Nielsen Webinar: Value of a Social Media Impression
Advertising Effectiveness: Understanding the Value of a Social Media Impression Date: Thursday, May 27 Time: 2:00 p.m., ET / 1:00 p.m., Central / 11:00 a.m., PT Presenters : Jon Gibs, VP Online & Integrated Analysis, Nielsen Sean Bruich, Measurement Research, Facebook Does advertising on social networking sites deliver the reach and lift across all the metrics important to brand advertisers? How can marketers use a combination of paid and earned media to increase advertising effectiveness by three- to four-fold? What is the value of a Facebook fan and how can a fan base drive social advocacy within paid media
German Consul General on the fall of the wall 20 years later
The Niagara Foundation hosted another luncheon speech, featuring Onno Hückmann, Counsel General of Germany in Chicago, who spoke about the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years after the fact. He still considers it a miracle that such a radical change occurred with the use of no military force. He also noted it was the
Bleeding Edge TV 348: Monster DiddyBeats in-ear headphones
Monster announced the DiddyBeats back at CES 2010, and the in-ear fashion headphones have finally started shipping just recently. We were able to get our hands on the DiddyBeats, which as you can see in this episode, are made to invoke a feeling of high fashion. We got the black pair, which is accented with chrome and black leather, definitely a unique look for a pair of earbuds, but really, what would you expect from the Beats by Dr
Todd gives his take on the Microsoft KIN TWO, one of Verizon’s most debated feature phones to come along for some time. The KIN phones use a brand new user interface that people will love or hate. We’ve even included a sample of the TWO’s HD video recording in this in-depth review
Apple releases updated MacBook: 10 hour battery life
Hot on the heels of another leak out of Taiwan, Apple has made public their newly updated MacBook , highlighted by a built-in 10-hour battery. The design hasn’t changed—it’s the same unibody white polycarbonate enclosure, but on the inside it now has a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and an NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics chip. The other major features are unchanged, like the 2GB DDR3 RAM and 250GB hard drive
The Japanese Tokyoflash company has announced a cool new take on the traditional pocket watch, featuring an dark lens, bright digital tubes and an intuitive new way to view time. Wear Round Trip on your key chain, key ring or on a chain in your top pocket like a traditional pocket watch. Housed in a sleek polished stainless steel case with a section at the top to attach a chain or key ring. Touch the button and a programmed animation will ignite from beneath the smoked screen before the time is displayed. The time is shown with flashing lights; orange LEDs show hours in the inner ring in the same position as hours on a clock face
The creators of the 6-in-1 Solar Robot are back with a new cool eco-friendly product. This super cool, build it yourself robot is a great way to learn about basic solar power technology and can be transformed into either an Optimus Prime-esk Robot, rolling Tank or crawling Scorpion. As soon as you are bored with one style, simply reassemble to your next transformation.
This new 2GB USB flash drive does not only allow you to store your most important files, it also gives you the opportunity to record any sound and save it in a WAV format. Features: Built-in voice recording On/Off switch File Format: WAV – 1GB ~ 70hours recording Built-in rechargeable battery Battery powered (around 5 hours per full charge) LED indicator USB 2.0 Portable and easy operation Plug and Play Support Window 7 / Vista / XP, Linux 2.4, Mac OS X or latest version Dimension: 64 x 21 x 9mm (approx.) Weight: 13g The USB Flash Drive with Voice Recording is available from the USB Brando website for $23.
Freebies from Microsoft; Early Users Like Kin Phones
The buzz online among the young people the Kin phone is targeting is that they like it. A lot. Plus, there’s an interesting tidbit that the Kin and Windows Phone 7 platforms will merge in the future. In addition to Kin news, this week I’ll point you to a couple of Microsoft’s latest freebies for your phone
Troubleshooting Public Folder Replication Problems
Administration of a server or of an enterprise of servers will often require the installation of updates to keep a system patched with the latest fixes. But at some point an upgrade or a migration will be needed. Email administrators, or any administrator of a system for that matter, will sooner or later encounter a situation where the most recent migration has not gone well. Sometimes it is necessary to rollback to a previous working version to keep the users and the managers happy.
