• Y Combinator-Backed Hiptype Launches A Google Analytics-Style Service For E-Books

    Updated: 2012-07-31 17:28:40
    Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp mobile Comment Y Combinator-Backed Hiptype Launches A Google Analytics-Style Service For E-Books Anthony Ha posted 11 mins ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on twitter Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch , where he covers media , advertising , and startups . Previously , he was a staff technology writer at Adweek , worked as a senior editor at the tech blog VentureBeat , and was also a reporter at the Hollister Free Lance , where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and

  • Obama Campaign Releases Mobile Voter Engagement App

    Updated: 2012-07-31 17:13:19
    Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp mobile Comment Obama Campaign Releases Mobile Voter Engagement App Sara Inés Calderón posted 25 mins ago Comments View Staff Page Obama For America released the iPhone version of a voter engagement app today with the Android version set to be released soon . The app is meant to bolster the campaign’s grassroots efforts , 100 days out from November’s presidential . election The app synchronizes with Facebook , Twitter , email and SMS , as well as a web app , Dashboard on the OFA website . The campaign is billing the smartphone app as

  • Playing Dirty: Twitter Lies, Then Hijacks Canadian Entrepreneur's Creation

    Updated: 2012-07-31 17:08:45
    Toronto-born entrepreneur Howard Lindzon, who was a favourite at last year's GROW Conference, is fuming. He was told by Twitter a months ago in a "detailed email" that the social network had no interest in dealing with what it now dubs "cashtags," which are stock ticker symbols on Twitter ($FB for [...]

  • Decide.com’s Shopping Engine Now Tells You What To Buy, Not Just When To Buy It

    Updated: 2012-07-31 17:02:46
    , Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp ecommerce Comment Decide.com’s Shopping Engine Now Tells You What To Buy , Not Just When To Buy It Sarah Perez posted 36 mins ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on Twitter Sarah currently works as a writer for TechCrunch , after having previously spent over three years at ReadWriteWeb . Prior to becoming a professional blogger , Sarah worked in I.T . across a number of industries , including banking , retail and software . Learn More Decide.com the shopping engine that tells you when to buy , is expanding into a new frontier :

  • Microsoft Reboots Mail Service, Calls It Outlook; Attacks Clutter, Adds Social

    Updated: 2012-07-31 17:00:26
    Continuing its rollout of updated and revamped services, Microsoft today is releasing a preview of its upcoming mail client reboot. Outlook, as it will be called going forward, is a fresh take on a dated service (cough: Hotmail) that some people still use. So what's new in Outlook?

  • Global Mobile Data Usage Will Reach 120 Billion Gigabytes by 2017, Report Predicts

    Updated: 2012-07-31 16:21:06
    One hundred exabytes. Maybe that doesn't sound like a lot, but one exabyte is the equivalent of a billion gigabytes (an average smartphone data plan has one gigabyte of data per month allowed). According to ABI Research, global mobile network traffic generated by 2017 will crack 100 [...]

  • Apple TV Finally Adds Hulu Plus — Why It Took So Long, And Why It Makes Sense Now

    Updated: 2012-07-31 16:16:31
    , Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp news Comment Apple TV Finally Adds Hulu Plus Why It Took So Long , And Why It Makes Sense Now Ryan Lawler posted 1 hour ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on twitter Ryan has spent more than five years covering business , technology , and telecom-related subjects for a variety of publications based in New York and San Francisco . Ryan currently works as a writer for TechCrunch . Learn More Good news for Hulu Plus fans who also happen to have an Apple TV in their homes : The subscription VOD service is now available as an app on

  • Could A New Coupon App Bring Facebook One Step Closer To Retail Commerce?

    Updated: 2012-07-31 16:12:01
    Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp advertising Comment Could A New Coupon App Bring Facebook One Step Closer To Retail Commerce Ingrid Lunden posted 1 hour ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on twitter Ingrid is a reporter for TechCrunch , joining February 2012, based out of London . She comes from paidContent.org , where she was a staff writer , and has in the past also written freelance regularly for other publications such as the Financial Times . Ingrid covers mobile , digital media , advertising and the spaces where these intersect . When it comes to work ,

  • NBCFail: Would Twitter Delete Gaga’s Account If She Linked To An Email?

