20 November 2008

Themes for your Gmail Account

We had been anticipating Google's web mail client Gmail to add some themes for the last few months and looks like they have finally obliged. (…)

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20 November 2008

Cool Google SMS Search Service For India!...

Google India has announced a major development in its SMS Search Service. Now, users can SMS their queries to the number, 9-77-33-00000. (…)

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19 November 2008

Paying It Forward with XR.com and Feeding The...

Last week, I wrote a post about XR.com, the URL shortening service launched by Richard Lau. Despite what some comments in the post claimed, that post was not a paid review. Richard emailed me about his service and asked me to help him get…

19 November 2008

Make Your Business Image Pop With A Twitter P...

by Robert Clough

Want to be ignored?  Be boring.  Simple.

But, if your business is ignored, you may end up living in a van down by the river. Not Good.

So how can we be, um, not boring?  Well, there isn’t a one size fits all quick fix, but one step everyone can take is improving how we present our business to the public. And being the social media fans we are around here, it will come as no surprise that I want to share a video about sprucing up your Twitter profile.  It’s an easy place to start as you work to add flair to your business image.

Shana Albert (AKA TheNanny612) from Social Desire produced the video. Shana is one of my favorite writers in the field because she allows you to feel at ease as she teaches you about social media. Spend time reading Shana’s articles and watching her videos and you’ll understand what I mean. She’ll takes you from feeling overwhelmed to confident.

Did I mention she’s one of my favorites?

Ok, ok, just watch the video and you’ll see how easy it is to carry your branding efforts over to your social media profiles so your business looks its best when people drop by.

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19 November 2008

Visit To UGM Vancouver

The Union Gospel Mission was kind enough to invite the Dot Com crew (myself, Sally, Sarah, Stephen Fung, Ed Lau and Greg Morgan) down for lunch and tour their facilities. The UGM is one of the charities I support. Over the years, John Cho…

19 November 2008

Gluing Together the Best Content on the Web...

You may have heard about our experimental visual display of search results on Yahoo! India, called Glue™ Pages. Tonight we’re launching a similar, but slightly different experience in the U.S. with Yahoo! Glue™ beta. This newest iteration is a standalone…

19 November 2008

Gluing Together the Best Content on the Web...

You may have heard about our experimental visual display of search results on Yahoo! India, called Glue™ Pages. Tonight we’re launching a similar, but slightly different experience in the U.S. with Yahoo! Glue™ beta. This newest iteration is a standalone…

19 November 2008

Razorfish issues last rites for Web 2.0

Are you willing to fail in order to innovate? According to Razorfish CEO Clark Kokich, the path to Web 3.0 — and a new level of integrated marketing communications — will be blazed by risk takers.

19 November 2008

Terrestrial radio and other faltering channel...

An increasing number of people are falling into media potholes, where they can’t be reached via traditional media. Here’s what that means for you.