Although the iPhone OS 3.1 has been around for quite some time now, it is only now that LinkedIn’s iPhone app is being updated to adapt to the new version of the iPhone OS. But like they said better late than never, right? Read More →
Getting yourself published used to be a hurdle that hoards of writers would attempt to jump. The advent of the Internet made it possible for everyone, irrespective of skill or experience, to be seen and heard. But just because you write stellar content, doesn’t mean you are going to be read. There are many sites that are willing to pay you for your work. If money is your motivating factor, look elsewhere. The sites below will not make you rich, but they could help you pay that cell phone bill. If you are looking to strengthen your writing skills and build yourself up as an authority on a specific subject, the following links could be helpful. Read More →
In case you’re still using Google Reader to get your daily dose of RSS news from sites you monitor, you might be interested to try out Google Reader Play. It’s Google’s latest offering that aims to take the Google Reader interface into a new level. Something innovative and yet can be counter-productive.
Google Reader Play gives you the most recommended news items of the day. These are culled from various news items that were identified using the technology Google employs with Google Reader’s Recommended Items. It’s basically random selection, so you’ll never know what will be displayed next. Read More →
Remember when a mobile phone was for calling people? Yeah. Not anymore. Smartphones are the must-have tool in this connected society, and Microsoft is hoping their goose has finally laid the golden egg with its new Windows Phone 7 Series (WP7S). The phone is so new that it’s still wearing that clingy plastic screen protector. But the buzz is huge, and these are the most talked-about features… Read More →
Several days after it was rolled out, some users may have already buzz out of Google Buzz and totally muted out Gmail Buzz. While some continue to use it as I for one keeps on getting buzz updates from those I follow. The good thing about this is that Google quickly responded to various privacy concerns and other so called buzz kills that were aired by users. Google has just dropped the auto-follow feature, disconnected Google Reader and Picasa Web Album and added a Buzz tab in Gmail settings so that you can easily disable Buzz totally.
But there are still other buzz kills that Google need to address although I don’t think that these may affect Google Buzz own demised. Yes, folks whether you agree or not, I think that Google has successfully came out with a killer social sharing/communication tool once again. And I could see users continously buzzing out in the coming days. Here are five reasons why Buzz will continue to make a killing in the social blogosphere. Read More →
The 2010 Olympics Winter Games sare here and there are endless ways to keep up with the action. Use your computer or mobile device to get instant updates, or go old-school and watch the events on TV. Here are the best places to follow the games, which run February 12-28.
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There’s no better place to get the downlow on the games than to visit the official website. Check out Vancouver2010 for everything you want to know about the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. The site boasts a tab for each specific sport, plus a comprehensive spectator guide, The Olympic Store for official gear, an area about Canadian culture, and even event ticket sales in case you decide to hop a plane to Canada (don’t forget your passport). Read More →
Success as a freelancer requires more than just initiative and good business sense – it also takes the right tools. From managing your time to finding just the right photo, here are 9 of the best Websites for keeping your personal business afloat.
The ability to drum up work is essential, but who has time to search job boards? JobPile takes listings from a several job sites –Indeed, Simply Hired, Yahoo!, HotJobs and Jobster – and funnels them into one easily-searchable location. Project seekers find at-a-glance freelance job listings in major cities across the country.
The hardworking Backpack app helps you create an intranet online, where you can create task lists, share files and images, manage production calendars, and collaborate. Backpack also lets you create a secure e-mail system and message board. Signup is seamless, and the site offers a 30-day free trial. Read More →
I just got my Google Nexus One a couple days ago and I’m already enjoying it. It’s not better than the iPhone but certainly at par with it in terms of features and capability. And just like when got my iPhone – I immediately look around for great apps to download.
To help you decide which Nexus One apps to install on your brand new unit, here are my top ten Android Apps so far.
For years, voice transcription technology has been available but terrible. Unless you talked like a robot, the typed result looked nothing like what you said. Now there’s a new round of services for those who are better at talking with your mouth rather than your thumbs, and they’ve gotten a lot better. Here are our six faves.
This new transcription app has been slobberingly adored by Mashable, The New York Times, and the rest of the web. It’s free for a limited time only, and does a mighty fine job. Once you’ve spoken, you can save the text in an email, SMS or onto your clipboard. The basic design is very user-friendly, and the price is right.
This one costs $0.99 and doesn’t let you email your notes out of your iPhone, but it does have a handy “pause” feature that allows you to take a little break without having to start a new file.
This is a useful app for the Blackberry, but don’t let the $1.99 download price fool you. They have a slate of complicated and expensive plans for emailing the transcriptions out of your device that should make you wary.
In new year, everything starts afresh and so do bloggers. Aside from resolutions and blogging plans, it’s time to evaluate our blogging progress from previous year. Some of you may not be a fan in tracking stats but in order to plan well ahead, at least a simple review is needed. I don’t plan to bombard you with multiple tools, but some easy, accessible ways you can do for your blog evaluation:
Most of the time, we are advised to track which post received the most comments as an indicator of its popularity. Truth is, quality factor is equally important as to get 50 times of ‘good post!’ is unable to compete with 40 comments with insightful, continuous discussions. Of course, time factor can affect since newer posts may need longer times to accumulate comments comparing to older ones.
You don’t need me to explain to you how ‘big’ Twitter is nowadays. If you’re going full force with social media as an publicity tool for your blog, you need to install tweetcount widgets like Tweetmeme (http://tweetmeme.com) or Backtype (http://www.backtype.com/widgets/tweetcount). Their reliabilities are unquestionable. Further more a visible widget earns you 50:50 chance for readers to retweet. Blog author has nothing to lose but a higher chance to get discovered. Therefore make sure you have the ‘WIIFM’ (What’s In It For Me) factor for all your posts, make them irresistible to go viral in various social networks.
Recently, I’ve found myself lying in bed at 3am, eyes wide open, thinking to myself, ‘there’s NOT an app for that!’
What I lack in technical expertise, I make up for with ideas. Unfortunately for me, these days, the guy with the coding experience is the guy who makes bank.
But there are workarounds. Wix helps my Flash deficiencies. SquareSpace helps me avoid WordPress updates. And now AppMakr can turn me into an iPhone genius.
A combination of RSS feeds and searches will help make your Website’s content available for app building. Multiple feeds? No problem. Mash up your Twitter, YouTube and blog feed – add a few customizations – and you could be on your way to earning cash. Read More →
As I’m using Chrome for more than a month now I have installed few useful extensions to make my life a bit easier. There are new Chrome extensions every day but for you to choose the right ones to install, I will give a little review on addons dedicated for Facebook, Twitter.
Chromed Bird – Really cool twitter client integrated right into your Chrome browser. You can also try Chrowety, Tweetings or some other built-in Twitter client.
TwitterBar – easy to use plugin for posting to twitter – no unnecessary features just type in and post.
Fast Twitter Search – this extension adds Twitter search button to the toolbar so you can quickly find something on twitter.
What the trend – very interesting plugin to see what’s are the top trending topics on Twitter right now.
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