    Updated: 2012-07-31 16:06:59
    : Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp news Comment NBCFail : Would Twitter Delete Gaga’s Account If She Linked To An Email Mike Butcher posted 2 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on twitter Mike Butcher is the European Editor for TechCrunch . A former grunge rock drummer , he became a long time journalist , and has since written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times , The Guardian , The Times , The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman . Mike is also a co-founder and shareholder of TechHub , a co-working space service

  • Sprout Social Releases Queue and ViralPost To Help Clients Better Reach Their Audience

    Updated: 2012-07-31 16:00:54
    Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp social Comment Sprout Social Releases Queue and ViralPost To Help Clients Better Reach Their Audience Billy Gallagher posted 2 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on Twitter Billy Gallagher is a writer for TechCrunch . He is also the president and editor in chief of The Stanford Daily . Billy previously worked at The Stanford Daily for two volumes as a managing editor of news . He has also worked in sports and staff development at The Daily . In March of 2012 the Friends of The Stanford Daily awarded him . Learn More Sprout

  • Fanhattan Adds A Watchlist And Shows From NBC, HBO, And Cinemax To Its Video Discovery App

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:00:40
    , , Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp video Comment Fanhattan Adds A Watchlist And Shows From NBC , HBO , And Cinemax To Its Video Discovery App Ryan Lawler posted 3 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on twitter Ryan has spent more than five years covering business , technology , and telecom-related subjects for a variety of publications based in New York and San Francisco . Ryan currently works as a writer for TechCrunch . Learn More When Fanhattan launched its iPad app last year , it had just four content sources to choose from . With the latest release

  • Lemon Wallet Releases Android App, Lemon Business

    Updated: 2012-07-31 15:00:22
    , Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp startups Comment Lemon Wallet Releases Android App , Lemon Business Billy Gallagher posted 3 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on Twitter Billy Gallagher is a writer for TechCrunch . He is also the president and editor in chief of The Stanford Daily . Billy previously worked at The Stanford Daily for two volumes as a managing editor of news . He has also worked in sports and staff development at The Daily . In March of 2012 the Friends of The Stanford Daily awarded him . Learn More Mobile wallet platform Lemon released

  • Video Ad Company Affine Systems Rebrands As SET, Lets Users Buy Online Ads Like TV Ads

    Updated: 2012-07-31 14:30:03
    , Home Startups Mobile Gadgets Europe Video More Enterprise Venture Social GreenTech Gaming Opinion Drama Guides Smartphones Tablets Digital Cameras Laptops Headphones Events CrunchBase Hot topics Facebook Yahoo Apple Google Android Disrupt SF Hackathon CrunchUp video Comment Video Ad Company Affine Systems Rebrands As SET , Lets Users Buy Online Ads Like TV Ads Ryan Lawler posted 3 hours ago Comments View Staff Page Follow me on twitter Ryan has spent more than five years covering business , technology , and telecom-related subjects for a variety of publications based in New York and San Francisco . Ryan currently works as a writer for TechCrunch . Learn More Affine Systems first came to market several years ago with a product that helped advertisers deliver video ads with some pretty

  • Financial Post Hosts Marketing Conference Tour Featuring Gary Vaynerchuk

    Updated: 2012-07-31 07:09:27
    Hot on the heels of a successful speaking engagement north of the border at Jugnoo's Social Mix 2012 last week, social media superstar and author Gary Vaynerchuk is touring Canada this fall with stops in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto. As part of the Financial Post's FP REACH 2012 and in [...]

  • HootSuite Bolsters App Directory with Social Plugins: Evernote, Storify and More

    Updated: 2012-07-31 05:58:54
    Vancouver-based social media startup HootSuite has strengthened their burgeoning App Directory with the introducing of social app plugins. To help the Canadian company's "nearly five million" users take control of their content curation and customer service needs, three free plugins have been [...]

