REMINDER: How to Increase Your Freelance Income and Hire Freelancers on Twitter Chat / Party TODAY

Normally I would not do this to you – but so many people really need to find talented freelancers and so many exceptional experts could be offering their freelance services that I am sending this post just as a reminder so those who want to be there don’t forget and miss it!TODAY from 3-4:00 EDT we have a Twitter Chat about How to Make Money Freelancing. If you’re a blogger...

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Progressive Insurance Corp. Case Study: How Not to Handle A PR Crisis ~ Tweeps, Redditors Outraged

UPDATE: Progressive Insurance tweeted Aug 16, 2012 that a settlementwith the Fishers had been reached. Here is a screen capture of that tweet:Since August 13, 2012, when Matt Fisher wrote about this family’s miserable experience with Progressive Insurance in his tumblr there has been an avalanche of negativity launched towards Progressive.His tumbler post titled “My...

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Social Media Monitoring Prevents Trademark Infringement PR Nightmares

In this week’s episode of “The Future of Engagement” Murray Newlands talks about the Jack Daniels’ case and how they – and you  – can turn publicity in your favor.Companies have a recognizable logo that customers can identify anywhere. The public has a feeling or memory for brands that keeps them loyal.Protecting your logos and trademarks is essential.Legally, a brand...

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FeedBurner Signs Off Twitter. Now What? Is FeedBurner Going Away? Do Not Wait to Find Out!

Most bloggers have been using Feedburner to manage their RSS feeds since before they got bought out by Google.Not a peep about their plans so far – but FeedBurner has never been the same since Google bought them out. I knew about that tweet because I happened to be Skyping to Phil Hollows, creator of FeedBlitz about our plans to migrate all FeedBurner accounts. Phil...

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Best Free WordPress Themes By Type of Blog

This is a guest post by PHP developer Nishant.When anyone thinks about the term blog the next term in the queue will be WordPress. This is because WordPress has changed blogging by its simplicity and ease of use.If a blogger wants to get strong traffic, the appearance of a blog is as important as the content.People are more likely to stay and read blogswith  attractive...

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NEW: Seek or Shout Platform For Bloggers ~ Similar to Help A Reporter Out (HARO) for Journalists

Click this image to go to HARO for Free PR and to volunteer as an expert in your field.If you want free publicity for your blog or business you need to know about Help a Reporter Out, better known as HARO. (Twitter @HelpaReporter)You sign up for free and receive daily emails with requests from reporters for specific information or experts to interview.They now have separate...

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Gail from GrowMap Writing for Social Implications Which is Now Part of the CommentLuv Community

About a month ago, my regular readers may remember that I invited you to Read Gail From GrowMap on Social Implications.I hope that some of you took me up on that invitation and all of you will follow me over there and see what I’ve shared.For those who may have missed that, here are the posts I’ve published:I have long recommended Social Implications for the insights Jennifer...

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Internal Server Errors on Twitter AND FeedBurner? CISPA Passed House Headed for Senate

Am I the only one who wonders what is going on when there are issues with many major sites close together? Yesterday, Twitter was down. Today I tried to log into Yahoo mail and it was down.Twitter is still giving Internal Server Errors regularly and I’m getting a lot of tweets that say “Tweet Does Not Exist” when I try to retweet them, but they’re sitting right there and...

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Small Biz Trends Small Business Influencer Awards 2012: My Recommendations ~ Links for Easy Daily Voting

Each year, Small Business Trends hosts the Small Business Influencer Awards to recognize the Top Influencers in the Small Business Market.981 approved nominees are listed for the 2012 SmallBizTrends Influencer Awards.These are the nominees I feel will most benefit my readers and small businesses based on my years of experience.Here is how the awards voting works:Those nominated...

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Internet Law: Key Federal Court Holding on Issue of Personal Jurisdiction and Web Targeting in Trademark Infringement Case

This is a guest post by Internet Law Attorney Richard Newman about a recent Federal Court Ruling that held that the laws of one state – in this case New York – DO appply to Web sites accessible from anywhere.The case is Mrs. United States National Pageant Inc. v. Miss United States of America Organization LLC. The holding in this trademark litigation is a key one.Specifically,...

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Play Store: What it Is, Latest News on Google Android

The people at AndroidPit were really right when they thought my blog readers would be interested in knowing more about their resources for Android users. The posts about Android have been super popular so first I’ll share about Play Store and then at the bottom I’ll link to the other posts about Android you may want to see. Play Store is the new name for the official Google...

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4 Clever Ways To Grow Your Pinterest Followers Using a One Week Blitz Campaign

This is a guest post by Samantha Bilk who writes for Zoober Digital Training, an online social media education portal with various course offerings on digital marketing topics. There’s no denying the awesome reach and power of the latest social network to grace our screens – Pinterest. Launched in 2010, it has been noted on several occasions that Pinterest has grown...

