Remove Applications Remove Social Media Remove Social Networking Remove Wireless
article thumbnail

A Brief History of the Evolution of Social Technology

Social Media Marketing

To truly appreciate social media and the ubiquitous nature of the Internet, the consumer must first remember the wireless networks' distant and humble beginnings. Fast forwarding to 1970, Norman Abramson designed and tested the first wireless local area network, also known as the WLAN.

Wireless 162
article thumbnail

Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

I’ve read quite a number of trademark applications over the years, as part of my expert witness work , but also as part of DNProtect , but when I looked at the Meta trademark application from Facebook, my jaw dropped. The screen capture above is only the beginning, it only shows a small part of the Meta trademark. Just think.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Changes in News Delivery Give New Power to Press Releases

Proactive Report

We have to move from text only to the social media news release – we have to provide images, video and audio with our news releases so we can help journalists do their job in this tough new media environment. 10% were using the so-called “cloud”—or hosted applications, or services delivered over the Internet.

article thumbnail

Five Productivity Tools for PR Pros

Waxing UnLyrical

Plaxo: contacts, calendar and e-cards As a social network, I think Plaxo is pretty dismal, no matter how much it tries to Face-Twit-book-terify itself. Bonus: it helps identify holes in your time management skills, including the amount of time you spend in/on social media. I use BusyCal which is like iCal but on steroids.

Plaxo 251
article thumbnail

The Top 130 Minnesota Tech Companies on Twitter

Webbiquity SMM

Twitter is consistently rated as the second-best social network for B2B and tech companies, behind only LinkedIn. Which businesses understand the “social” part of social network, and which are just there to broadcast? tech.mn, Frontend Masters, and Request Metrics are the least social.

Company 149
article thumbnail

The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

This year, colleague Cheryl Burgess and I changed things up a bit, opening the award to nominations but focusing specifically on outstanding men and women who work for technology companies and are active on social media. Stacey is flat-out awesome: Social Media Manager for Vocus/PRWeb as well as serving her country as a U.S.

Twitter 257
article thumbnail

The Truth About the iPad | Blogging and Content Creation | Social.

Convince & Convert

link] Wales Social Media The Truth About the iPad [link] #socialmedia #news [link] jaybaer Thanks for the comment Alyssa. I know you have to pay for WiFi on the iPad, but what if you have wireless at your home? Leave them in the comments and we’ll discuss. If it was truly a vacation, iPad all the way.

iPad 136