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WordPress on iPhone & iPod Touch

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:29:18 +0000

Did you know that WordPress has an app for your iPhone or iPod Touch? I’ve had it on my iPod Touch for a while now, but haven’t tried it until now. As long winded as I can be I don’t see myself wanting to type a novel out on a touch keyboard. It just isn’t as [...]

Neer or Nay?

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:10:49 +0000

Read more here: A Private, Anti-Foursquare To Geo-Fence Those Neer To You

If you are going to launch a new location app, creating an anti-Foursquare is probably not a bad idea. About a week ago, a Qualcomm-incubated project called Neer quietly launched on the Android market, and has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since then. [...]

Twitter’s Fast Follow: What do you think?

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:25:11 +0000

Now You Can Follow Twitter Users Without an Account

Twitter has introduced a new feature called “Fast Follow” that makes it easy to follow anyone via SMS, even if you don’t have a Twitter account (if you’re located in the U.S. at least).

To use it, all you need to do is text “follow [username]” to Twitter’s shortcode [...]

Twitter Mapping Tools

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:20:53 +0000

Mashable recently published an article on 5 Terrific Twitter Mapping Tools which gives you various ways to see your tweeps (Twitter friends) and trends based on geo-location. I tried out MMMeeja’s Twitter Google Map to see where my Tweeps are.

Here is my map (note it takes a minute to load):

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Map your Twitter friends

Also, [...]

CHART OF THE DAY: Here’s The Most Popular Apps On Android, iPhone, And BlackBerry

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:20:47 +0000

Here’s an interesting set of charts from Nielsen analyzing the most popular apps on each smartphone platform.

As you can see, app usage is pretty uniform across the board. Smartphone users love Facebook, Maps, Pandora and the Weather Channel.

There’s only one really glaring exception across the platforms. Apple’s iPod and iTunes are huge on the iPhone. On [...]

CHART OF THE DAY: iPad Browser Share Already Beating Android, BlackBerry

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:19:32 +0000

There’s only 2 million iPads in the market, but the iPad’s share of the global browser market is already bigger than Android, BlackBerry, and the iPod touch, according to this chart cited in a recent Morgan Stanley research report.

Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty says iPad usage is closer to a PC than a smartphone, which is [...]

Chart Of The Day: Hey Google, Better Figure Out Another Business (Other Than Search)

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:11:13 +0000

Google’s stock has taken a beating this year, falling more than 20% since January.

There’s a bunch of small reasons for Google’s stock to be dinged, including the failure of the Nexus One, pulling out of China, and the weaker Euro posing some problems.

The big picture for Google is that it hasn’t found a second leg [...]

Chart Of The Day: Mobile Search Is Exploding, But Ad Revenue Is Tiny

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:08:40 +0000

I was looking over the Chart of the Day site since I haven’t been there in a while and found a few I thought were interesting.

Mobile Search Is Exploding, But Ad Revenue Is Tiny Read more

We’ve got some good news and some bad news for Google, courtesy of RBC Capital Markets.

The good news: Mobile search is exploding [...]

Twitterville Quote

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:06:00 +0000

I’ve been reading Twitterville by Shel Israel (@shelisrael) and thought I would share a quote from the beginning of the book. Page 7 to be exact.

I could argue that Twitter is ideally suited for tough times. At a time when economic constraints are causing most businesses to make painful cuts, they still must interface with customers; [...]

Websites 101: Hosting

admin — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:54:00 +0000

This post is a followup to the Websites 101: Domain Names posting.

When it comes to choosing a hosting plan there tends to be a bit of jargon thrown into the mix. I’m going to try to explain some of this jargon in plain-English to try to make your choice a little easier, or at least help [...]