Chris Brogan shares strategies and tactics for putting the web’s most popular social media tools to work in ways that will make a difference. Positioned “for publishers,” the advice given in this webcast will actually benefit any organization that has an online presence. This is part of the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing (TOC) series of webcasts.
Building on work from chrisbrogan.com this post shares how I promote my blogs using social media and other websites
Despite the buzz and excitement about Twitter’s potential as a social marketing platform, there are still people out there for whom Twitter just won’t work. In this new business television show, Twitter for business expert Mark Shaw shares his latest social marketing tips on how to know if you are one of those rare people who just can’t get value for their business from Twitter.
Windows 7 has a lot of neat new features (such as Aero Peek) that help you see what’s behind a window, but reader Verygoodyear shares a very simple, one-key solution for any Windows version that, surprisingly, is new to us.
When moving a window in Windows, if you move the window, keep your finger held down on the mouse and then press Esc, it puts it back where you got it from.
Some of you may have known about this before, but we were a little shocked when we read Verygoodyear’s tip—it’s perfect for checking what’s going on behind the frontmost one without disrupting your window layout and you don’t need to activate Aero Peek to do it. Were we just incredibly slow on the uptake on this one (it works all the way back to XP), or is this simple-but-useful shortcut new to you, as well? Let’s hear it in the comments.
Motorola’s so-called Calgary has found itself on a lengthy, fascinating journey from rumor to retail — a journey that began way back in 2008. Finally, here we are a whole bunch of months later, the high-end Droid having been released back in November and Verizon still without a midrange choice for Android hopefuls — but that’s about to change. Right, Verizon? Right? The latest intel from Android and Me suggests that the Devour (as it’ll almost certainly be known to the public) will feature a Qualcomm MSM7627 — the same next-gen entry-level core being used by the Pixi that’s designed to replace the aging MSM7600 series, very likely a chip that we’re going to be seeing a whole lot of over the next 12-18 months in devices that manufacturers don’t deem worthy of Snapdragon. Meanwhile, Android Central seems to have scored a shot of some promotional material for the Devour suggesting that it’s not far off — the site says we’re looking at a retail box here, but considering how small and narrow the Droid’s box is, this could actually be some in-store signage or something to that effect. We’ll know soon enough, hopefully.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Update: And look at this, Motorola’s support documents for the Devour are now live (we count 10 pages’ worth, total). Not too much interesting in here, but we can confirm that the name will be Devour, it’s got WiFi, and there’ll be a car kit available. Thanks, Stormdancer!
Motorola Devour for Verizon gets boxed, shares Pixi’s processor? (update: Moto’s support site is live) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Apple shares spiked after chief executive Steve Jobs announced a starting price point of $499 for the iPad, the company’s new, and much-anticipated, tablet device. That’s half of what analysts had predicted at $999.
Shares surged to as high as $209.11 from $205.776 yesterday, once Jobs unveiled the price matrix. During the first part of Jobs’ keynote, they fell to as low as $200.43.
The iPad starts at $499 for a model with WiFi and a 16GB hard drive. But it can be as expensive as $829 with 3G and a 64GB drive. The 3G model of the iPad is unlocked. But with AT&T as the carrier, there’s an option of a monthly price plan of $14.99 with a 250GB limit or unlimited at $29.99.
Unless you were under a rock, it was virtually impossible to miss today’s unveiling of the Apple iPad. Nonetheless, people wanted to make sure their friends knew about it too, and have been retweeting, sharing, and email forwarding stories about the new device in droves.
Clearspring, whose AddThis sharing widget is viewed more than 50 billion times per month, tells us that shares about Apple-related news are up more than 600% today. The massive volume spike is illustrated in the chart below:
It’s even more pronounced when you look at it on an hour-by-hour basis:
These numbers only represent shares that took place via the AddThis widget, which is common on blogs and news sites. For other types of sharing like retweets, Facebook shares, and Diggs that take place natively in social apps, I’d imagine the spike was even more pronounced. We should have some more stats on that later on.
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Filed under: Other Events, Apple Financial, One More Thing
The news that Apple is going to announce something on January 27th has the stock market in a tizzy. At one point this morning, Apple shares were up to $214.16, up $8.23 or about 4.0%.
Apple set a 52-week high with a share price of $215.59 on January 5, 2010, up 275.6% over the 52-week low set on January 20, 2009.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, by comparison, was up only .95% shortly after 1 PM ET today, and the NASDAQ index was up about 1.17%.
It should be noted that Apple share prices traditionally fall after an announcement, but it will be fascinating to see if AAPL is able to hit a new high prior to the January 27th event.
[via MacDailyNews]
TUAWApple shares jump on news of Jan. 27 event originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Windows: If you want more out of your screenshot tool than simply clipping images, ZScreen can help you capture screenshots, text, and files and share them across some of the most popular image, text, and file sharing services.
Click on the image above for a closer look.
Since we first shared ZScreen with you it has gained a huge number of features. It was a capable screenshot tool back then, but now it can not only snap a great screenshot, it can upload the screenshot and can also be used to share text, files, and URLs.
ZScreen can be configured to share the content you clip through over two dozen services. You can simply take a screenshot and save it to your computer or you can upload the image to ImageShack, TinyPic, Flickr, TwitPic and more. You can dump your text into Pastebin, Paste2, or Slexy. URLs can be shortened with services like bit.ly, TinyURL, and 3.ly.
In addition to the ease of sharing ZScreen also has some extras like a built-in color picker and the ability to set up periodic screenshots with the Auto Capture tool. ZScreen is freeware, Windows only. Have a favorite screenshot tool? Let’s hear about it in the comments.
Windows only: Screen capture tool Screenpresso takes screenshots of part of your screen, a specific window, or the whole screen with a shortcut key, then lets you edit, add effects, and even share with email or Twitter.
Once you’ve installed the utility, you can immediately begin taking a region capture of your screen with the Print Screen key—it’s the same functionality you’re used to from any number of great screen capture tools, but Screenpresso will guess the region you are trying to capture based on the position of your mouse, allowing you to capture just the content area of an application with a single click. You can still click and drag to select a specific region, but it’s a useful feature that could save you some time.
Once you’ve taken your screenshot, it will be saved into the history window, where you can access all of the screenshots you’ve taken, and either choose to share them with email or Twitter, or open them up in the included editor application, which lets you add arrows, shadows, text, or crop and resize the images.
There’s loads of other options to choose from, and while it’s still not quite got the polish of the reader favorite (and non-free) SnagIt screen capture tool, it’s a very capable free alternative that’s definitely worth a look. Screenpresso is a free download for Windows, though readers should note anonymous usage statistics can’t be turned off in the free version.
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