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Ever heard of the social media site called Pinterest? It is a virtual pinning board that lets you compile different images that you like, arrange them into categories, and share them to your circle of friends or acquaintances within the online community. It is quickly becoming popular nowadays with more and more people discovering the benefits it has to offer. Just how interesting can Pinterest be? Is there more than meets the eye with this particular social media site? Digging Deep into This Virtual Pin Board In order to create a Pinterest account, you need to be invited by an existing member or request an invitation from their main site. You can then proceed to create your own account, design your profile, set your boards, and invite friends to join your network. After getting done with the essentials, you can start pinning images and videos right away. These pinned photos will then be visible to everyone and even start a chance to be re-pinned or shared by your friends and...

This interesting infographic by SingleGrain shows you how you can make your content go viral. The key to having a successful viral campaign lies in an in depth understanding of the needs and interests of your targeted demographic segment. To go viral, your content must have a catchy title, be something that your targeted audience might find interesting and offer something unique and unanticipated, i.e it must incorporate an element of surprise. This is how you can get your content to go viral.

Today’s marketing environment is dominated by social media and personalized experiences. If you do not incorporate the use of social media into your daily business operations, you won’t remain competitive and will miss out on the opportunity to capture the interest and attention of a global audience. Although there are many social media avenues, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are three of the most popular.  You may already have Facebook and LinkedIn pages for your business, but if not, its high time to consider building your social media presence with these two platforms. Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that Facebook had more that 500 million daily users in 2011 (many of whom accessed Facebook using their mobile phones). People now use their phones to stay in touch, get information, and engage in ways that weren't possible until recently. If your business isn't plugged in to that network of information exchange, you are losing out on being competitive. I...

These questions will help you form a clear picture in your mind about the intricacies of blogging before you take the first plunge (i.e create your first blog)  1. What goal do you seek to achieve by starting a blog? It is that you want to spread some information, promote an objective, make some money or do a little bit of all these.  2. Which blogging platform are you going to use?  3. What type of hosting are you planning to use – free or paid?  4. Are you planning to buy a top level domain (TLD) for your blog? If not you can use a free sub domain. Your choice of a blogging platform will also depend upon this factor.  5. What topics will your blog cater to?  6. What is your level of expertise on the topics you are planning to write about?  7. Who are your target audience?  8. How much time are you planning to devote to blogging?  9. Have you decided on a name fo...

The latest addition to the Nokia Smartphone Arsenal, the Nokia Lumia 610 will feature Internet sharing capabilities  that enables you to use the phone as a WiFi Hotspot for up to 5 WiFi-enabled devices.  Nokia Lumia 610 will run on the "Windows Phone 7.5 Mango" Operating System.  The Nokia Lumia 610 will feature 3.7" Capacitive Touch Screen Display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels and a 5 MP with 4X digital zoom and an aperture value of 2.4f. It also features "Xbox Live Hub" for gaming enthusiasts.  The Lumia 610 offers decent processing capabilities and comes equipped with a 256 MB RAM and 800 MHz single core processor. It will weigh at about 130 g. Overall the Lumia 610 promises to be a phone that offers both sleek looks and smart features and yet is easy on the pocket. 

You use adsense on your blog for the obvious reason of earning money. However if you find that your adsense earnings are not quite up to your expectations, it’s time to give your strategy a rethink. The following articles discusses 7 practical tips to to help you increase your Adsense Earnings.  1. Create more content – The equation is simple. More content means more traffic. More traffic means more ad-views. Increased ad-views translates into better earnings.  2. Make your ads visible – The more visible your ads, the greater the chances of them being clicked. Research has shown that ads which appear at the bottom of your blog do not perform as well as those appearing on the header or the sidebar (where visibility is greater).  3. Use 3 ad units – Google places a cap of 3 ad units per page. To earn more from your adsense account I would recommend that you use your full quota of 3 ad units. However do not overwhelm the reader by showing all three units a...

With 3,905,492 articles in English covering almost every topic on earth, Wikipedia has come a long way in the 11 years since its launch. It is now the largest and the most popular source of reference on the internet with over 365 million readers worldwide benefiting from it one way or the other. With studies showing Wikipedia to be almost as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica (with incidentally has gone out of print), Wikipedia is revolutionizing research and has become a reliable fountain of knowledge both for students and researchers.

With the introduction of the Facebook Timeline for Business, retailers have a great opportunity to improve their profile pages and interact with their followers. But is Facebook an effective platform for business?   According to a Bloomberg report from last month, major retailers including Gamestop, J.C. Penney and Nordstrom have all shut down their Facebook storefronts recently. There have been numerous discussions on why these stores weren’t successful, but one of the best explanations on why these stores have failed comes from Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru: “There was a lot of anticipation that Facebook would turn into a new destination, a store, a place where people would shop,” Mulpuru said in a telephone interview. “ But it was like trying to sell stuff to people while they’re hanging out with their friends at the bar. ” Moving forward, I feel that the success of mobile commerce will hinge on the ability for content to be shared with connections. Pinte...

Within hours of its launch, "Angry Birds Space" the latest version of the world's most popular game the "Angry Birds", has reached the very top of the Apple's App Store charts in nearly 30 countries. Rovio Entertainment Oy are the makers of this game Angry Birds Space Angry Birds Space is now the No.1 app for both the iPad and the iPhone in countries like the US, Germany, France, UK, India and Spain.  "Angry Birds Space" is available for download for $0.99 on the iPhone and $2.99 on the iPad. The game is also available on Google's Android for $0.99. There is also a free, ad supported version of the game available for Android users.

In what could be a major cause of disappointment for all gaming enthusiasts on a Windows Phone OS, Rovio Entertainment Oy, the makers of the very popular "Angry Birds" game have revealed that they have no plans to make the latest version of the game "Angry Birdy Space" available on the Windows Phone OS. Angry Birds Space According to Rovio, releasing the new Space version of the "Angry Birds" on the Windows Phone platform might not turn out to be cost effective for the company.  "Angry Birdy Space" would however be available on the other bigger platforms, namely, Apple’s iOS and Google's Android. The desktop version would be available for both the Windows PC and Apple's Mac. According to Bloomberg , with the introduction of the "space" version, "Angry Birds" may reach 2 billion cumulative downloads by the end of the year.