Lady Gaga will launch her own social site “Little Monsters”

February 9, 2012

Lady Gaga will launch soon her own social networking site exclusively for her fans. The pop superstar has used online forums and has registered 18 millions followers on Twitter.

The site is still a work in progress but it will be soon available for fans to spend hours on the internet obsessing about the singer, and even allow them a little communication with the Mother Monster.

The site, called “Little Monsters”, will invite the users to registers with their email address which will add them to a list to be officially invited when the site is finished.

The social media company Backplane, where Lady Gaga is manager, will help to set up the site. The site is the first...

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Facebook mobile advertising developing

February 6, 2012

Facebook, the social network giant, will start to run mobile advertising in March 2012. According to newspapers, people will access their Facebook accounts and advertisements from mobile devices.

The company has already analyzed the proposal with some advertising agencies for trying a new source of revenue.

The social network has not yet found a way to make real money from that use because, at the moment, more than half of its 845 million members log into Facebook accounts on a mobile device.

According to a report Google, a Facebook competitor on the Web, was the biggest participant in the mobile advertising with about $750 million profits in 2011, and Apple took se...

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UA agreement with Verizon Wireless and AT&T for stadium cell antennas

February 1, 2012

The University of Alabama made a deal with Verizon Wireless and AT&T for the installation of 715 cellular antennas inside Bryant-Denny Stadium to improve coverage on football game days.

According to Tuscaloosa News, the installation upgrade will be voted on Thursday by the board’s physical properties committee.

The customers of the two companies often have problems with receiving text messages and phone calls or sending pictures to Facebook or Twitter inside the stadium during football games.

According to newspapers reports Verizon and AT&T will pay the installation and construction costs for the antenna system as well as a $36,000 license fee per year....

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Android Tablets May Go Transparent, Soon!

January 23, 2012

Microsoft introduced the concept for tablets, Apple took it to the next level (and in the process also claimed that they ‘invented’ the tablet), and now Android will take tablets to the next level, into the future.

Samsung is working on display technologies which will make these tablets flexible (just like the paper magazines) and even transparent.

According to a Samsung post, “Tablets have come a long way since the first ones hit the market in 2010, but there’s still plenty of room for new innovations. In the near future, expect tablets to come fitted with augmented geo-location services, and gesture-controlled digital magazines, among many other features!”<...

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Windows 8 Likely To be Harsh To Intel In 2012, Reports Analyst

January 18, 2012

Intel may have to undergo through a challenging 2012 before it foresees any true windfall from the recently released Windows 8, as reported by Piper Jaffray, an investment bank.

“We believe that CY12 (the calendar year-2012) is being shaped up as a difficult year for the processor manufacturing giant. We expect the 2H12 (2nd half of 2012) to be a weaker one regarding the commercial intro of Windows 8 which is being considered as the most significant and practical upgrade to the windows operating system since the release of Windows 3.0,” wrote Gus Richard, an analyst from the Piper Jaffray.

On the other hand, Intel usually benefits from the upgrades to Microsoft operating system as many companies ...

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ArtistX 1.2 Released

January 17, 2012

After nearly ten years of development and more than ten versions, the ArtistX 1.2 multimedia studio on a DVD is finally released. It’s an Ubuntu 11.10-based live DVD that turns a common computer into a full multimedia production studio.

ArtistX 1.2 is created with the Relinux “successor of Remastersys” software for live DVDs and includes the 3.0.0-15 Linux kernel, GNOME 3 and KDE 4.7 and about 2,500 free multimedia software packages, nearly everything that exists for the GNU/Linux operating system organized in the GNOME menu. Main features: based on Ubuntu 11.10 ‘Oneiric Ocelot’ without Unity with all updates (from October 2011); most of GNU/Linux multimedia packages and the v...

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Unity 5.0 Arrives In Ubuntu 12.04

January 11, 2012

Ubuntu’s Unity has hit the version 5.0 and is now available for testing in Ubuntu 12.04, the LTS version of Ubuntu slated for April release. Since 12.04 is an LTS version we can be rest assured that it will be extremely stable and perfect fit for those who skipped the 11x series due to Unity and other issues. With 12.04 users may also get the capability to disable the infamous Global Menus. If you are a daredevil and running Ubuntu 12.04 you can test Unity 5.0, rest can either wait of install Ubuntu 12.04 in a virtualbox.

How To Install Unity 5.0?
To install Unity 5.0 to 12.04 you need to add this ppa.
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:unity-team/ppa

Then update the system
sudo apt-get update

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Social strategies

January 11, 2012

Social media is about connecting us to something larger
It’s about people, not the tools

You don’t need a Facebook or Twitter presence — you need a social media strategy that plugs into your business goals. Socialmedia.biz will help you integrate social media into your marketing mix, customer outreach and lead generation. Since 2004, we’ve used social to deliver value and drive new business for top brands.

Before anyone was calling it social media.

Our key differentiator? Real-world experience in creating a Social Media Action Plan that identifies the key strengths of internal champions and leverages external ambassadors on behalf of your brand. We provide wor...

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Motorola Launches Xoom 2 For Germany

January 6, 2012

Germany is to get the Motorola XOOM 2 and it’s baby brother, the Motorola XOOM 2 Media Edition in February, of this new and possibly the end of the world, new year. But the Germans should still have time to appreciate the many appetizing features on these two tablets.

The Media Edition has a 8.2-inch display, whereas big brother, the XOOM 2 has grown to a full 10.1-inches. XOOM 2 features MOTOPRINT integrated into key apps so you can print wirelessly from your tablet. It is approximately 100 grams lighter than the original Motorola XOOM to make it even easier to take on the road, and it can withstand poolside use, spilled drinks or dashes out to the car in the rain thanks to its new splash-gua...

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Better Use of Remote Control Software Tools

January 4, 2012

Do you want to use remote access tools more efficiently? Here are some tips to do that.

You can find many kinds of PC remote access softwarethat will give you remote control over your computer, as well as access to your files no matter where you are in the world, as long as you have access to a device with an internet connection. Modern PC remote access tools are designed to be very practical and easy to use. If you want to make the most out of this kind of software, then here are some tips that you will find useful.

  • Select the right program

Different remote control software tools have different features. Some of the free ones included in operating systems and communications software like Skype could be practical when you’re helping a friend fix a computer problem...

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