Google Android & Apple iPhone Smackdown
Now that mobile phones do a lot more then call people, purchasing one is not as simple as it used to be. Two of the most advanced mobile phones on the market today are the Apple iPhone and handsets with Google’s Android. So which one is better?
When comparing the two companies it’s important to note [...]
eBay Continues to Revolutionize the Way We Buy and Sell
First eBay revolutionized the way people buy and sell on their computers. Now eBay is revolutionizing the way people buy and sell on their mobile phones. eBay has introduced a Selling App and a Classified App for the iPhone, the Android and the BlackBerry. While their selling app allows the seller to keep tabs on [...]
Keeping Kids Safe Online
For the past few years parents have started recognizing the risks that unsupervised online activity poses on children. Unfortunately, parents often forget that many cell phones and gaming systems can also access the Internet. According to Daniel Bentley’s article, Call to Improve Mobile Internet Controls, “There are concerns about young children accessing social networking sites, [...]
Social Media Marketing
Although social media wasn’t originally meant to be a marketing tool, it is now clear that any sound marketing plan should include social media. Check out Patti Fousek’s informative article, Social Media: Doing it the Right Way, to learn some of the dos and don’ts of social media marketing.
With YouTube, Who Needs American Idol?
Forget shows like Star Search and American Idol, all a wanna-be star needs is a little talent and a YouTube video. Just ask Justin Bieber who, according to Shelia Shayon’s article, The Justin Bieber Phenomenon – Social Media on Steroids, “[is] arguably the biggest pop star ever launched by YouTube.” At [...]
The Authorities Using Social Media as an Investigative Tool
Social media has changed our lives in countless ways. If you are a novice social media user, then you probably hold social media responsible for bringing you closer to friends and family. But social media has also brought strangers closer together. A prime example of this is flash mobs.
Flash mobs are large groups of people [...]
HTML5
I developed my first Web site in 1995. In Notepad. It was pretty bad. Over the past 15 years I have become an expert in HTML and CSS and have lived through and adopted all versions of each. With CSS3 already in use, we look forward to HTML5.
In basic terms, HTML5 is like a combination [...]
The Feds Are Lurking on Facebook and Twitter
If you’re a respectable, law-abiding citizen (you are, aren’t you?) then this shouldn’t concern you too much. But if you think you’re above the law and leaving no evidence behind, you may want to be careful on what you post on Facebook and Twitter. The Justice Department recently released a document to help the feds [...]
Lady Gaga Is the Queen of Social Media
Lady Gaga is everywhere. You can’t turn on the radio and listen for too long before one of her hits bounces through your speakers. Yet her reach goes so much further than the Billboard Charts. Caitlin Burns states in her article Lady Gaga and Social Media (for The Social Robot) that “Lady Gaga has over [...]
Scarface-booked!
Pasquale Manfredi (a.k.a. Scarface — self-proclaimed), on of Italy’s most wanted good fella, was nabbed because officals were able to track him by monitoring his (and his contacts) Facebook activities. Check out the full story and video in Doug Stanglin’s article Italian police nab most-wanted Mafia suspect via Facebook (USA Today ONDEADLINE).
When it comes to [...]