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LinkedIn Released An iPad Version For Its Users

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Emmanuel D.

LinkedIn, the leading professional social networking website has finally released an iPad app for its subscribers. Although it may seem a bit late since LinkedIn has been around for a while and already have more than 100 million members and iPad has been out for more than 3 years now.

According to LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, the company has been planning to double its mobile presence by releasing new iPhone apps and android apps and also an HTML 5 mobile version. LinkedIn also is happy with 22 percent of its active members using the mobile device in accessing their website.

LinkedIn’s head of mobile products Joff Redfern made sure that the apps provide a high satisfaction from its user. They wanted to make sure that the app has a leanback experience approach just like the iPad. The app will have an update section where members can stream updates made from their connections like those who changed their jobs and people who viewed your profile to give you idea whether someone is interested with your skills and profession. The app also lets you access news that other members are sharing and see the latest discussions different groups that you joined.

According from the users who tried the app, the best feat of the Linkedin App for iPad is that it lets you sync the ipad’s calendar together with your LinkedIn profile so that meetings and other daily activities will be synchronized and give you a mobile, contextual and better scheduling of your personal and professional activities.

The app is currently released in English language only but in the coming months a multi-language version of the app will also be released. The LinkedIn app is also available in iPhones and Androids though some feature may differ.

Some experts says that this is a good strategy from LinkedIn since the company has a new competitor that is making big buzz in the professional branching site. the website is called BranchOut which just released an App for Facebook and has millions signing up in just a few months.

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iPhone sales overshadow the new ipad in Apples earnings

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Richard

Once again Apple has topped the streets of the world with its estimates for its quarterly earnings for the second quarter. They have brought in strong profits by selling many more iPhones than they ever expected. However this was during the same period that the new ipad was launched and so therefore slightly overshadowed the new products thunder. This resulted in the estimate for the new ipad being more than what was actually taken for its first major selling period.

Apple was reported to have made revenue of $39.2 billion with net earnings of $11.6 billion or $12.30 per share for the quarter which ended on March 31^st 2012. This was actually up for the $26.67 billion and net of $5.99 billion, $6.40 per share for the exact same quarter the year before. It has been told that the estimations for this quarter were actually $32.5 billion revenue, with the shares coming in at $8.50, which shows a significant difference. So now for the next quarter ending in June Apple have now predicted revenue of $34 billion with projected earnings of $8.68 per share.

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In terms of sales by device Apple sold 35.1 million iPhones during this quarter which flew over Wall Street’s estimate of 30.5 million. This means an increase of over 88 percent over the 18.65 million sold the same time last year but down slightly from the 37 million handsets sold in Apples first ever record breaking quarter. Maybe it had something to do with this being the first full quarter in which the iPhone 4s was available for sale, plus the phone was additionally sold in 22 extra countries including China in early January 2012.

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Who owns the files on Google Shared drive?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Richard

Google has a new web storage service which has been called Google Drive. It has come under heavy scrutiny over being the owner of many documents being shared on this service. Similar programs like this include the Dropbox and Microsoft’s SkyDrive. However both of these allow you to keep the IP rights to your work as well as have a copyright over the information shared, whereas Google are saying they take everything you own.

Literally hours after Google launched this new online storage centre the service itself and the terms attached have caused a real uproar by the wider community for it being allowed to potentially keep or even own the information, in fact the word harm has been used regarding the users that Google seek to serve.

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Dropbox and Microsoft’s SkyDrive are undoubtedly the 2 largest online storage sites on the web so Google have actually arrived late on this front. Google didn’t use any advertising to drum up support as they are such a large company anyway however what many won’t know is that actually once you agree to these terms and conditions for Google Drive the documents will undergo a transition stage. This means that Google will effectively own the files you upload the second they are submitted meaning they can do whatever they like with your files and that’s final.

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Coding Is The New Hot Thing!

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Emmanuel D.

Coding is the hottest thing right now in the start-up industries. More sites are coming out offering ladderized and well patterned learning classes in improving your coding and programming skills. Most professionals are jumping on board in the programming industry for they know that it is the future of the tech industry and of course, the fact that the youngest billionaire is a programmer and almost 90% of the young millionaires are involved in the internet industry.

The demand for topnotch programmers and developers is increasing and the opportunity is at reach for both veteran and new programmers. Website like CodeAcademy.com offers free coding tutorials and it is one of the hottest start-ups and most talked e-learning site right now. Code Academy has a new and easy approach in delivering the programming learning materials. Subscribers can join using Facebook and is given a step by step learning process and the progress is fast. Another start-up which offers a more diverse learning material is called Programr (www.programr.com). The site have a great list of languages for you to learn or master like C++, Ruby on Rails, Java and even the in demand Android.

The Android industry is growing rapidly there is scarcity in the demand for Android developers. If you want to shift into the internet industry then Android programming might be the perfect pitch for you. Learning Android costs a lot in programming schools and the quality may not be at par with the mobile standard but in Programr they promises to provide you with the best learning materials in mastering new programming language. Android developers are paid high so you might actually consider it if you are planning of having a career move.

Website development is not just HMTL/CSS anymore, the framework and backbone uses high level of languages and tools like mySQL and Ruby on Rails so being updated is a must in order to survive in the internet industry. Even with the existence of CMS, it is always better to be familiar with coding and web development languages.

If you are interested in mastering and honing your skills, then sign up to CodeAcademy or Programr now. Its free. Maybe for now.

