Monthly Archives: October 2012

Apple tries a new map strategy; will it work?

Apple’s goal of providing the best product on the market has been evident in their sales records and product popularity. So, what’s the deal with its change in Maps with iOS6? Could the choice to pull out of a deal with Google have unspoken intentions? Previously, maps on Apple’s products were provided by Google. When

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10 components your small business website must have

Like all Internet users, you’ve encountered a few bad websites in your days of browsing the web. No, not just bad design. It’s much more than that. The key question for small business owners is: what qualities must your website have to be viewed as a quality site? This article gives you the answer in

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Dice’s $20 Million News Aggregator Purchase

Why would a site for job listings in the tech industry purchase $20 million in news aggregator sites? This is a question many are asking after Dice acquired Slashdot and two other news aggregator sites from Geeknet, Inc. in September. What is Slashdot? Site displays a continually- running feed of news and questions submitted by

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Money making opportunities with Vimeo

Vimeo, an online video site, announced few weeks ago that creators will now have an opportunity to make money from their films and videos. No, the films won’t be inundated with advertisements. Rather, they?ll have the online equivalent of a tip jar. Exactly as the name suggests, once Tip Jar is enabled, viewers can click

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Hacking Pin It Button

Pinterest offers a user friendly Pin It button generator. Unfortunately, they don’t really let web developers to modify the look of it. It is getting problematic in a situation when we insert few social media buttons horizontally next to each other and we realize that they have slightly different height. I faced this issue working

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Groupon offers deal for merchants

A new service offered by Groupon Payments offers sweet deals for merchants. The company announced few weeks ago that merchants who take advantage of their new service will receive credit card discounts. This move is a step into territory currently enjoyed Square and PayPal. 1.8% swipe fee plus $0.15 for each transaction for MasterCard, Visa

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Yahoo!’s recent sale to benefit investors

Yahoo! recently sold its shares in the Chinese enterprise, Alibaba, for $7.6 billion. After taxes, the take- home funds will be around $4.3 billion. Great news for investors in Yahoo!: the after tax monies, around $3.65 billion, will be funneled back to the company?s shareholders. Yahoo!’s investments in Alibaba totaled a 40% stake in the

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6 ways to achieve success with your product launch

Picture this: You want to release new features to your customers, and you decide to order the CDs from your local supplier. No! In the days of cloud computing, this is no longer necessary. Now, these features can be launched into the cloud and consumed by your clients as needed. No longer are we dependent

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