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• Link In or Branch Out?
  Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004.I’m betting you knew that already, given that Facebook currently ...
• How do you monetize a free app?
  From zero to one billion dollars in 551 days. Not bad for a company with only 13 employees offering a free application for the iPhone.“If you ...
• Neatly stacked social sharing
  Facebook and Twitter are the social media powerhouses of the web. Out of nowhere, in third place, along comes Pinterest.Pinterest is the Internet ...
• Your phone is not safe ... not by a long shot
  I can not, and will not argue that our smartphones are useful, sometimes fun and often astounding. However, do we ever truly consider we are ...
• An extension or a tool?
  Is your smartphone an extension of yourself or is it still just a tool?I spent last week in Calgary on business. It was just another short stay ...
• Electronic caffeine
  Coffee Culture is not a new phenomenon but it has broadened its scope and deepened its entrenchment.Sitting in a café in West Vancouver, I find ...
• The less visible social growth
  Social media has had a meteoric rise in popularity over the past decade. Less visible has been the similar growth in social hacking.So what is ...
• Bang, zoom, straight to the moon
  Not since the glory days of black and white comedic sitcoms like the Honeymooners, have we seen such dedication to the idea of sending an ...
• Bringing MySpace back
  Will 2012 see the resurgence of the once almighty social network MySpace? If you are not familiar with MySpace, it is a social networking service ...
• Personal branding
  Recruiting and job searching are changing. The Internet has opened vast opportunities for us to be noticed as potential employees. No matter what ...
• Getting LinkedIn
  Personal branding, the art of building your professional reputation, has taken on extra dimensions with the insurgence of social media.To refresh ...
• Putting you on the map
  In terms of search traffic, local results are becoming the focus for both the search engines and the end user. According to statistics from ...
• Keeping pace with recruiters
  Employment has always been a hot issue in Newfoundland and Labrador.We have a long history filled with out-migration and seasonal employment. As ...
• Does social media have a place in the workplace?
  As social media usage increases, so do policies against using these outlets at work. More employers are going as far as blocking sites such as ...
• Online advertising is powerful
  Also lucrative, especially for the ad servers. The biggest player in the online advertising space is Google. Google’s revenues for last year ...
• RIP Steve Jobs
  In December 1983, the Macintosh computer introduced itself to the world saying, "Hello, I am Macintosh ... Never trust a computer you cannot ...
• Where to start to get your business online
  You’ve decided to take the plunge and get your business online. Congratulations! That is, you think you’ve decided. It’s clear that your ...
• Get your goods online
  If your business does not have a website, you are invisible to a large portion of the marketplace. Not that you are alone in this in Newfoundland ...