Empire Avenue Revamps Interface, Adds Google+ Scoring - also the best of the web

Welcome back! I imagine you've come for a look at most interesting links of the day. I've dug up stuff on Google, Facebook and Twitter.

Google: also known as The Big G

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Right, who has been talking about Google? It was techcrunch.com with their write-up entitled Empire Avenue Revamps Interface, Adds Google+ Scoring.

What did they say about Google? Well...:

But if Empire Avenue really wants to be the social stock market (which it does), then it can't continue on without integrating the Crunchie award-winning Google+

and went on to say

Luckily, Google+ scoring has been added to the service, joining forces with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr, Foursquare, LinkedIn, WordPress, and various blogs

Next it's a site that's also been writing about Google - Family Favorite: Indoor Waterparks.

They wrote:

Do you ever wonder why indoor waterparks are so popular?

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For one, it s a nice break from the cold winter weather, where you can head inside to a balmy 86 degrees

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com

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To finish it's Twitter Buys Posterous For Undisclosed Sum from www.webpronews.com, focussing on Twitter. Good stuff from them, particularly

Twitter and Posterous announced that the former has acquired the latter

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Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but we do have official announcements from both companies

10 Optimization Secrets To Drive More Mobile Traffic From Facebook

I've been preparing for another glance at the best of the web. We'll be talking about Facebook, Google and Symantec.

Facebook: http://facebook.com

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First things first, who has been talking about Facebook? It was searchengineland.com with their blog post entitled 10 Optimization Secrets To Drive More Mobile Traffic From Facebook.

What did they point out about Facebook? They said:

One of the staggering facts in Facebook's public filing last month was that 50% of their traffic is driven by mobile devices

and went on to say

That's about 5x more than the average website

Google: also known as The Big G

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Next we have a site that's been writing about Google - Kony 2012: Lessons for Video Marketers.

They wrote:

According to Google News, 4,950 news sources have written stories about KONY 2012

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Created in-house by Jason Russell, KONY 2012 had been shared more than 7.6 million times on Facebook as of Sunday morning, according to the Viral Video Chart, and embedded in more than 6,200 blogs. . The phenomenal success of this film shatters some myths about viral videos and teaches some other important lessons for video marketers

Finally it's Symantec: Finders Will Try to Access Lost Smartphones from www.eweek.com, focussing on Symantec. Good stuff from them, particularly

Symantecs advice to smartphone users?

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Keep the devicesclose

The Big G May Have Dropped Another Twitter Feature

I've been warming up for another glance at the best of the web. We'll be talking about Twitter, Arista Networks and Tumblr.

First things first, who has been talking about Twitter? It was www.webpronews.com who wrote an article called Google May Have Dropped Another Twitter Feature.

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com

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What did they say about Twitter? They said:

The relationship between Google and Twitter has been somewhat rocky lately

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Last year, the two companies were unable to reach an agreement that would continue to give Google access to the Twitter firehose to better its search results. For that reason, Google's realtime search feature disappeared

Arista Networks: http://www.aristanetworks.com

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Next we have a site that's been writing about Arista Networks - Arista Networks, Amid Takeover Bids, Eyes IPO: Report.

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Arista Networks, a company that makes networking gear forcloud computing and data center environments, reportedly is considering a moveto go public within the next year or two after fending off acquisitionattempts

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Executives with Arista, which is populated with Cisco Systemsveterans and counts former Sun Microsystems co-founder and executive AndyBechtolsheim as a founder, are aiming at an initial public offering (IPO) laterthis year or in early 2013, President and CEO Jayshree Ullaltold Reutersin a March 7 report.

Tumblr: http://tumblr.com

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Last but not least we have Dog Blogs: 15 Adorable Tumblrs for Canine Connoisseurs from mashable.com, focussing on Tumblr. They made a number of good points, particularly

Dog Blogs: 15 Adorable Tumblrs for Canine Connoisseurs Theron Humphrey's "super serious project about dogs and physics" shows coonhound Maddie standing on various objects

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If anthropomorphizing animals makes you giggle, check out this Tumblr. 6. F*** Yeah Dogs on Computers

PayPal's New Digital Wallet Will Offer Personalized Deals, Flexible Payment Spending, And More - with the best links of the day

Google: also known as The Big G

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So, it's time for yet another glace through the best of the web. I've dug up stuff on PayPal, Google and Facebook.

First things first, who has been talking about PayPal? It was techcrunch.com who wrote an article called PayPal's New Digital Wallet Will Offer Personalized Deals, Flexible Payment Spending, And More.

What did they point out about PayPal? They said:

We've been hearing recently about PayPal's in-store payments platform for large retailers (which will soon be rolled out to small businesses as well)

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But we haven't seen PayPal do much in the past few months with its plans for its digital wallet on the consumer side. We know PayPal has a major vision for how payments will be made in the future, but today, the company is giving us a glimpse of exactly what new features will be added to the platform in the coming year

Next up it's a site that's been writing about Google - Computing in UK Schools is Failing Students.

They said:

In the UK, the respected Science body, the Royal Society, recently published a report damning the teaching of ICT (information and Communications Technologies) in UK schools

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The report is called Shut Down or Restart: the Way Forward for Computing in Schools

Facebook: http://facebook.com

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To finish we have Blogging Continues to Grow from www.marketingpilgrim.com, focussing on Facebook. Great things from them, particularly

A small piece of evidence of this need for more developed thinking can be seen in the fact that Chris Hughes, a Facebook founder, is purchasing "The New Republic" magazine

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He feels there is a real need for traditional long form journalism even in the 140 character world we all live in currently. It is one he helped birth, in fact, but is clearly saying that there is more to it and needs to be more to it

International Women's Day 2012 The Big G Doodle - plus my selection of links for the day

So, it's time for a look at most significant links of the day. We'll be talking about Google, Netflix and Apple Inc.

