Steve Jobs has resigned as Chief Executive of Apple Inc, the company he co-founded in a garage 14 years ago ad later turned into the largest technology company in the world. Tim Cook is his successor.
Archive for August, 2011
HP spin off PC business
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest personal-computer maker, confirmed its decision to spin off its PC business and even more shocking: it is going to “discontinue operations for webOS devices”. In other words, this is the end of the line for its just-launched tablet, the HP TouchPad as well as for its smartphones that challenged Apple Inc.’s iPad and iPhone. This is a drastic change from past strategies and it will undo the famous HP-Compaq merger that was engineered by then-CEO Carly Fiorina a decade ago. (more…)
5 Important Rules in Website Design
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are seven important rules of thumb to observe to make sure your website performs well.
1) Do not use splash pages
Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally have a very beautiful image with words like “welcome” or “click here to enter”. In fact, they are just that — pretty vases with no real purpose. Do not let your visitors have a reason to click on the “back” button! Give them the value of your site up front without the splash page. (more…)
The Psychological Effects of Invite- Only websites
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011You should have been up there on the Moon if you have not heard the hottest news which is dominating the Internet for the last month- Google + is now launched!
They used their proven strategy for viral marketing – make it accessible to selected people only and see what happens. The internet is floated by “I need a Google + Invite” threads and “Do you have Google + invites” questions.
Google made the right step by inviting people who influence the Internet in one or another way and they turned Google + into a sensation.
Another example of a highly successful example of invite-only is Quora, which is restricted to invite-only access for non US users.
There are companies, which took on the buzz and started creating ways to give away invitations in return for free marketing. It is not rare to read, follow us on Twitter, Facebook etc., Tweet the following “…” and we will send you an invitation.
This way they are generating massive free traffic to their own websites and social media, which I must admit is a wise step. (more…)
Twitter becomes image-friendly- share your pictures on Twitter
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011I love good news early in the morning, so I was happy to figure out that Twitter`s official photo sharing feature in now available.
Actually the feature itself was launched earlier this year (in June), but now users can find a little camera icon under the “What`s happening” field. When clicked, it let users upload their photo.
5 Useful Tips For Business Websites
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011It is the most typical thing for all small businesses to care about their customers. The reason for that is quite simple- customers are essential for a small company, they are the lifeblood of the business, not just another part in the whole mechanism. The support and hence the repeated work with a loyal user base are what small businesses strongly rely on. So, if you are a small business owner, what you really have to do is take a good care of your customers.
We offer you 5 simple tips that will help you improve your website in order to make your customers’ time spent on it far more pleasant and productive at the same time.
Adobe Launches Adobe Edge- The First HTML5 Editing Tool
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011Last week Adobe released a public preview of its new web motion and interaction design tool-Adobe Edge.
Adobe Edge is the first professional-grade HTML5 editing tool on the market. The specific thing about it is that Edge enables users to create animated content using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript-not Flash. For the moment Adobe Edge is available for free, as the company is looking for feedback from developers.
