Eight years ago today (September 11, 2001) thousands of men, women, and children lost their lives in a terrorist attack on the United States. It is a day of remembrance for the victims and a date that Americans shall never forget. Memorial ceremonies for those that were killed in the attacks are being held throughout the entire U.S. today.
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Dating now is so much easier than 10-15 years ago; we have all this technology that lets us discretely and even anonymously mingle with online singles. There are hundreds of dating services out there trying to make money off of singles so, it can be tough to weed out the good from the bad. Hopefully this review list will serve as a reliable resource for you!
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Facebook is notorious for adopting popular features from other online services. Well known targets for brand new Facebook features include Twitter and Friendfeed (which it recently purchased). I’m not sure why I didn’t notice it before but it looks as though Facebook might be targeting Gmail to guide improvements for its messaging feature.
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Gmail and Gmail for Google Apps went down today for over an hour and all Gmail users started freaking out on Twitter and Facebook. While the frightening 502 “Server Down” error may be a nightmare for those that urgently need to access their email for deadlines, documents, etc., stressing yourself out isn’t going to get Gmail back online.
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Sharing photos and images online with family and friends are one of the best ways to keep in touch, especially if you live far away from each other. There are hundreds of image hosts and photo sharing sites online which can often make it hard to decide which one is best for you.
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The internet is the worst enabler of conspiracy theorists since tinfoil, with even the most insane Elvis-spotter able to not only find friends, but found a whole YouTube channel on the subject. There are people out there right now insisting that the planes that hit the World Trade Center were actually holographically disguised missiles, despite that being retarded even for a COBRA Commander plot.
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Regularly monitoring your brand, tracking your online reputation, and interacting with your audience is paramount if you want to run a successful business. Not only are you more likely to have repeat visits but, your visitors are also more likely to tell others about your website. Besides the popular, well-known Google Alerts and Twitter Search, there are many other different methods and tools that can be used to monitor your brand and reputation online.
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USB stands for Universal Serial Bus, a technology aimed at connecting absolutely everything via an external USB device port – and man, they aren’t kidding. Every item you can imagine (and most you can’t because of your sanity) now connects to your computer. But by “Universal” they apparently meant that Bizzaro universe the Justice League ends up in every second month, where everything is reversed and technology is something spectacularly stupid only used for evil.
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While Twitter has been around for over 3 years now, the introduction of new features for Twitter is few and far between. Evan Williams, founder of Twitter, has publicly declared that he does not want to add tons of new features to Twitter but rather wants Twitter to behave as the lubricant for web content (see video below @ 9:20). As I’ve previously discussed, Twitter’s traffic is leveling off and its unusually high rate of user attrition indicates that it may be time for Twitter to expand it’s core features in order to address these concerns.
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