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Google introduces another aid for small businesses

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Richard

Google have recently released a new mobile website builder tool named goMobi and a web hosting provider named Easyspace. The move comes as a part of a joint venture between several partners, including UK based mobile marketing firm Incentivated and web development firm Sayu. The web hosting provider Easyspace has also announced that it is providing the fulfillment platform for DotMobi’s goMobi mobile website builder.

This is a follow up from Google GoMo which was released in theUSin November of 2011. The venture will promote the services and opportunities that are available to small companies that are looking to expand to the world of the internet. More an more people are now accessing websites through mobile devices such as tablet computers and smart phones and so the importance of getting a good mobile website launched is extremely important. There has been a 166% increase in mobile searches through Google since Christmas and a total of 15% of all web traffic is accessed through a mobile device.

The programs main focus is the mobile commerce and retail industries. In conjunction with this collaboration, Easyspace are offering a 40% discount to host the mobile websites that have been created with GoMobi. The two together can offer such services as click-to-call, maps and directions, social networking links as well as customizable pages.

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Google Analytics New Update Provides Social Marketing ROI

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Emmanuel D.

Google Analytics latest update puts more highlight on the social networking which is about the time since social marketing has been a prime mover in the internet industry. Social sites like Facebook and Twitter drives unique traffic and connects users with other users as well thus generating more buzz and creating unique visitors.

It is inevitable for Google to put a social marketing analytics with their analytic platform since that is the trend in internet marketing and also with the release of their own social platform Google Plus. Although, there are metrics from other analytics platform that can count the “likes” and “retweets”, the new update of Google Analytics is not just counting and it is geared on providing intelligent data which are vital to the CEO’s and decision makers. Google Analytics now can provide an ROI (Return of Investment) from social marketing sites so now you can have a clearer valuation of the effectiveness of your social marketing campaigns and gather insights whether your site is being promoted to the right audience and demography.

Google Analytics is easy to set up and manage and it is actually advised that every website needs to have an analytics installed. The best thing about Google Analytics is that it is cloud-hosted which means you do not have to install it inside your website hosting provider rather you just add a script generated from your google analytics account and let Google do the trick. Currently, Google Analytics offers their services for free and also provides a paid services with topnotch additional features.

So if you are planning to create a new website or update your existing website then don’t forget to install the Google Analytics and add those nifty social buttons for your viewers to “like”, “retweet” and “plus one” and finally learn the value of all those social sites activity and learn its impact in your business.

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Hosting.Com announces further services

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Richard

The website hosting company with the most sought after name in the business have recently announced a majorly welcomed addition to their services. Enterprise Backup Solution will provide local and remote backup from any location from all major operating systems.

This may seem as though it is a standard feature but has been no easy feat to accomplish says the companies Chief Executive Operator. It has required a complicated piece of bespoke software being commissioned to allow for user to back up at will from any location in the world. A major hardware upgrade has also been required.

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The feature to allow the hosted websites to back up both locally and remotely allows customers to restore their server to a point in time in the past when the data was uncorrupted following on from a malicious attack against the website. The company have also delveoped and released an application that allows easy access and control of the hosted website.

The CEO of hosting.com also said “Enterprise Backup delivers both fast restoration and the protection offered by geographical diversity. Businesses of all sizes can feel confident their critical data is always there for recovery during a system-impacting event or disaster.”

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EnterHost Announces a new Marketing Director

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Richard

The website hosting provider EnterHost has now unveiled their new Marketing Director as Courtney Crummel Summers. Courtney’s last role was as a senior account executive for advertising agency Concussion based in Fort Worth. She was head hunted by the board of directors at EnterHost thanks to her high profile work over the past 18 months and the increase in publicity and sales that Concussion has had.

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At Concussion, Courtney was involved with a huge range of marketing strategies from gaming and manufacturing to health care and of course web businesses. EnterHost will be a new challenge for Courtney who has released a statement thanking Concussion for the opportunities and wishing them “All the best of luck in continuing the good work that they are capable of”.

Hopefully they will offer a deal as good as a godaddy hosting coupon for all of us to utilize. You never know what type of deals a new change in upper management will prompt. We can all hope.

Courtney will now be directly managing all the aspects of marketing EnterHost and raising the profile of the company. For the consumer, this means that we may well be in for some great deals and offers being thrown around as town Courtney makes a stamp on her position and tries to draw in business and grow the company. The company’s main focus has always been on desktop and private cloud services.

All that leaves is for us to wish Courtney the best of luck in her new role and we look forward to what this brings the consumer.

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January Roundup of Webhosting

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Richard

With the fall out from Christmas, January is the month that see’s the most start up businesses attempt to break into a world of profit. That also translate into a high demand for new websites, domain names and hosting facilities. This blog will briefly roundup the news from the website hosting world for January 2012.

The very best deal that was on offer in January was from a company named ClickHost. Representatives from ClickHost were present at worldcampAtlantathat took place at the beginning of the month. The company then offered all attendees of the festival a completely free domain name and a $1 a month subscription to host the website. One of the largest hosting companies globally, 1&1 are offering new business and unlimited storage limit customers up to to 6 months free with a free domain name and use godaddy coupons to get the best deal you can. 1&1 also made huge strides into the European hosting market with a large investment in advertising that was well timed.

Another large hosting firm SeekDotNet.com have slashed the cost of hosting with them by a quarter in a bid to become more competitive with its rivals. The same is true of website hosting company Namesco that have reduced prices of single and multi year plans by a third with the purchase of a domain name.

All in all, January was a good month for the hosting companies with increase sales and was also a great period for the consumer who could have potentially saved huge amounts of money. Check out another great site about google music for online songs.

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