Apps
Wearable technology is all the rage, ranging from fitness measuring devices like the fitbit to smart watches that will connect to your smart phone to Google Glass which will let you control even more “without your fingertips” to clothing that detects temperatures, heart rates and even environmental changes. What’s the hot new toy n… Read the rest
Social Mobile and Desktop Applications for the Digital Marketer
As social media sites continue to emerge as the basis of connectivity among marketers, so does the demand for fresh content. However, do you ever feel like it takes too much time to jump from site-to-site in order to update? Luckily, software developers are already one step ahead with their brilliant mobile and desktop applications.
Until recently,… Read the rest
A new trend in social advocacy: donating Twitter characters
You can donate clothes, canned goods, old eyeglasses and even your rusty ’87 Yugo to charity. Now a growing number of causes are urging donors to chip in their unused Twitter characters, too.
It works like this: send a tweet through special app, and any unused space is filled up with a public-service announcement like “Support injured servicemen and women” a… Read the rest
Appless – Is It Possible?
By Stephanie Kopf
How much longer will it be possible to remain appless and generally ignorant of what an app is, how it works and what the heck I need it for? If I am fine without, will I continue to be? Is it OK to sometimes just want to bury yourself in a book?
I am surrounded by Apple fans and people who seem to talk only in app. They seem to have a severe case of iphone a… Read the rest
Startup Spotlight: Socialtype
It’s not a mystery that gaming is a huge part of our lives. And I am not talking solitaire or minesweeper, I am talking Social-Gaming. The reality is that Social Gaming is ubiquitous. World of Warcraft, Fantasy Football, Call of Duty…few lives are left untouched by these now cultural institutions. The online gaming market is a 15 billion doll… Read the rest
Is Your App Necessary?
These days there’s an app for just about everything. But if you take a closer look, you’ll find that many of them serve little purpose.As an iPhone user, I have roughly 60 apps, some paid, some free. But of those 60, only 5-10 get used on an regular basis. I also work in social media, so when I came across apps for social media gurus and agencies, I was intrigued.
At… Read the rest
5 Apps to Make the Most of Your Summer
Most of us smartphone users have our devices practically attached to our hands at all times. Whether we’re posting to Facebook or Twitter, checking and responding to e-mails, or getting our work done on-the-go, being on our smartphones has become a way of life. The problem is that we’re often so consumed with our own little digital world that we often miss th… Read the rest
Top 5 Social Media Tools Companies Use
We all know the three most popular social media apps in our toolkit are: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. But what else are companies using to have an edge and be more efficient and productive in their social media efforts? How are they actually Tweeting? How are they monitoring? Here are five tools that were found to be popular and widely used among brands and b… Read the rest





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