  • Track Opens on Your Daily Emails with Bananatag

    Updated: 2012-07-30 21:04:31
    Have you ever wondered how people are interacting with the emails you send on a daily basis? Now you can know. Kelowna's Bananatag is an email tracking service that shows users when their emails are being opened, links are being clicked, the location of the open and if the message was opened [...]

  • Class Syllabus: WordPress Technical Workshop, Starting August 7th

    Updated: 2012-07-30 20:08:48
    As my readers no doubt know by now, I will be personally delivering a series of live online workshops starting on August 7th. The subject? Demolishing Your Blogging Technical Confusions I sat down and create an outline of the workshops, and the class syllabus. It was originally designed to be a 6 workshop series, but I'm pretty sure I'll need to do at least 7. Call it over-delivery. :)

  • Three technologies not keeping up with the trend

    Updated: 2012-07-30 18:06:55
    No matter how advanced we have become, we probably cannot progress any faster if these three technologies are not catching up fast enough. They are: short battery life, information security and the old internet browser. These three things have almost been forgotten by consumers when they upgrade their hardware and software. Only then, we will more »

  • 65 Lessons From 14 Years In Online Business and Professional Blogging

    Updated: 2012-07-25 14:43:41
    In internet years, I'm an old man, I guess. I accept that. Its funny, even when I go to conferences and hang out with many of my peers in this business, I'm reminded that I'm one of the older people in the room. And I'm only 34. :) In doing this for so long, I've learned a lot of things.

  • My Resume

    Updated: 2012-07-23 01:09:02
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  • Get Movie Clone Script – Your Blackhat Tool to Riches

    Updated: 2012-07-21 07:44:34
    Become a movie mogul with the Movie Clone Script… Have you ever wanted a site like IMDB?  According to Alexa they are ranked 48 in the world, and 36 in the US.  They have over 280,000 sites linking to them.  They are a phenomenally busy site!  According to Estibot.com this site is worth a whopping [...]

  • Applying A Lesson From Apple To My Business

    Updated: 2012-07-19 20:47:35
    I don't think anybody will contest that Apple is freakin' awesome at marketing. They are masters of the product launch. They have fostered a community who falls all over themselves to speculate on what the next product release will be, who will put their work days on pause to watch a "live blog" of a product launch, and who will stand in line in order to pay them large sums of money for hardware they likely don't even need.

  • Buying Sites On Flippa – Build v.s. Buy

    Updated: 2012-07-19 19:34:52
    Nothing against Flippa – we love it.  We get a lot of ideas from Flippa, which fuels our growth in niche site development.  But one of the biggest questions you need to ask yourself BEFORE you bid and buy a site on Flippa is should you build the site yourself?  Also you want to look [...]

  • 13 Lessons Of The Cult of Done Manifesto

    Updated: 2012-07-18 01:40:05
    Sometimes I come across something which is just so freakin' perfect, I simply HAVE to share it. This is one of those things. The statements on this manifesto are a powerful and simple way to think which will lead to success. Period.

  • Buying Sites On Flippa

    Updated: 2012-07-16 21:35:15
    Just a short post from us today. If you are looking to flip websites/domains or buy them you should check out FLIPPA.  But do use caution.  If a site was started in the same months it is being listed, and they are including Facebook Fan Pages and/or Twitter accounts etc., as part of the deal [...]

  • The “Third Rail” of Internet Marketing And Blogging… That Few Tackle Head On

    Updated: 2012-07-16 16:01:29
    If I asked you what the #1 problem is for you when it comes to your blog or internet business, what would you say? Now, obviously everybody reading this will have their own answer. But, odds are, I can guess. :) I've been helping bloggers online for 4 years now - was a tech blogger for 10 years before that - so I have a pretty good feeling that I can peg it for a good majority of you. And that problem is...

