Category | Internet Practice

What are people doing with Google+ and Facebook right now, you may wonder, several months after Google finally unleashed its formerly top-secret Facebook competition to the public at large.  Thanks to the passage of time and a few well poised surveys, we now have some data that can be used to answer that question.  One set of people previously believed that there wasn't room enough in this social town for two major social networking sites to coexist.  Others insisted Google+ would actually destroy Facebook.  Others still were certain that Google+ would quietly disappear from the radar after...

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Content sharing online happens 24 hours a day in all parts of the world, but sharing patterns by content type and receptivity by content consumers can be examined to shed light on the bigger picture of content sharing:  when, where, and how people share content on the Web.  One amazing fact I learned during my research for this article through directv packages and Internet searches was that 9:30 am is the peak time for content sharing across all platforms including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, and Tumblr.

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Do you remember the last day you did not feel well but you were forced to go into work because there were certain applications for reporting that you absolutely had to have that day?  You felt bad, co-workers were terrified to be close to you, and yet you had to finish some things in the office because your work computer holds the key to it all.  These in house applications and operations can sometimes be a serious pain to deal with, especially on days where you would prefer to get some work done from home.  Well, welcome to the cloud.  On the cloud data, applications, and more are not simply...

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When it comes to beautiful and practical design, few computer builders and designers can hope to compare with Apple, Inc. Since its humble beginnings some 35 years ago, Apple has turned out some of the world's most innovative and standards setting products in tech history. Recently, the iconic Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs announced his retirement from the role of CEO, following the lead of his contemporary freinemy, Bill Gates, into the position of Chairman of the Board of the company he started so many years ago.

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Over the past two years, having fan pages, events and groups on Facebook has been highly utilized by brand marketers to have a relatable social setting for current clients to interact and see what's new as well as increase brand awareness and attract fresh interest. With Google+ already reaching 10 million users after a month of being opening up its platform, you can only expect that brand marketers are clamoring to get in on the action, and many people feel that Google+ wouldn't be a complete social media site if it didn't have place, band and brand pages. Google is currently running test sites...

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