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August 24th, 2011 by Damian Davila
While you may have known about the Google Street View Car, which has 15 lenses taking 360 degrees of photos and lasers capturing 3D data to determine distances within the Street View imagery, you may have not heard of Google Street View Trike. The Google Street View Trike, a 250-pound, 9-foot, human powered machine, enables Google to map sections where…
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August 23rd, 2011 by SEM Contributor
I write this at a time where Facebook has decided to enter the stock market. Of course it would seem like a good idea to invest in it given it’s sheer popularity, but that is until something overtakes it, the same way Facebook has overtaken MySpace in recent years. Now what site is exactly going to overtake Facebook, well that…
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August 22nd, 2011 by SEM Contributor
In a day and age of ever-growing social media, how much importance does your business place on this subject?
Marketing one’s company is more important than ever given the struggling economy and the fight for every business dollar. Is your company positioned to take advantage of the social media revolution?
If you are not currently using social media or are…
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August 17th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Lady Gaga does it. So does President Obama, Charlie Sheen and Ai Weiwei. What’s that? Tweet, of course.
They of course, know how to get followers on Twitter. But they’re also global figures. And Twitter is becoming, more and more – a global commodity and a platform for discussion…and punishment. It’s amazing how quickly 140 characters and the ability to…
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August 16th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
The Internet was created with the idea that scientists and researchers could easily share information and the latest developments quickly and easily. Before the commercial Internet started to find its feet this was still one of the main purposes of the Internet, however, the rise of the online business saw a dramatic shift in how the Internet was used.
In…
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August 15th, 2011 by Cijo Abraham Mani
LinkedIn is the best platform for your online professional identity. A complete and up-to-date profile in LinkedIn helps you gain new professional connections and job updates. The “Improve Your Profile” Tool was launched to help professionals personalize their profile. This tool recommendations help you redesign your profile page.
The PDF downloading capability is going to help every LinkedIn user. The…
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August 15th, 2011 by Ann Smarty
All too often, the social side of illnesses go ignored. As a psoriasis sufferer, I know first-hand how difficult it can be to deal with an illness without that all-essential support from real people who truly understand.
As a psoriasis sufferer, I recently launched psoriasissocial.org, a successful and
free social networking site for psoriasis sufferers, and was much needed and…
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August 10th, 2011 by Ann Smarty
When I was a kid (seems like an eternity ago) – those dog days of August meant only one thing – school was just around the corner.
But instead of the old days when we would go off with our parents to the mall to shop for back to school clothing or page through the latest Sears or JC Penny…
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August 9th, 2011 by Damian Davila
So many deals, so little time.
Is it possible to get too much of a great deal?
Apparently, yes. Given the success of group buying sites such as LivingSocial and Groupon, there has been an explosion of companies, both old and new, that are bombarding their email lists with daily deals.
The result is consumers that cannot resist missing such…
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August 8th, 2011 by SEM Contributor
Instagram, the iOS only app, recently reported that over 150 million photos have been shared by its users. What makes passing this milestone so amazing is that the app was launched only 10 months ago. Currently, there are over 7 million Instagrammers from around the world sharing photos of friends, family, events, and daily life via this young, intriguing social…
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