Top Twitter Tools

by Pierre Zarokian The popularity of Twitter has exploded in the past year. More people than ever are using it as a way to share information and connect with others around the world. Recent news events have highlighted just how powerful Twitter has become as a way for diverse groups of people to discuss news and events that are important to them. The recent surge in Twitter’s popularity highlights... [Read more]

90+ Social Media Sites

I covered a listing of twenty dofollow social bookmarking sites in another post. This time around i am listed 90+ social bookmarking sites, both dofollow and nofollow. Some of the biggest sites online are nofollow but if you do get your submission to the front page of the site, it can mean a massive amount of traffic for a short period of time. The usefulness of both depends on your overall plan for... [Read more]

Free Tools to Speed Up Social Media Submission

Do you own a website or a blog and as a result spend a lot of time submitting your site to all the social media sites? What if you could cut down the time it takes to submit your pages to half an hour from the current two hours it takes? In this post I will be looking at two free tools which can drastically speed up the time it takes. First up on the list is Socialmarker found over at socialmarker.com.... [Read more]

Can an “iWatch” from Apple save the company?

A watch capable of computing from Apple is once again making headlines in technology circuit. Apple lost more than one third of its share price recently and could use a boost from much talked about wrist watch. Other companies have made attempts starting with Cisco’s calculator watch in 1970s to Sony’s SmartWatch that you can check your e-mail, tweet, or play music in addition to making phone... [Read more]

Apple to stay on top for smartphones and tablets

The technology and marketing fight between Apple and Korea’s Samsung Electronics is continuing.  Apple is the biggest company and Samsung is gaining more grounds.  Samsung sold more Galaxy S-III smartphones than Apple and its Galaxy Note II tablet is also selling well.  However, people who doubt Apple’s ability to stay on top may want to give it another look. Apple rolled out iPad mini and iPhone... [Read more]

Picking From the Best SEO Companies

There is no point in giving short shrift to your company’s search engine optimization process. Search engine optimization is one more vital implement in the toolbox of digital marketing, so it’s best to have it running at top speed. You need to go where your customers are, and more than ever, your customers are online. The best way to introduce yourself to them is to have the best possible visibility.... [Read more]

“Industrial Internet” from General Electric

We all know well that whenever we logged onto the Web, someone somewhere is watching us.  When we logged onto a business site to buy something online, someone is collecting data on us.  But when General Electric says that it is going to collect data from jet engines, generators, locomotives, or CT Scanners, it becomes big news.  That is exactly what they said at a recently concluded Mind and Machines... [Read more]

Could Intel chips stay on top of technology?

After eight years at the helm, Paul S. Otellini recently announced that he is leaving the world’s largest chip maker Intel in May 2013.  During his tenure, Intel increased its revenue by 56 percent and operating profits surged by 46 percent.  But moving forward, Intel may face tough challenges. The worldwide sales of PCs are slowing down and sales of smartphones and tablets are increasing at an... [Read more]

Watch Your Heartbeat on Xbox One’s New Kinect

Two years and millions of units later, Microsoft Kinect motion and voice capture and control system for the Xbox 360 is an unparalleled success. So it came as little surprise that the powerful controller is now an essential part of the Xbox One console that Microsoft will ship sometime later this year. The new, somewhat larger — dare I say boxy -– Kinect is vastly more powerful than the... [Read more]

Twitter Introduces Two-Step Authentication

Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication to more securely protect accounts, the company announced Wednesday. The move comes after a number of hacks of high-profile Twitter accounts, including The Onion, the Associated Press and E! Online. Twitter announced the new feature via a blog post , saying it is in response to accounts “occasionally” being compromised by phishing... [Read more]

Jennifer Lopez and Verizon Launch Mobile Stores for Latinos

LAS VEGAS — Jennifer Lopez unexpectedly took the stage at a Verizon Wireless press conference Wednesday to talk about Latinos and wireless service. “As modern Latinos we do things differently, including how we shop for mobile devices,” said Lopez. With that in mind, she’s launching Viva Movil, a new wireless store and online presence designed specifically for the Latino community.... [Read more]

Watch People Fall for This Google Glass Prank

In 1995, Tiger Electronics released a wearable video game system called the R-Zone that projected crappy beat ‘em ups directly into kids’ eyeballs. It was a flop — and obviously way ahead of its time. Fast forward to 2013, the year of Google Glass — our greatest shot at human/Internet singularity, and one of the creepiest technologies ever invented. Many have heard about Glass,... [Read more]

Giphy Wants to Make GIFs More Legit

GIFs are about to get a bit more serious Giphy , a startup that recently launched out of Betaworks, aims to empower the community of GIF creators and consumers by making it easier for users to search for GIFs and for artists to get their work discovered. The website initially started off as a side project by two hackers-in-resident at Betaworks. Jace Cooke and Alex Chung spent a couple weekends building... [Read more]