Apple – Remembering Steve Jobs

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Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor.
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Eight cloud computing risks, and how to quash them

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A series of ‘what-if’ scenarios for what could go wrong with cloud, developed by The Open Group.
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15 online business models you’ll wish you’d thought of first…

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It should come as no surprise that the continuing development of the internet is consistently resulting in significant shifts as to how businesses operate, consumers react and how products are bought.
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Social Rewards Program For Online Audience

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Social Rewards Programs provide incentives for your online audience to take certain actions – such as Tweet your content, like your Facebook fan page or comment on your blog articles. Its considered “Gamification” …
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Comparing The New Aggregators: Flipboard, Pulse, Zite, Float And More

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From Flipboard and Aol Editions, to Ongo and LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) Today, the rise of tablets and apps is changing how we gather and consume content.  A couple of apps have grabbed the headlines in recent months.
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The 20 Brands With The Most Loyal Customers

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People love their tech brands….
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Aligning with the Consumer Journey

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Traditional marketing strategies fall short in this new world. Marketers need to drop the funnel metaphor to describe consumer touch points and instead study the evolving and increasingly digital consumer decision journey (CDJ).
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The Freemium flaw: The challenges faced by digital’s default business model

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Close your eyes, and cast your mind back to the first dotcom boom in the late 90s/early 00s. What’s your overriding memory of that whole crazy period? Or if you’re too young to really …
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Augmented Reality: 5 Ways it Can Change Your World

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Augmented Reality: How businesses are using AR to promote their products and causes today and insights into what’s in the future.
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The 20 most useful Android smartphone apps of 2011

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Jason Hiner provides his list of the top 20 tried-and-true Android smartphone apps that are worth your time to download.
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