginner’s Tips
You love to garden. Watching a flower grow as you care for its needs is fun. But you may not live in subtropical climates, such as California or Florida, and growing particular plants and fruits during the wintertime is next to impossible. Plants need plenty of sunshine to grow, and during the wintertime, it may be hard to get enough sunlight or provide plants with a stable temperature. Despite the... [Read more]
The Evolution of Portable Music Devices
Music mobility—that’s what customers want from a device. Before the existence of the popular iPod and Zune players, other devices, such as cassette players, CD players and mini-CD players, dominated the market. As time progresses, music players get smaller, more powerful and capable of holding more music. Each new medium provides more for a customer, such different formats for music or movies.... [Read more]
Transceivers: The Communication Key
In war, those who can communicate information survive, those without it die. Throughout the history of warfare, information has been carried through a number of different mediums–letters, telephones, telegrams, smoke signals and even through Ethernet communication networks. No matter the medium, communication continues to be a necessary part of not just warfare, but of society as well, helping... [Read more]
Looking at the Blackberry Torch
It is really common for people these days to want to have a smartphone. It seems to be what everyone wants. It is no longer enough to just be able to text and make phone calls. People expect more now and that is exactly what you will get from the latest phones on the market. When you are looking at getting a new phone it is advisable to visit a number of phone shops before hand. Visit O2 for example... [Read more]
Sell your used cell phone
Do you have a large pile of used mobile phones taking up valuable storage space in your home or office? Do you need extra money to make ends meet? You can solve both problems by recycling your used or broken cell phones the right way. A new comparison shopping website called Sell Cell allows people to easily recycle their unwanted cell phones and receive the highest cash amount for doing something... [Read more]
The website is dead and other predictions for 2012
We’ve published in the past some interesting pieces of social media research from Mike Schwede who has always taken an interesting look at how the public responds to and impacts the major stories of the day from the Greenpeace siege on Nestle to the shortlived love affair with Pippa Middleton. He joins us here for a look at some big observations for the year to come. My visit to LeWeb 2011 with ... [Read more]
The Guardian launches new ad model for N0tice
Last month we told you about the launch of n0tice , a hyperlocal online community “noticeboard” incubated by The Guardian . Yesterday, they flipped the switch on a new advertising platform. Yes, the “SoMoLo” revolution will be ad-supported. Here’s how it will work, explains Matt McAlister , Director of Digital Strategy at Guardian Media Group: Today we’re launching... [Read more]
Social media spotlight: Twitter overhauls micro-blogging experience
Twitter has announced it will see in the New Year with a major redesign for its site and mobile apps, aiming to simplify its interface and give advertisers a better platform to engage with users. The changes will happen in two key areas: brands and civilians (or ‘private users’). Civvies will allegedly see increased functionality through four new buttons: Home : The news feed, now featuring embedded... [Read more]
Social creative: Philips helps the nation rise and shine
Consumer recommendations a driving force in social commerce
It’s been said that online commerce is the engine of retail. And what’s the fastest growing segment of online commerce? It appears to be social commerce, and this new study on our online shopping habits from e-commerce specialists at ChannelAdvisor sheds light on why. The Global Consumer Shopping Habits Survey gives further evidence as to why customer recommendations and reviews have become... [Read more]
Social Creative: We&Co adds a new dimension to a tip and ‘cheers’
Social Commerce Spotlight: Peeqing into the future of social shopping
Social commerce spotlight: Pizza? There’s an app for that
Crisis control: The stupidity of silencing social media
When protesters took to the streets earlier this year in Tunis, Cairo and Benghazi, the teetering autocrats in charge acted swiftly. They shut down the Internet and mobile connections in an effort to wipe out the opposition’s lines of communications and stop the Facebook-fueled revolution before it could rock the palace gates. The effort proved fruitless, as many of us in the West confidently... [Read more]
Social Commerce Spotlight: Footasylum steps into F-Commerce
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