There’s no denying that Steve Jobs made a huge impact on the world, but many people don’t understand the true extent of the difference he made.  Infographic World has released a new infographic, ‘Farewell To A Genius’, that looks back on Steve Jobs life, starting with his birth in 1955 and touching on all of the major events in his life, including work, family life, quotes and more, all the way up to his death on October 5, 2011.


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twitter, it can be such a  wonderful thing,  filled with glistening tweets about twincesses and twomance. But what happens when this innocent vessel is abused by bigger birds? Well, ok maybe not bigger birds but you get what i mean. In fact twitter has grown so quickly that it's been unable to cope despite being [...]

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Yesterday i was lucky enough to be invited to see a preview screening of the film ‘Page One: Inside the New York Times‘ which also had a Q&A afterwards with Andrew Rossi and ‘the Keith Richards of journalism' David Carr. Now, normally i don't write about about content so much, more about concepts. But i [...]

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Cuchi Costa is a 23-year-old user interface designer living in Portugal and he loves to read The New York Times. He says he also loves the publication’s iPhone app, but...

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The tenth anniversary of September 11 is approaching and to pay tribute to those affected by the tragedy around the world, the New York Times and YouTube have launched a September 11 YouTube channel featuring special content from the New York Times, archived broadcasts from September 2001, and personal stories and tributes, and they want you to share your 9/11 story.


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Surprisingly, newspapers are paving the way for using social media effectively. That theory has come true, as a recent case study published by the Nieman Journalism Lab shows how the LA Times has embraced social media alongside a smart SEO strategy, to bring its traffic numbers through the roof. It's implemented a new social strategy that included Facebook commenting and a higher emphasis on the blog section of its site that has seen readers more engaged, and their visits increase at a time when [...]

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This guest post is by David Wang of The ClickStarter. Hacktivist groups Lulzsec and Anonymous are on the prowl again. Their actions have generated lots of attention for hacking, and you can be sure that many bored kids and shady characters are interested to start hacking too. What if your blog was the target of [...]

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This guest post is by Hassan Osman of TheCouchManager.com. Less than a month after I launched my blog, one of my posts got featured on Freshly Pressed—Wordpress.com’s homepage where each weekday, ten posts are selected from around 450,000 new blog posts. I didn’t even know what Freshly Pressed meant until I saw an email from [...]

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Our Social Times PRO team has been hard at work putting together the two latest PRO reports for our business-minded users out there, and I have to say that there are a ton of valuable insights in each of these.  I'm of course biased, but I can safely say that getting involved with Social Times PRO and our sister sites on the Inside Network are the best ways to access the insights of today's social experts.

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A new contest widget from ShortForm, an online video community featuring curated playlists, is getting viewers to watch 4 to 6 times the videos they normally do.   The widget, which lets brands and VJs engage fans by creating lists of videos that viewers can vote on, is being used for a ‘Best of the Best Goals’ contest launched by the major league soccer team the San Jose Earthquakes this morning.


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