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Twitter – How To Explain Twitter, Why You Should Use Twitter, How Twitter Has Changed

20 Jun 2009

An original post by Keith! I think it’s one of the best guide to someone who doesn’t know what Twitter is!

Twitter is hard to explain to those that aren’t using it. For a long time I have avoided sites like MySpace and Facebook but I’ve always had a blog, a cell phone, and email. Those [...]

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Guess Which Brand Is Now Worth $100 Billion?

In: Internet| Technology

1 May 2009

Millward Brown, a subsidiary of the WPP, has come out with its annual list and report, BrandZ, that ranks the most valuable brands in the world. Unsurprisingly, Google tops the list for the third year in a row, with the Google brand valued at $100 billion, rising 16% in value over the past year from [...]

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Ad.com Sells For $1.4 Million

In: Internet| Technology

1 May 2009

The domain Ad.com sold for $1.4 million yesterday at domain name registration company Moniker’s TRAFFIC conference in Silicon Valley. The winning bidder was Divyank Turakhia of Directi.com and CEO of Skenzo, a domain parking company.
Moniker made more than $2 million in domain names at the TRAFFIC auction, with Ad.com taking the highest bid. Bottledwater.com [...]

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Apple’s Talking iPod Shuffle

In: Gadgets| Technology

12 Mar 2009

Apple has just brought out a brand-new third-generation iPod shuffle that is almost twice as small as the previous model. The device also has an exclusive new feature called VoiceOver that allows your shuffle to speak song, artist and playlist names to you.
The new iPod shuffle looks nothing like its predecessor. It comes in [...]

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How To Link To A Specific Time Of A YouTube Video

In: Google| Technology

8 Mar 2009

If you want to link to a specific part of a video on YouTube, you can. For example,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjDw3azfZWI#t=31m08s
Notice the “#t=31m08s” on the end of the URL? That link will take you 31 minutes and 8 seconds into that video. Linking to a particular minute and second can be really helpful – for example, that link [...]

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YouTube in Numbers: 1 Month, 100 Million US Viewers, 6.3 Billion Videos

In: Internet| Technology

5 Mar 2009

comScore’s online video numbers for the US in January are out, and YouTube is, unsurprisingly, doing great again. In January, 100.9 million visitors viewed 6.3 billion videos on the popular video sharing service, surpassing the 100 million viewers milestone in the US for the first time.

YouTube also led the large growth in online video [...]

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60% Of World’s Population Now Has Cell Phone, Highest Ever

In: Computing| Gadgets| Internet| Technology

2 Mar 2009

A U.N. report published today states that six in ten people (60%) of the world’s population has a cell phone subscription. The driving growth trend is coming from poor, developing countries. This 60% figure is up from just under 15% in 2002.