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Pinterest Launches Analytics

Leslie Fishlock — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:34:49 +0000

Lookie here, Pinners… Pinterest launches web analytics service to track engagement with your photos! Now, users can see how many people are pinning your photos and how many people are seeing those pins. Such a great move for Pinterest in making brand engagement go so much further. If you have a verified account for your(...)

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Google Awards Ada Lovelace the World’s First Computer Programmer with a Doodle

Leslie Fishlock — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:22:18 +0000

Anyone notice the Google doodle for Ada Lovelace today? If you aren’t aware of Ada Lovelace, she is credited with being the first computer programmer. Not to mention the first female programmer. ‘The Enchantress of Numbers’, as Ada was called, partnered with Charles Babbage, know as the ‘Father of the Computer’ to create applications for(...)

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The Ultimate Complete Final Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet [INFOGRAPHIC]

Leslie Fishlock — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:41:40 +0000

This is the Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet to replace all others. Well, until social network decide to change their image allowances. BUT – this is a huge resource for any of you social media marketeers and designers. It’s awfully nice to have a central place for image resizing, whether you need it fo Facebook,(...)

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Happy 40th Birthday, Pong

Leslie Fishlock — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:50:44 +0000

Before there was Master Chief of Halo, Assassin’s Creed, and even Angry Birds, there was Pong. For those of you who might be too young for this, Pong was one of the first video arcade games, created by Atari on November 29th, 1972. Some think that because of its success it spurred on the video(...)

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How to Find and Adjust your Social Media Privacy Settings Quickly

Leslie Fishlock — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:48:03 +0000

Granted, this isn’t anything ground-breaking or earth-shattering, but it is nice to know there is a site you can go to that finds the Privacy Settings on all your Social Media accounts so you can make any changes quickly. Sometimes the pages that contain the information on how to adjust your settings can be deeply(...)

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A History of Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

Leslie Fishlock — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:42:13 +0000

How many of you were on the early platforms of Social Media? Friendster? Classmates? MySpace? Thanks to Copyblogger

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Dogs Teaching Chemistry = Awesome

Leslie Fishlock — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:19:28 +0000

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The Simple Science of Facebook Management [INFOGRAPHIC]

Leslie Fishlock — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:03:48 +0000

There IS a method to the madness of Facebook posts! Did you know: Wednesday at 3pm EST is the BEST time to post? Posts with images get an interaction rate of 39% higher than regular posts? For every fan you engage, there are 34 more reachable fans? Still not convinced Facebook is right for your(...)

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Jetpack 2.0 for WordPress Released: Your True Digital Hub

Leslie Fishlock — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:12:52 +0000

54 million WordPress websites. 3 million Jetpack downloads. If you are one of the 54 million on a WordPress.org site, but not one of the other 3 million who use Jetpack because it was only available for WordPress.com, you can now supercharge your WordPress site now with these powerful new features that were only available(...)

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Angry Birds Star Wars is in a Galaxy Near You! Today!

Leslie Fishlock — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:37:05 +0000

If I could mention two of my favorite things, one would have to be Star Wars and the other Angry Birds. And now they are together in the latest Rovio game! Angry Birds Star Wars is out TODAY, November 8th, on iPhone, iPad, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac, PC, Windows Phone and Windows 8 – not(...)

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News Anchor’s On-Air Response to Viewer Calling Her Fat and How She Annihilates Him

Leslie Fishlock — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:37:02 +0000

Yeah, this isn’t so much as being techy as it is about decency and more about the culture we live in. Hope you all enjoy…

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How many of your Twitter followers are fake?

Leslie Fishlock — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:31:11 +0000

And so it is upon us. Another 4 years later and the nation is in yet another frenzy over who will be our next President. And who would have thought 8 years ago some of the biggest headlines would be about which President has more fake Twitter followers? Mashable states Obama has 13 million fake(...)

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Who is Excited About Google Fiber?

Leslie Fishlock — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:31:08 +0000

Who wouldn’t be? Google Fiber just launched today its new 1 gigabit residential fiber network in Kansas City, MO. Internet and HDTV, folks. The network will deliver 1 gigabit connections to homes all over the city. And if you don’t think THAT is fast, then consider it is about 100 times faster than most current(...)

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The Cost of Being Batman

Leslie Fishlock — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:01:30 +0000

Apparently, it costs a lot of money to be Batman. From Wayne Manor, to paying Alfred, to the Tumbler, to grappling hooks, to the Kevlar Nomex Groin Armor… THE SUIT THE RESIDENCE AND GADGETS THE TRAINING THE VEHICLES Source: moneysupermarket.com

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Meet the Ladies on the Panel for our Special Event: Women in San Diego Tech Startups Part Deux

Leslie Fishlock — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:28:59 +0000

If you are in the San Diego area on August 1st – and it does not matter if you are into tech startups or not – why not saunter over to Co-Merge Workplace for an evening of inspiration, hidden voices in the tech community, some bawdy laughter and brilliant women. We are having our second(...)

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