  • MaxBlogPress Bring My Blog Visitors Back

    Updated: 2012-07-14 15:40:52
    I had a pleasant opportunity downloading Bring My Blog Visitors Back a week ago and enjoy its benefits. Therefore, I am here to share with you a brief overview of what this plugin is and why it’s so useful. What exactly is Bring My Blog Visitors Back? MaxBlogPress Bring My Blog Visitors Back is a [...]

  • Digital marketing role in the corporate world

    Updated: 2012-07-14 01:43:39
    There is an increasing need for digital marketing role in the corporate world. Different companies have different kinds of needs, and they are exploring the expansion of this role even though they are not so familiar themselves what they can do. It all depends a lot on the digital marketing staff to explore for them more »

  • Forget About Internet Business. It’s Just Business.

    Updated: 2012-07-11 15:56:31
    Since when did internet business or internet marketing become a different kind of thing from what people have been doing for hundreds of years? The Internet is a new medium, yes. But, on that medium, we conduct BUSINESS. And we conduct MARKETING.

  • Man on the cloud

    Updated: 2012-07-10 02:00:00
    I have been trying to synchronize all sorts of data on the cloud. Things can really get so accessible everywhere I go. Here’s what I do. I synchronize my files on dropbox. In the end, I see seamless retrieval of files. When I take photos with my Samsung Galaxy S3, I can expect to look more »</a

  • Don’t Chase Chump Change On Your Blog. Think Bigger.

    Updated: 2012-07-09 15:04:55
    Are you a blogger with a smaller blog... looking to grow your revenue into something worth your time? Then consider this... When you spend your time chasing "chump change", then chances are that's all you'll ever make. Chump change is basically some amount of money which is insignificant.

  • Why do I use Genesis WordPress theme?

    Updated: 2012-07-09 02:00:00
    I have been using Genesis WordPress theme for a pretty long time now. Previously, I used Thesis WordPress theme as well. Both are great in their own ways. While there are some design technical differences, I personally think that it doesn’t really matter so long as it fulfills the end users’ needs. There are however more »

  • Starting my blog afresh

    Updated: 2012-07-08 15:42:09
    You may have noticed that there are a lot of changes to this blog along the way for the past few months. Yup I am making changes to the blog while busy with my work. By the way, I was really amazed by WordPress when I saw them having their very own mobile apps. Having more »

  • Am I facing career burnt-out?

    Updated: 2012-07-06 17:00:00
    Have never felt so strong before, but I really felt burning out. When I was reading about this article in Yahoo, it sounds quite true in most of the pointers. Sometimes, I thought it is because I am looking for a higher salary since I have baby Faith to take care of today. And I more »

  • When NOT To Buy A Marketing Product (11-point Checklist)

    Updated: 2012-07-06 01:25:33
    Let's call a spade a spade… There are a ton of internet marketing products out there to buy. A "shit ton" of them (that's an official number, as of now). Some of them are good. Some of them suck. Many of them contain the same information as another.

  • Is blogging still relevant today?

    Updated: 2012-07-05 18:26:07
    In the past, there has been a hype about setting up your own corporate blog. Then I see lots of companies having their own blogs. Now, it is all about setting up your own Facebook Page and Twitter account. Then I start seeing companies abandoning their blogs for social media. Personally, I find that it more »

  • Handling multiple urgent requests at the same time

    Updated: 2012-07-04 18:05:26
    Everybody has their respective urgency to deliver their section of the website. Based on the business first mindset, it may seem logical to prioritize on working on a particular section first. But at that  moment of time, everybody tends to lend that 5 minute of my time which can add up to the entire day more »

  • How To (Expertly) Use Evernote To Be A Better Blogger

    Updated: 2012-07-04 01:30:13
    I have been a heavy user of Evernote for over a year now. Today, I use Evernote as a digital extension of my own brain. I also use it as a digital filing system, complete with a scanner. Many people I talk to, however, are still in that stage of wondering exactly what to do with Evernote. In some ways, it seems as if Evernote is a little like the initial days of using Twitter. We all go through that stage of wondering exactly what the hell to do with it. Then, if you persist, something eventually "clicks" and you "get it".

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