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Editors' Picks
- How Are People Really Using LinkedIn? [INFOGRAPHIC] As the size of its network grows, LinkedIn is steadily getting more useful. But how are people really using the fast-growing service?
- What's In a Name: Google+ Is Your Plus One Ever wonder why Google picked a search-unfriendly and clumsy name for its ambitious new social network? The answer may be right in front of you.
- Preparing Your Mac for Mac OS X Lion Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is right around the corner. Is your Mac ready?
- 10 Animals With More Social Media Fans Than Major Media Outlets Animals are the real rulers of the social media world, with accounts that consistently have some of the widest followings online.
- HOW TO: Spruce Up a Boring Resume [INFOGRAPHIC] Use digital tools to get your resume into shape.
- 5 Ways to Encourage Customers to Share Your Content Enabling people to share a company's campaign with friends is only half the battle; you've got to give them a compelling reason to socialize. Here are five tips to get started.
Social Media
- Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] Wondering which topics had Twitter abuzz this past week? Check out the full list of top trends.
- HOW TO: Promote Your Band With Turntable.fm Imagine if you could raise awareness about your band just by playing music. Musicians of the world, meet Turntable.fm.
- 10 Must-Follow Fictional Twitter Accounts [PICS] Whether you want to be amused by your favorite caped crusaders, keep up with the cartoon characters you like the most or see tweets from film baddies, you'll find it all in this fun list.
- 10 Best Practices for Bands on Facebook We contacted music industry experts to put together the following list of best practices for using Facebook to promote your music.
- Can Social Media Help Feed A Billion Hungry People? The world's population is set to reach 7 billion people — how can you use social media to make a difference?
- 4 Reasons Why Email Overload Is Your Own Fault [OPINION] The problem of inbox chaos isn't about technology or web culture. It's about how we handle it.
- HOW TO: Make a Google+ Desktop App Want an easy way to access Google+ while using Google Apps accounts? Here's how to create a Google+ desktop app.
- The Google+ Cheat Sheet [PIC] This Google+ cheat sheet includes most of the common syntax, hotkeys and tips you need to know to use Google+ like a pro.
- Do We Need an Internet Freedom Movement? The prevailing wisdom that “technology created by innovative companies will set us all free” is anything but reality says Rebecca MacKinnon, an Internet freedom activist that spoke at TED Global on Tuesday in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 5 Hilarious Google+ Parodies [VIDEOS] We've found five funny videos that offer a comedic look at the new service, including some classic memes updated for the occasion and some spoof walkthroughs that will make you smile.
- 12 Top YouTube Videos for Social Good YouTube is becoming a great way to raise awareness and funds for good causes. Here are 12 enormously popular videos that did it right.
- Can Google+ Sustain Growth Beyond Early Adopters? Google+ is getting rave reviews in the tech press and from early adopters, but we've seen that with social networks before. Does Plus have what it takes to succeed long term?
- 5 Online Tools For Activists, By Activists Here are five social media tools for activists who need to keep their security, both digital and personal, in mind.
- 5 Chrome Extensions That Improve Google+ Whether you want to get better notifications, enjoy improved sharing options, or scroll through your stream faster, there's a free Chrome Extension to help.
- Spotify: A Hands-On Look at the Desktop App Here's a look at how Spotify's desktop service works.
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Tech & Mobile
- 3 Cool Web Apps for Your Online Convenience Need a better resume, a way to dump that daily deal you don't want or some fancy-looking affordable artwork? We've found three great apps just for those purposes.
- 5 Services For Building Websites on a Budget Need a website but don't have web skills or a fat wallet? These five sites offer affordable and easy-to-use web design tools.
- HOW TO: Upload iPhone Photos to Google+ Who says Android phone users get to have all the fun uploading photos to Google+? Here's how to do that with an iPhone, too.
- 5 Things to Know About WordPress 3.2 Check out what's new, improved and enhanced in WordPress 3.2.
- 6 Hot Mobile Search Trends From Google & Bing The search giants chat about how mobile search compares to PC search -- and what you can expect for the future of mobile search.
- How Mobile Tech Is Being Used to Fight Carmageddon Carmageddon is poised to bring Los Angeles to a standstill, but several mobile tech companies are helping commuters handle the chaos.
- The State of the Web: An Interactive HTML5 Infographic Here's a mammoth, interactive infographic that shows many touchpoints in the overall landscape of the web.
- How 4 Cities Are Deploying High-Tech Bike Sharing Programs Cities around the world -- including Denver, Toronto, Montreal and San Francisco -- are at various stages of bike-sharing initiatives, offering membership-based systems for short-term rentals of bikes to get around urban areas.
- 5 Trends Shaping the Mobile Gaming Industry Insight into consumption of and attitudes towards mobile gaming, based on Mintel's Mobile Gaming report.
- Are We In A Tech Bubble? Here's The History [INFOGRAPHIC] We're giving you a few straightforward graphs and charts to help you get some better perspective on the issue.
- How 9 Food Trucks Use Tech To Drive Business We found food trucks all over the country that are going high-tech. Take a look and see how the trucks are innovating with marketing tools, productivity apps and the vehicle itself.
- Lorem Ipsum Generators: 10 Ways To Make Your Dummy Text More Fun If you're not feeling those faux Latin phrases, we've got 10 alternatives that are guaranteed to boost the fun factor on your place-holding text.
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Business & Marketing
- 5 Ways To Develop a Company Culture for Remote Teams Despite the difficulty of distance, it is possible to grow a company culture when your staff is spread around the world. You just have to work a little harder at it.
- 10 Tips for Better B2B Community Management The companies that use your products are made up of people, after all. Here are 10 ways to get them talking with each other in ways that can inform your business.
- The Biggest Tech IPOs of 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC] Singlegrain decided to condense the biggest tech IPOs of 2011 into a single infographic. It provides an overview of how each of these technology giants turned into billion-dollar Wall Street darlings.
- HOW TO: Measure the Success of Group Buying Deals Group buying is hot, but which metrics are going to tell you the full ROI story?
- 4 Ways To Make Your Office Greener [INFOGRAPHIC] It pays to go green. Green your office and save some cash with tips from this infographic.
- The Entrepreneur's Guide to Coffee Shop Etiquette The ultimate guide for entrepreneurs hoping to mind their Ps and Qs while working from their local café.
- HOW TO: Turn Fans Into Brand Ambassadors Turning fans into ambassadors is easier for some brands than others, but here are some tips anyone can use.
- 6 Successful Foursquare Marketing Campaigns to Learn From There are now 500,000 businesses on Foursquare -- here's a look at how 6 of them are seeing success on the location-based platform.
- HOW TO: Establish Business Credit A strong credit history is the foundation for success. To start building your small business credit, here are the initial steps you should take.
- 5 Best Practices for Applying Game Mechanics to Your Website Keeping the gaming elements of your site fun and current are essential for user retention. Check out these 5 proven tips.
- The Beginner's Guide to Facebook Commerce Selling on or through Facebook now has a name: F-commerce. In this post, we'll break down the ins and outs of this digital buzzword.
- What's the Appeal of Freelancing? [INFOGRAPHIC] This infographic illustrates the pros and cons of being a freelancer.
- How the Web & Daily Deals Have Changed Coupons [INFOGRAPHIC] Here's a look at the changes coupons have seen, along with data on the rise of daily deals.
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