Tuesday, January 29, 2013

BlackBerry's Crucial, Long-Overdue Makeover - plus my own links overview

Just what has been happening in the realm of tech? Who are we checking out?

Who shall we look at first? Well, it's Steve Jobs and Apple Inc....
- Early jOBS Reviews Are Mixed, Generally Approving of Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs Portrayal from www.webpronews.com

Facebook has been getting a lot of press too:
- Facebook Quietly Tightens Its PayPal Payout Policy, Now Requires Extra ID In Countries Like China, Brazil, India, And Israel from techcrunch.com
- Can Facebook Graph Search Disrupt the Google Habit? from searchenginewatch.com
- A Closer Look at Facebook Graph Search from technorati.com



BlackBerry and Research In Motion Limited were mentioned quite a bit too:
- BlackBerry's Crucial, Long-Overdue Makeover - "EmailPrintShareFacebookTwitterTumblrLinkedInStumbleUponRedditDiggMixxDeliciousGoogle+CommentThorsten Heins, chief executive of Research In Motion Ltd., will reveal the first phone with the new BlackBerry 10 system in New York on Wednesday" - said techland.time.com
- RIM's BlackBerry World Movie Downloads Landing In U.S., U.K., Canada First, DRM-Free Music Downloads Heading To 18 Markets - techcrunch.com
- RIM Announces Large Selection Of Film, TV Shows And Music For BlackBerry 10 - www.webpronews.com

To finish up let's take a look at Google and Search engine optimization.
- How Google's Lack Of (Re-)Consideration For Local Businesses Makes Life & Listings Difficult - "For local business listings, ranking well in Google search results is highly important" - said searchengineland.com
- How to Prepare Your Google Shopping Feed for Google Catalogs - searchenginewatch.com
- Get Ready For Even More Google Glasshole Sightings - techcrunch.com



















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Monday, January 28, 2013

How Google's Lack Of (Re-)Consideration For Local Businesses Makes Life & Listings Difficult - plus my very own blog posts overview

The field of technology hardly ever stands still. Let's take a look at which companies have been in the news.

One hot conversation starter is Facebook and YouTube, LLC. Let's take a look at shall we?
- Can Facebook Graph Search Disrupt the Google Habit? from searchenginewatch.com
- Social Ads Upstart Unified Acquires YC-Backed Facebook Analytics Guru PageLever from techcrunch.com
- Got a Job Interview? New Site Lets You Scrub That Facebook Timeline from technorati.com



Google and IOS seemed to get mentioned rather a lot too:
- How Google's Lack Of (Re-)Consideration For Local Businesses Makes Life & Listings Difficult from searchengineland.com
- How to Prepare Your Google Shopping Feed for Google Catalogs from searchenginewatch.com
- Google Makes Using Analytics Easier With New Solution Gallery For Dashboards, Segments & Custom Reports from techcrunch.com







Did you see all the talk about BlackBerry and Canada? Here's the most interesting links:
- RIM's BlackBerry World Movie Downloads Landing In U.S., U.K., Canada First, DRM-Free Music Downloads Heading To 18 Markets - "Ahead of the grand unveiling of its next-gen BlackBerry 10 OS this week, and fresh from rebranding its app storeto BlackBerry World (to flag up the multimedia content that will be up for grabs alongside the apps), RIM has revealed a few more details about what BlackBerry uses will be able to download from the store" - said techcrunch.com
- RIM Announces Large Selection Of Film, TV Shows And Music For BlackBerry 10 - www.webpronews.com

Finally we should take a quick look at Vine and Twitter, Inc..
- Of Course Vine Is Full of Porn, and It's Not Really a Problem Until You Consider Apple - "Hey everyone, can you believe that people are using a new video-sharing app to share porn videos?" - said www.webpronews.com
- VinePeek And VineRoulette Let Us Become Real-time Video Voyeurs - techcrunch.com







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Saturday, January 26, 2013

No Fitbit Or Fuelband Necessary. The Moves App Tracks Your Steps From The iPhone. - along with my links summary

Just what has been going on in the realm of tech? Who are we taking a look at?

In our first little bunch, why don't we have a look at the sites taking about Linksys and Cisco Systems, Inc.:
- Belkin to Buy Linksys Router Maker from Cisco from techland.time.com
- Cisco Leaves The Consumer Networking Market After Selling Linksys Brand To Belkin from techcrunch.com
- Belkin To Acquire Linksys From Cisco from www.webpronews.com

Facebook has been receiving a lot of press too:
- Facebook Is Done Giving Its Precious Social Graph To Competitors from techcrunch.com
- Facebook Cuts Social Graph Access, Leaves Yandex Wondering What Happened from searchenginewatch.com
- Facebook To Developers: Most Of You Just Keep Doing What You're Doing from www.webpronews.com

The next topics I'll be covering are IPhone and Microsoft Corporation.
- No Fitbit Or Fuelband Necessary. The Moves App Tracks Your Steps From The iPhone. - "Using just your iPhone, it can track the number of steps you've taken per day, and where and when you've driven or cycled. I've used it for the past few weeks, and for me, it's probably going to be a keeper" - said techcrunch.com
- Apple Drops - the iPhone Stops - While Galaxy Pops - technorati.com



















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Friday, January 25, 2013

Facebook Is Done Giving Its Precious Social Graph To Competitors - plus my own links summary

Which companies have been moving and shaking in the realm of technology? Let's see.

