Remember flying a kite as a child in a park on a windy day? I bet you never flew a kite like this before. “Little Shining Man”, a kite with...

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old_register.png There is a sometimes violent argument from some social media advocates about the idea of monetizing your blog activities. To the more hard lined, there is never an appropriate time to “sell out” your audience. They nobly cite editorial integrity, journalistic creeds, and the dangers of bias from being too close to the money when asserting your opinion.

On the Other Hand…

On the other extreme side, you have the blogs compl [...]

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With only four days until the Finnish mobile giant opens its doors for its yearly Nokia World event, Nokia has started to tease one of its new Windows Phone devices,...

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Since the early days, Facebook page owners had the possibility to add a Discussions tab to their Facebook page. At some point, over 55 Million users were using this tab to talk, share their points of view, give feedback, and connect with each other. Then Facebook changed the layout of the pages, which lead to [...]

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Thinking about starting a blog?  Before you even think about sitting down to set up your blog and write your first post there are several questions you need to ask yourself.  These seven important questions can help you determine whether you’re on the right track, how you should proceed and whether you should even be starting a blog at all.


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Apple is set to launch iOS 5 today and you can expect the update to pop up in iTunes any time now. The update, arguably the most significant one in iOS’s history, includes a new notification system, iMessage, Newsstand, Reminders, Twitter integration and freedom from the computer, among 200+ features in all. But what Apple [...]

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This guest post is by Nivin of SecretMarketingPlaybook.com. So, you’ve decided to start a blog? By now I’m sure you would’ve noticed that every man, woman, and their dogs seems to have their very own blog.That leaves you with the unenviable task of answering the ultimate question for any blogger: Why should your audience care? [...]

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Ebby Amirebrahimi, an engineer on the Google+ sharing team, announced yesterday a new update for Google+ users. One of the most popular features on Google+ is the ability to disable comments and lock posts to make sure no one re-shares it, but this could only happen after you posted. Thanks to this new update and ...

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I was just reading an article on Mashable about a Facebook feature I think every FB user needs to be aware of, before you seriously embarrass yourself or your mother. (My mom is on Facebook, isn't yours?) The feature I am talking about was unveiled at the f8 conference. Whether you watched it or not, ...

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On September 20, 2011, the United States "Don’t Ask Don’t Tell" (DADT) policy on homosexuals serving in the military was officially repealed—a huge victory for LGBT communities and supporters everywhere.  The moment that DADT came to an end, US soldiers began celebrating by coming out to their friends, family and fellow soldiers.  One Air Force soldier video taped himself coming out to his dad on the phone and posted it to YouTube.  The emotional video has racked up over 1.5 million views so far [...]

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Burberry isn't wasting any time, getting knee-deep in all the social media it can find. Its Spring/Summer 2012 collection will be live-tweeted from the official Twitter account, and using the hashtag #Tweetwalk right before it hits the runway, in what has been dubbed the first ever Tweetwalk Show. Burberry will be taking full advantage of Twitter's new gallery feature, where 500,000+ followers will be catching the very first glimpse of the collection, before anyone else – and that includes [...]

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If you’re the United Nations, what’s the best way to start a General Assembly? What about with a “global conversation” hosted on social media?


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Barack Obama, hot off a proposed economic stimulus plan and deep in the middle of a re-election campaign, is about to join an illustrious and exclusive group. In the next week or so, he will have over 10 million Twitter followers. Only Justin Bieber and Lada Gaga have been able to break the 8-digit mark. [...]

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This guest post is by Peter G. James Sinclair of MotivationalMemo.com. "How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live."—Henry David Thoreau I often reflect on the lifetime of experiences that I’ve tasted since landing on planet Earth to find myself in the arms of my mother. [...]

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Ok. That's a slight exaggeration but it's fascinating nonetheless.In the earliest days of social media, users relied on some of the most obscure methods to broadcast news to their friends. Or at least, that's what Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley said in an interview with Kevin Rose.Crowley, looking back on simpler days, recalls recognizing the trend in cellphone usage where users would shoot text messages to their friends to alert them to where they were headed or where they were located.Early [...]

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It’s easy to forget that social media hasn’t been around forever.  Facebook, Twitter and other social sites have become so ingrained in our ever day routines that it feels like they’ve always been here.  A new infographic from Morrison Foerster explores A Short History of Social Media, reminding us of all the events from the last 15 years or so that have made social media what it is today.


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This guest post is by Eric Transue of erictransue.net. "Warning: this post may cause dizziness." This is not a warning you want to put at the top of a blog post. But guess what? Many should. Why? Because some blog posts leave visitors feeling dizzy and confused. They come in with the intention of either [...]

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This guest post is by Stephanie Hetu of StephanieHetu.com. Most of us international bloggers learned pretty much everything we know in English, just because the community of bloggers is there, huge, active, and available. We don't have to search very far to learn all sorts of little tips and tricks to make our blogs more [...]

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This guest post is by Greg McFarlane. If there are already 100,000 posts out there that express a particular viewpoint, what’s the point of adding a 100,001st? Look for a different angle. If you can’t find one, then resist the temptation to rehash conventional wisdom, and go unearth yourself some unrelated subject matter. When you’re [...]

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