If you are on Facebook or pay attention to social media news whatsoever you have taken a look at Facebook Timeline.
One of the most visual differences between the previous Facebook profile layout compared to the new layout is the cover photo for your Timeline. As soon as I setup Timeline on my account I knew people were going to be...
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If you did not watch the Facebook F8 Keynote today you missed out on the major changes coming to Facebook, you should be able to see the recorded keynote at F8.Facebook.com if you want to get an idea of what is coming.
One thing to note, and a year ago it would of been a big announcement in and of itself, Facebook has 800 millions...
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If you have not checked it out already you may want to go to About.me and claim your profile. About.me is a service that provides a custom personal profile (example About.me/bmarler ) as well as analytics on interactions with your profile.
This is a great use of a Dot ME domain as well, since the profiles contain a custom...
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As is being reported by Mashable, Techcrunch, and others Google has announced that for a period of two years people purchasing a Google Chrome OS device will receive 100 MB of free 3G data per month. The 3G mobile broadband service will be on the Verizon network.
I am sure many will complain that 100 MB is not much, but for people...
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Although our LocalTek team has spent much time taking a look at various ways our local business customers could use Facebook Places and Deals it was not until today that we decided what promotion we would offer once we claimed our Facebook Places page.
If you are a local business owner Facebook now makes it easier to claim your...
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Unless you have been asleep for the last 24 hours you have probably heard that Facebook has launched an opt-in profile layout change that focuses on the visual appeal (i.e. lots of pictures) of a profile.
Mark Zuckerberg was on 60 minutes tonight showing the layout just a few hours after Facebook announced the changes and allowed...
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Even though Facebook and Twitter have been around for a few to several years it has really been this past year that main street small businesses have really started to take notice. As people realize more and more that their customers are not consuming information in the same way they have in the past it becomes obvious that...
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I have been using Foursquare for sometime now and have recently started to see quite a few more people start to join the fast growing social/location based game/app/service. With most of my attention being focused on local search for local businesses and local online advertising on Missouri.me, apps like Foursquare pique my interest and I like to watch their evolution and the way people use them and they evolve.
It is important to not necessarily watch how the early adopters use them since they tend to be power users and their day to day usage will be much different than the mass of users that come in later and are less techie. When I my wife using Foursquare everyday I start to see how people will really use the service and the power that small businesses will have if they use the service to help draw people into their doors.
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