In our first little grouping, let's take a look at the sites taking about Apple Inc. and IPod:
- Apple Posts Record Revenue And Profit Yet Again, But Misses Expectations from www.webpronews.com

Google and Web search engine seemed to get mentioned a reasonable amount too:
- Google Earnings: 2012 Revenue of $50 Billion, Q4 Revenue of $14 Billion, CPCs Fall from searchenginewatch.com
- Report: Google "Actively" Thinking About Marketing A Smart Watch from www.webpronews.com
- Google 2013: Could Wireless Internet Be Free Soon!? from technorati.com



The next topics I'll be covering are Facebook and Web search engine.
- Facebook Is Done Giving Its Precious Social Graph To Competitors - "Of all Facebook's data sets, it's the social graph that's truly unique" - said techcrunch.com
- Are Bing Ads Coming to Facebook? - searchenginewatch.com
- Facebook Overtakes Google Maps as the Number One Mobile App - www.webpronews.com

To finish up we should take a look at HIV and Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
- HIV-Resistant Cells Created By Stanford Researchers Could Protect Patients From AIDS (VIDEO) - "Researchers at Stanford University have created HIV-resistant T-cells, a breakthrough that, if proven successful in humans, could potentially stop the virus from developing into AIDS" - said www.huffingtonpost.com
- Potential AIDS Cure Could Make HIV Dormant - www.webpronews.com



















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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Google Appears To Arrest The Decline in Cost-Per-Click; Page Is Hopeful That Mobile CPCs Will Rise - plus my own blog posts synopsis

Tech businesses are forever making news - thankfully for me as this is a tech blog. Who're we checking out now?

In our first little grouping, let's check out the sites discussing Wii and The Legend of Zelda:
- Nintendo Announces A Host Of Surprising New Titles For Wii U from www.webpronews.com
- Nintendo Promises More Titles For Wii U Including New Zelda, Mario Games from techcrunch.com



What else do we have? Well, there's Revenue and Google Inc.:
- Google Earnings: Google Posts 36% Revenue Increase YoY from www.webpronews.com
- Apple Changes The Way It Breaks Out China, App Store, Accessory Revenue from techcrunch.com







Larry Page and Google Inc. were mentioned quite a bit too:
- Google Appears To Arrest The Decline in Cost-Per-Click; Page Is Hopeful That Mobile CPCs Will Rise - "While Google CEO Larry Page and Senior Vice President Nikesh Arora didn't really explain what helped slow declines in the last quarter, both were optimistic about prices for mobile ads" - said techcrunch.com
- Larry Page Suggests That Google Is Looking Into Expanding Google Fiber - www.webpronews.com

What else is there? Well, IPhone and Android were in the press a fair amount:
- Peter Thiel & Reid Hoffman-Backed 100Plus Unveils Its First IPhone App, "A Life Coach In Your Pocket" - "This afternoon 100Plus launched its first official iPhone app in beta (with Android set to arrive in February) that combines all the lessons learned from its app experiments into one complete experience" - said techcrunch.com















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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

New Reports Claim The iOS App Store Will Gain 435K New Apps In 2013, But Most Apps Go Unnoticed - plus my very own blog posts overview

The field of tech is always moving. Let's take a look at which companies have been making news.

One hot topic of conversation is IOS and iPad. Let's see shall we?
- New Reports Claim The iOS App Store (iOS) Will Gain 435K New Apps In 2013, But Most Apps Go Unnoticed from techcrunch.com

What else is there? Well, there's Android (operating system) and Mobile application development:
- Read-Me-The-News App Umano Launches On Android from techcrunch.com

Did you see all the talk about Barack Obama and the United States? Here are the best bits:
- Barack Obama Inauguration: President Takes The Oath Of Office For Second Time (VIDEOS, PHOTOS) - "WASHINGTON -- Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with "passion and dedication" to broaden equality and prosperity at home, nurture democracy around the world and combat global warming as he embarked on a second term before a vast and cheering crowd that spilled down the historic National Mall" - said www.huffingtonpost.com

Let's end up with a look at Facebook and the United States.
- Research: YouTube beats Facebook with consumers - "Nearly 80 percent of participants reported that they use YouTube, ahead of all other social sites like Facebook, Google+ and Twitter" - said technorati.com
- Beyonce Gets Biggest Inauguration Spike on Facebook - www.webpronews.com















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