Facebook cleared to acquire Instagram

24 August 2012 by , No Comments

the Federal Trade Commission has cleared Facebook’s proposed purchase of mobile photo-sharing app Instagram. FTC commissioners voted unanimously to close the agency’s investigation into deal, once valued at $1 billion in cash and stock, the agency said in a statement. With Facebook’s stock price at $19 a share, half of what it was when it [...]

Sanibel & Captiva Accommodations Releases Free Mobile App For Vacation Rental Guests

3 August 2012 by , No Comments

Sanibel, FL (PRWEB) August 02, 2012 Sanibel & Captiva Accommodations, Sanibel and Captiva’s premiere vacation rental and property management company, is pleased to announce the release of a free mobile app. the Sanibel Accommodations App is designed for vacation rental guests looking to make the most out of their vacation. This exciting new app, available [...]

Facebook App Center: The Secrets to Entry

22 May 2012 by , No Comments

Facebook this week announced the launch of its new apps directory, called the App Center. the App Center, says Facebook’s Aaron Brady, “gives developers an additional way to grow their apps and creates opportunities for more types of apps to be successful.” Facebook says people will be able to access the App Center on the [...]

Bing pings Facebook

15 May 2012 by , No Comments

In today’s show, we’re Binging our friends, casting spells in Kindle’s library, and bracing ourselves for the return of the browser wars: Microsoft’s Bing search engine now includes Facebook integration. when you search for something on Bing, a side panel will pop up and show which of your friends might help you with your search. [...]

Giveaway: IRON MAIDEN – EN VIVO! DVD and CD!

6 May 2012 by , No Comments

James Zahn About James: a work-from-home Dad with a 2 ½-year old daughter (as of April 2012) and another “new release” on the way, James Zahn is the Rock Father™. recent 2012 projects for James have included direction and editing on music videos, lyric videos, and album trailers for FEAR FACTORY, DIRGE WITHIN, PRODUCT OF HATE, and [...]

How to Stop Your Social Networks From Distracting You

4 May 2012 by , No Comments

Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and other social networks help you stay connected with friends and family, but it’s easy to overdo the connecting and end up distracted and unproductive. Worse, many social networks notify you every time someone tries to interact with you, making it even harder to concentrate on productive tasks. Turning these helpful reminders [...]

Banjo Hits 1 Million Users, Signaling Mainstream Interest in Social Location Apps

20 April 2012 by , No Comments

The mobile app Banjo hit a million users this week, suggesting that a new crop of location-based social apps may become popular with mainstream users despite their privacy concerns. Banjo pools shared information from several social networks — including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and FourSquare — and sorts it by location. Users of the app receive [...]

Afrihost First ISP to Launch CM4all Sites in South Africa

29 January 2012 by , No Comments

COLOGNE, Germany & BOSTON–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Content Management AG (CM-AG), a leading developer of web-based applications, is proud to announce that Afrihost has successfully launched an English-language version of CM4all Sites. Founded in 2000, Afrihost is the third largest ADSL provider in South Africa and currently serves over 50,000+ hosting as well as 80,000+ ADSL [...]

LinkedIn IPO Demand: Possible Irrational Valuation

8 January 2012 by , No Comments

LinkedIn IPO demand could be very strong tomorrow, but a possible irrational valuation of $45 per share could stall things a little. this would value the social networking company at $4 billion, that’s an increase of $10 a share. however, the early signs show that investors will pay that price. WSJ say that this is [...]

LinkedIn’s Social-Ad Misstep

3 January 2012 by , No Comments

Move over Facebook. It’s time to pay attention to privacy on LinkedIn. That was is the message of last week’s mini controversy over LinkedIn’s quiet effort to introduce a new type of advertising on the site that would commandeer users’ names and pictures for product endorsements. LinkedIn first announced the new “social ads” in an [...]