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Why do fliers have to power down devices?

This doesn’t have anything to do with thought leadership per se, I just wanted to share a good rant on this topic… “Millions of Americans who got on a plane over the Thanksgiving holiday heard the admonition: “Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff.” And absolutely everyone obeyed. I know they did because no [...]

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Embracing the smartphone in advertising

Some good thoughts from the Outdoor Advertising Association on effectively combining outdoor advertising with smartphone technology…

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40% of All Tweets Come From Mobile

Image via CrunchBase Ponder this… At CES, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo revealed that 40% of all tweets come from mobile devices, demonstrating mobile’s increasing importance to the social media company. On stage at the AllThingsD event at CES, Costolo bantered with Kara Swisher about why Twitter is at CES, its plans to become simpler and [...]

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My top picks for May 10, 2011

The truth about sitting down all day [infographic] May 9, 2011 STUDY: Facebook Has Fastest-Growing Brand May 9, 2011 GRASP Lab quadrocopters learn to follow the leader and fly in formation May 9, 2011 Apple Stores receive more visitors than Major League Baseball stadiums May 9, 2011 Facebook Places Don’t Grab Teens’ Attention May 9, [...]

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“There’s a map for that”

Image by jimrenaud via Flickr While the Vikings were sticking it to the Packers on Monday Night Football, Verizon was sticking it to Apple and AT&T in the only way they really could; on the issue of reliability and connectivity… Recently, I had the chance to use both my BlackBerry Curve and an iPhone 3Gs [...]

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My top picks for May 7, 2011

Google moms share tech tips for your family May 6, 2011 Facebook Enables Shortened Status Tags May 5, 2011 Google Analytics Now Tracks Page Load Speed May 5, 2011 As Curators Proliferate, Media Brands Face Loyalty Crisis May 4, 2011 Who Feeds You May 6, 2011 The 5 Forgotten Keys to Extraordinary Blogging Success May [...]

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Want to be a twitter rockstar from your BlackBerry?

Image via CrunchBase Then consider this… “Many of you have likely read about the recent study that revealed that 40% of tweets are “pointless babble.” OK, there may be a place for such babble, but 40% is pretty high. It begets the question, “What then makes a quality tweet?” The answer to this, in fact, [...]

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More Google Goodness for BlackBerry Users…

Here’s some great news for BlackBerry users, especially if they’re using Gmail… “I just found out the latest version of Google Mobile Sync. will allow you the ability to synchronize contacts with your Gmail account and a blackberry.  This is something I have been waiting for for a long time and happy they finally integrated [...]

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iPhone, SchmiPhone…

Yeah, the iPhone is all that and a bag of chips as we say in Wisconsin, but what if you don’t use AT&T and don’t want to switch carriers? Or worse yet! You can get AT&T but they won’t sell you an iPhone because they don’t have coverage there [happened to a friend of mine]? [...]

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Jott for BlackBerry

“We have a lot of happy Blackberry customers at Jott, and Jott for BlackBerry is the ultimate BlackBerry download. It is a simple, but very powerful tool that will let you reply to emails on your BlackBerry just using your voice – either speaking directly into your BlackBerry, or while wearing a Bluetooth headset. It [...]

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