Google: also known as The Big G

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First things first, who's been writing about Google? It was searchenginewatch.com with their post entitled International Women's Day 2012 Google Doodle.

What did they point out about Google? They said:

Today's Google Doodlecelebrates International Women's Day, an event for globally recognizing and applauding women's achievements as well as for observing and highlighting gender inequalities and issues

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The Doodle replaces their standard search logo with a simple illustration that forms Google's G with the female gender sign. The second o is a yellow flower, while the first o and the e are reminiscent of the bindi, a symbol associated with Indian women.

Netflix: Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:  NFLX) is an American provider of on-demand Internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, United Kingdom and Ireland and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. It started its subscription-based digital distribution service in 1999 and by 2009 it was offering a collection of 100,000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers. On February 25, 2007, Netflix announced the billionth DVD delivery. In April 2011, Netflix announced 23.6 million subscribers. By 2011, the total digital revenue for Netflix reached .5 billion.

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Next we have a site that's been talking about Netflix - Netflix Prepares to Launch Cable-Hosted Subscription Service.

They said:

Media wars continue

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The on-going quest of cable and internet service providers for control of televised information provided for in-home viewing continues to be a considerable hurdle in cooperative technologies. Netflix now makes its move to partner as a service on cable-hosted access

Last but not least we have App Makes Your Smartphone a Hotel TV Remote Control from mashable.com, focussing on Apple. They had some interesting points to make, particularly

LodgeNet Mobile is a free download available for Android (click here) and iOS (click here) devices

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You're also given an option prompting you to download it when visiting the LodgeNet welcome screen on a hotel room TV set. The app works in any room connected to the service - all you have to do is pair it to each new TV set as you travel around

The Big G Play Aims to Battle Apple Inc. iTunes - and my other links of the day

Apple Inc.: http://Apple.com

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It's the perfect time for another links roundup. I've dug up stuff on Google, Apple Inc. and YouTube.

Google: also known as The Big G

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So, let's see who's been discussing Google? It was www.eweek.com with their post entitled Google Play Aims to Battle Apple iTunes.

What did they point out about Google? They said:

Googles systemic revision of its services continues, withthe introduction of Google Play

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Starting today, Android Market, Google Music and the GoogleeBookstore will become part of Google Play, Jamie Rosenberg, Googles directorof digital content, wrote in a March6 posting on the search engine giants Official Blog. On mobile devices,the update from Android Market to Google Play Store will apparently take placeover the coming days, while videos, books, and music apps will be rebrandedGoogle Play Movies, Google Play Books and Google Play Music apps.

Next up we have a site that's been writing about Apple - Zuckerberg Takes a Bite Out of Apple.

They said:

If you take the word apple and slice it in half, you get the word app

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Yesterday, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, took a new liking to an app, called Friendsheet, that again will change the reflection of Facebook in your eyes. His liking came on the eve of Apples big announcement event,where they launched a third generation iPad and a new Apple TV product. Many of us have taken a liking to Pinterest. It s a neat bundle of ideas and inspirations in the form of pictures organized in a fashion that allows for quick visual browsing and additional filtering on the users end.The Friendsheet App takes your photos and displays them in the Pinterest fashion. As one user said, "Love it. A faster glance. Like the visual follow. Improvement to the slow feed and filters...nice."

YouTube: YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos.

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To finish we have YouTube Announces Next Cause Winners from www.webpronews.com, focussing on YouTube. They had some interesting points to make, particularly

Last month, YouTube unveiled their newest program in their "Next Creator" family, YouTube Next Causes

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The goal is to " help organizations that are already changing the world better use online video to drive action" - basically a how-to course on how online video can really expand the reach of a organization

Verizon Communications Releases List Of Devices Getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich - and my other links of the day

Google: also known as The Big G

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So, it's time for another links roundup. We'll be talking about Verizon Communications Facebook and Google.

Right, who's been discussing Verizon? It was techcrunch.com who wrote an article called Verizon Releases List Of Devices Getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

What did they point out about Verizon? Well...:

But after seeing Verizon's updated ICS update device list, I'm thinking that figure will change dramatically in the coming months

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The latest version of the OS was released alongside the Samsung Galaxy Nexus back in December, and is probably in the hands of about 2 percent of users as we speak.

Facebook: http://facebook.com

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Next it's a site that's been writing about Facebook - Facebook's Immunity to User Fatigue.

They wrote:

However, one social network people do not seem to be tired of, at least not yet, happens to be the current creme of the crop. You guessed it - we're talking about Facebook

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Lately, there has been a lot of talk about social media fatigue. Research has shown that some users are simply burnt out from the phenomenon many internet experts said was hear to say. This is not too shocking considering that quite a few users have been plugged in since the good old days when Friendster and MySpace were all the rage.

Finally we have Cloud Defies Definition from technorati.com, focussing on Google. Good stuff from them, particularly

Cloud computing has been described by The National Institute of Standards and Technology, an established agency of the US Department of Commerce, most recently as "a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction," with ubiquitous being a key term

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This description is the current one, published just six months ago by this government agency invested with the authority to describe secure proprietary enabled methods of tech know-how and participation for public safety. Ubiquitous is a key idea, since cloud availability is an ideal, and not defined by rule.