by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media |
This is a Guest Post written by Justin Germino a technology blogger who works with WordPress and helps others with blogging tips.
Google has finally kept up to their promise of making images available to Google Drive users. They have added a free stock photo library to the documents portion of Google Drive when you create a new document. There are over 5,000 new images from Thinkstock in the stock photo library and you can search by subject to find the free images that you need, without exiting Google Drive. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Gadgets - Technology, Social Media
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently gave a “Two Thumbs Down” to mobile apps for children in terms of privacy, according to the release of their most recent report on the issue Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade. The report examines the privacy disclosures and practices of apps offered for children in the Google Play and Apple App stores and finds most mobile apps don’t even have privacy policies.
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by Brad Friedman | Social Media
It's December, that time of year when everyone takes a shot at predicting the future. We live in a marketing world where everything is changing almost daily. If we aren't making predictions we've taken our eye off the ball and we're likely to miss something. The following Infographic was provided to us by ExactTarget and includes predictions from some very interesting and smart people. These are people who understand the world of marketing, brands, ROI and technology. They don't have a crystal ball, but I'm guessing we'll see some of what they predict actually occur. Have a look for yourself. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Social Media |
Over the past year or so, Google has been giving us signs that its FeedBurner RSS service is heading into oblivion. Some observations: (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Cloud Computing, General Business Advice, Social Media
Most of my clients are talking about cloud storage and the various services being offered “in the cloud.” Financial services providers, for example, are wondering where they are going to store all the social media and other data FINRA regulations require them to store. Law firms, accounting firms and small businesses are wondering if they need to be spending money on hardware and software or on storage and other cloud services. Firms are establishing specialties in providing virtual business solutions for their clients. Cloud storage/services is a topic that is becoming more and more important and we are helping you analyze your options. (more…)