Over the last few years we’ve built some pretty cool social networks on the Ning platform for clients such as the Pickens Plan and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Indeed, the Pickens Plan’s 200,000 strong social network, Push, has won a variety of awards and is recognized as one of the best examples of the use of social networking for issues advocacy. ...
Continue ReadingSince their 2009 launches at the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW), two unique startups-Foursquare, and Gowalla have become the biggest players in the still emerging niche of location based services. While it remains to be seen whether or not the market will support more than one location based service, judging by the number and growth of users,...
Continue ReadingMany attempts have been made to blend the electronic “hearth” of most living rooms – the television – with the computer, and Saturday’s release of the iPad may have brought us one step closer to a child-hybrid of these two lifestye home-bases.
With the massive iPad release, developers at every level of the iPhone app hierarchy are vying for ways to capitalize on the new gadget and its market share,...
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I like Apple, but I am not a fan boy that immediately buys everything they put out. I waited a year before switching to the iPhone, and have only recently started using a Mac as my primary personal computer. As someone who is relatively cautious in my purchases of new gadgets,...
Continue ReadingLike them or not, interstitial ads, which are advertisements that appear before visitors arrive at the expected site content, have become a part of our day-to-day web browsing experience. I personally don’t mind interstitial ads all that much, as I’ve gotten used to them and have gotten pretty good at locating the skip button as a way of quickly getting to the content I’m actually looking for....
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