Ho, Ho, Ho: Track St. Nick On Google’s Santa Tracker

Ho, Ho, Ho: Track St. Nick On Google’s Santa Tracker

icon1Posted by on Dec 25, 2012 in IT, Social Networking, Web Development | 2 comments

The Google Santa Tracker lets you follow Santa Claus as he delivers presents in real time.

Codecademy Launches ‘Cards’ To Teach You How To Program Your Own Holiday Greetings

Codecademy Launches ‘Cards’ To Teach You How To Program Your Own Holiday Greetings

icon1Posted by on Dec 25, 2012 in Web Development | 0 comments

The enterprising folks at Codecademy have been at work these past few days and this morning launched a pretty nifty new product called ‘Cards’ that lets you build, remix, and send your own custom holiday greetings in HTML and CSS.

Facebook And Snapchat Go Toe To Toe: Why It’s Good For Both Companies

Facebook And Snapchat Go Toe To Toe: Why It’s Good For Both Companies

icon1Posted by on Dec 18, 2012 in Social Networking | 0 comments

Facebook is building a standalone app to compete with the red-hot impermanent photo-messaging app Snapchat.

With 140M+ Users, Skype Competitor Viber Launches “Send Location” Feature For iPhone, Android

With 140M+ Users, Skype Competitor Viber Launches “Send Location” Feature For iPhone, Android

icon1Posted by on Dec 18, 2012 in Mobile Web, Web 2.0, Web Development | 0 comments

Today Viber has hit another huge milestone, announcing that there are now over 140 million users on the service, and that’s only the beginning. According to the company, an additional 400,000 users join the service every day.

New App Optimizes Your iPhone Videos for YouTube

New App Optimizes Your iPhone Videos for YouTube

icon1Posted by on Dec 18, 2012 in Mobile Web, Web 2.0, Web Development | 0 comments

This afternoon YouTube announced a brand new app for iPhone and iPod touch called YouTube Capture that optimizes the camera on your device for shooting and uploading videos to YouTube.

From Facebook Like To Lifetime Customer: Effective Strategies To Gain, Track Conversions

From Facebook Like To Lifetime Customer: Effective Strategies To Gain, Track Conversions

icon1Posted by on Dec 11, 2012 in Featured Articles, Social Networking | 0 comments

Many social media experts ponder how you can turn that simple click on the like button into an actual business relationship with potential customers.

Giving smartphones emotional intelligence

Giving smartphones emotional intelligence

icon1Posted by on Dec 11, 2012 in IT, Mobile Web, Web 2.0 | 0 comments

It would be great if smartphones could sense moods – especially when they’ve dropped a call three times in five minutes.

Twitter May Help Fight Obesity in Kids

Twitter May Help Fight Obesity in Kids

icon1Posted by on Dec 11, 2012 in Social Networking | 0 comments

In a scientific statement published last week in the journal Circulation, the American Heart Association suggested that Facebook and Twitter hold promise in the fight against childhood obesity.

Mobile Drives Adoption Of Social Media In 2012: Apps & Mobile Web Account For Majority Of Growth; Nearly Half Of Social Media Users Access Sites On Smartphones

Mobile Drives Adoption Of Social Media In 2012: Apps & Mobile Web Account For Majority Of Growth; Nearly Half Of Social Media Users Access Sites On Smartphones

icon1Posted by on Dec 4, 2012 in Mobile Web, Social Networking | 1 comment

Consumers now spend around 20 percent of their total time online using social networks via their personal computers, and 30 percent of their time online visiting social networks on mobile.

Mobile Health Moves Forward: FDA Approves AliveCor’s Heart Monitor For The iPhone

Mobile Health Moves Forward: FDA Approves AliveCor’s Heart Monitor For The iPhone

icon1Posted by on Dec 4, 2012 in Mobile Web, Web Development | 0 comments

San Francisco-based company is the maker of a low-cost, clinical-grade mobile heart monitor (fondly known as an electrocardiogram, or ECG, monitor) that fits over the back of your iPhone.

Hackers attack Tumblr with worm

Hackers attack Tumblr with worm

icon1Posted by on Dec 4, 2012 in Social Networking | 0 comments

A group of Internet trolls called the GNAA took credit for the worm, which filled infected Tumblrs with racist spam.

Instagram Launches Embeddable “Badges” To Help You Promote Your Beautiful Profile On The Web

Instagram Launches Embeddable “Badges” To Help You Promote Your Beautiful Profile On The Web

icon1Posted by on Nov 27, 2012 in Social Networking | 2 comments

Instagram is definitely not taking its foot off the gas, even after being acquired successfully by Facebook. Today, the team is introducing a widget to help you spread the word about all of your great random Instagram photos, wherever you live on the web.