Fujitsu LifeBook T730 has been official, it is smaller version of T900
Similar to the previous LifeBook T900, it has equipped with Intel Core i5-520M, i5-540M, or i7-620M CPU. The other specs of this bad boy are 320GB HDD (or 128GBSSD with encryption), Bluetooth, HDMI output, pen input (with optional capacitive multitouch), and a Super-Multi DVD writer and up to 8GB RAM. Oh yes, it has 12.1-inch LED backlit package too. As for the pricing, it asks $1,869. This tablet PC runs on Genuine Windows® 7 Professional and also it has best flexibility: durable bi-directional display hinge as well as modular bay battery
Inrix Releases Update to Traffic! for iPhone – Crowdsourced Incidents
Inrix has a vast network of sensors, commercial fleet GPS “probes” and crowdsourced GPS “probes” covering thousands of miles of roadways in what I think it the best coverage and quality of coverage out there. They recently updated their iPhone App to include crowsourced incident reporting – want to report Live Police (Speed Trap too), Fixed Camera Trap, Accident, Construction, or an Event/Gathering you can now and send it in.
With the Nuvifone a faint memory, the Garminfone is starting to make waves as early industry insiders are bringing out the positive reviews for the unit. In this quick overview, TheStreet.com takes a look at its features and its navigation capabilities. I like the fact that when you take it out of the windshield mount, it thinks that you just parked the car and automatically remembers how to get you back there. The Garminfone will be on the market in June with T-Mobile at a $199 price point.
To generate an attractive picture, usually an image should be processed in such a way with a fairly complicated process. However, good news for you that a symbian user. Because, there are applications with the functions of Photoshop, for the mobile version. Photoshop Mobile makes you have a photo gallery in your pocket without spending the available memory on your phone
iPhone Pro to get 960×640 IPS display, 512MB RAM, 1GHz processor
The folks over at DigiTimes are reporting a bunch of specs for the yet-to-be-announced iPhone Pro (iPhone HD?), which should be available sometime next month. Current word on the street is that the phone will boast a 960×640 high-resolution IPS display with fringe field switching. If this turns out to be the case, then the 3.4-inch display will pretty much be one of the most impressive screens seen on a phone, and things like direct sunlight will be less of an issue—definitely one advantage over OLED. The actual display is said to be about 33% thinner than what you’d find in previous generation iPhones, including the current iPhone 3GS, which leaves more room internally for a larger battery. The phone should also rock a 512MB memory module from Samsung, which is double what you’d find in the 3GS right now.
LG Optimus Q Android smartphone with 1GHz Snapdragon processor launching in Korea this month
Today LG announced the Optimus Q, an Android smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard and a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The device will land in Korea at the end of the month, although pricing has not yet beena nnounced.
Just as smokers are advised to select and work towards a quit date, the Web site QuitFacebookDay is encouraging frustrated Facebook users to cut the chord with the powerful social networking site on May 31. Founded by technologist Joseph Dee and systems designer Matthew Milan, QuitFacebookDay is asking prospective ex-account-holders to sign their email or Twitter ID to a pledge list. Monday morning, there were 2,635 “committed Facebook quitters,” according to the website, up about 70% from the May 15 count of 780. For a lot of people, quitting Facebook revolves around privacy
I recently wrote up about the #NokiaNav challenge which was taking place and the fact I would be taking part in some of the shenanigans. Last Friday my mission was to meet up with @WomWorldNokia and do some challenges. Upon arrival we were given our first task; image courtesy of JonChoo Using the provided Nokia E72 handsets using Ovi Maps to navigate to a location nearby. Upon arrival we were greeted with these motorised bicycles. Where we received our next challenge
REMINDER: Windows Phone User/Developer Group Meeting THIS Wednesday (May 19th)
Just your friendly little reminder – the next meeting of the Boston/New England Windows Phone User and Developer Groups will be held this coming Wednesday, May 19th starting at 6:30pm at the Microsoft offices in Waltham, MA (201 Jones Road, 6th Floor). Our featured presentation is the first in a series of focused Windows Phone 7 application development topics – “ Application Data Storage In Windows Phone 7” . While I am on the “reminder” subject – if you are a Facebook user and have not yet “liked” the BostonPocketPC page , please be sure to do so
The Google Chrome Ad is Faster than the Speed of Light
This creative commercial promoting Google Chrome works quickly to get you in on the Chrome action. In demonstrating the speed of this renovated search engine, the commercial presents how the system works if it were in physical form, giving its viewers an extremely fun-to-watch visual. Not sure whether its really as fast as its being demonstrated but i m sure the message is clear, Chrome is lightning fast!!
FCC approves Nokia X2, expects you to rock to EDGE
FCC approves Nokia X2, expects you to rock to EDGE The FCC has given its nod of approval to the Nokia X2, which is quite some time after it is made official across the Atlantic , pointing to the fact that it will most probably be available to non-CDMA carriers in North America in the near future due to the fact that this is a GSM/EDGE-only device. In this day and age, 3G connectivity is a given, making the Nokia X2 reside in the lower echelons of the food chain as an extremely basic handset that power users would do well to give it a pass. This bodes well for the handset anyways, since it was developed to target emerging markets anyway.