Category: Essays
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The WebAwards 2015 Are Here
This is to invite you to nominate your best work for the Web Award 2015. I’ll be judging at the WebAwards 2015 along a team of a select group of industry leaders that volunteer their valuable time, energy and expertise to help raise the standard of excellence of web development on the Internet (WebAward 2015 Judges). The Web Marketing Association acknowledges our contributions and dedication by making the WebAward Competition the premier annual contest for…
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Bitcoin 2015 Q1 Report Arrives
Coindesk’s Bitcoin Q1 report is in and the exposed trends are unmissable. The most salient highlights include 226M invested by venture capitalist on bitcoin-related startups, a depressed price of -24% compared to last year, 8M bitcoin wallets and the most eye-catching statistic: trading volume is up 300%! At 3.4 billion dollars in market cap, bitcoin’s market share is 14 times that of the closest alt coin. Hacks, mining company failures and big rounds of funding…
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What You Can Learn by Reading Terms of Service Pages
So you want exclusive access to the inner workings of some of the most successful companies on the planet? Today is your lucky day! Why? Because I’ll show you how to extract competitive intelligence from Term of Service web pages. Let’s get right to it… Picking Companies Pick a public company such as Yahoo or Microsoft, those companies are required to disclose more information than private corporations or startups. Now pick three or more companies…
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Why I’m not Buying an Apple Watch
I love Apple products. Actually I’ve been a long-time fan since the 80s. I stood in line for the first iPhone, the first iPad, you name it. My Performa and G4 machines actually had names! But I’m not feeling it this time. Actually I think the Apple watch is the worst designed product in Apple’s history. To me, this smart watch is a Newton kind of thing. Let me explain. Where the Apple Watch Lost…
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SEO 2015: Dawn of a New Age
SEO 2015 is the keyword of choice for new SEOs looking for tips and tricks in this new era. Almost everything has changed in the SEO arena since the inception of the field. The biggest change in 2015 is the promotion of reputation as a key ranking signal. Ranking algorithms are getting more and more complex and now they include a diverse set of social ad authority signals. The key to win in 2015 is…
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Upcoming Consumer Internet Startups – 2015
Of network of media properties will be called the O.N.E. Media Network, aside from that we’ll also launch three major companies in 2015. The first will we strawball.com, a service for grouping links into sets that have semantic meaning. The second startup that is on the pipeline is nukepost.com, a civic network that displays just one post per location and user intent. Beta versions of Strawball and Tellfari will be launched by late Q3. Finally,…
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eCommerce Requirements: 7 Tips to Become an eCommerce Market Leader
In order to establish an eCommerce presence you need a powerful storefront solution, sophisticated product search facilities (preferably a separate solution), merchant accounts and a secure connection to dependable payment gateways. However, in order to become an eCommerce leader you need so much more. This article gives some tips to help you achieve eCommerce excellence, just be sure to visit https://www.raise.com/coupons/target to keep on reading more relevant information. 1. The first step is a having…
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The Hispanic Internet: Notable Research 2000-2015
Yesterday, Information Providers posted a comprehensive list of notable and very comprehensive research defining the Latino Internet reality. The curation includes academic papers about eGovernment, eCommerce and social media as well as detailed web pages that paint a clear picture of the Hispanic customer, both in and out of the U.S. To access these reports just click on the image below. Enjoy! …
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Learn SQL “The Hard Way”
A lot of emphasis is being placed to get more and more people to code. And, while a worthy enterprise, this guidance misses an important opportunity: gradual computer science involvement can boost retention and improve comprehension. Before learning C, our children should probably learn a bit of UNIX although some people might think I’m a little ambitious here. But what about learning SQL. What about learning some structured query language right after Excel. Wouldn’t that…