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Twitter Resources for Bloggers, Awesome Tweeps to Follow, Twitter Chat Recap #BlogEngage

Here are the resources I promised those who joined me today for the #BlogEngage Twitter chat on How to Use Twitter Effectively for Bloggers and Small Business. If you missed the chat no worries because the entire Twitter Chat Recap is in this post! Link to all of my posts about Using Twitter Effectively ~ That post has everything from how to get started videos and posts...

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Join Gail From GrowMap TODAY Jul 12 4 EDT ~ Twitter Chat On Using Twitter Effectively

You’re invited to join me today, Thursday July 12, 2012 at 4:00 EDT for the #BlogEngage Twitter chat. We’ll be discussing how to Use Twitter Effectively for Bloggers and Small Business. The four Twitter chat questions are up at BlogEngage and all other questions are welcome. So you don’t have to think too hard or miss it, here are the times for each U.S. time zone: 4:00...

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BBC Olympic Apps Launch

The British summer (if we actually get one) of sport goes on, we’ve still not won anything but probably our best chance of glory is nigh.The Olympics are but days away, the M4 has re-opened, the Army are doing the security and the best of all, the BBC have launched their Olympic Apps.Never miss a moment of the Olympic Games with the BBC’s Olympics app.Exclusive to the BBC in the UK, this is the only app on which you can watch up to 24 live streams of Olympics action and catch up with all the key highlights and medal moments.Live and on demand...

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[UPDATE 4] Ebuyer & Google dispatching Nexus 7 tablet

We’ve just received word from Ebuyer that the new Nexus 7 tablet will be ‘Out for Delivery’ tomorrow – the first that we’ve heard from any major retailer about a definite release date.  Assuming that Ebuyer stick to this (and Google don’t stop them from delivering the tablet), then a few of the CoolSmartPhone team should have their mitts on the device...

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Looking for the Toshiba AT300?

This new Toshiba tablet is now appearing in stores and Amazon are off-loading the 16GB version for £326.33. It come equipped with an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core CPU, 10.1? 1280×800 pixel screen, GPS, WiFi, 5 megapixel rear cam and 2 megapixel front-facing shooter. Other specs include a HDMI TV-out connector, Bluetooth 3.0, 16GB or 32GB of on-board storage (depending on the...

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New iPhone Photos Leak

Leak season is upon us once again and from here on in its all about the new iPhone. These photos come from Kitguru who have indicated that the photos are of a test assembly unit and were taken somewhere in the “Far East”. Pictured side by side with the current iPhone 4s, the new version seems to be sporting a bigger screen and longer body.  Also pictured is the rumoured...

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Google+ Comes To The iPad

Yes folks, now you can Hangout with your friends and catch up on your streams on the iPad. Google have released an update for the iOS Google+ app which is now optimised for the popular Apple tablet and it includes Retina Support. With Full iPad support, you can start or join hangouts, include video with up to 9 friends, add Instant Upload photos to your posts and create...

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Coolsmartphone Podcast – Episode 5

We’ve reached our first milestone episode, number 5. This week we discuss how much the smartphone industry has changed since the introduction of the iPhone, 5 years ago. The rumoured Amazon Phone, the ZTE gaming phone, the ouya Android console, the Nexus 7 and much more. We most certainly do not discuss how James broke his Galaxy Nexus. We’re also trying out a new feature where we answer your questions. You can view this weeks questions here and if you would like to ask us a question to be answered on the next episode then there are many ways...

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Want Sky Go but can’t install it? We have news

Fragmentation. Android? Can. Open. Worms. Everywhere. Sure, we know that some apps appear on Android and they’ll only work on certain phones. We could get into a big ‘ole discussion about it but hey, it’s Friday and I can smell the beer from here. We’ve heard news that Sky Go, and other apps from Sky, will shortly be “officially supporting” the following ICS phones… Samsung...

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Android.Dropdialer Identified on Google Play

Norton by Symantec have drawn our attention to the fact that they have identified a new malware posted to the official Google Play market. Masquerading as two popular games titles, Super Mario Bros and GTA 3 Moscow City, they were posted to Google Play on June 24 and since then have generated in the range of 50,000  to 100,000 downloads. Symantec say: What...

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ZTE to launch a new gaming handset next week

Next Wednesday ZTE are holding a launch event in London. That, until a few minutes ago, was all we knew. However they’re now giving us updates on what to expect via Twitter … The countdown has begun! 6 days left until you can have one of the MOST ADVANCED GAMING SMARTPHONES in your hands! What could this be? Are ZTE going to go down the same road as the Xperia PLAY?...

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O2 Network falters

On O2? Got a network problem? You’re not the only one. Mo Bhayat emailed us this afternoon to tell us that he’d lost his connection on his O2 phone. We checked the O2 Status Page but got …err… this…..looks like there’s a bit of an issue. Mo managed to speak to an O2 rep online, and she said.. We’re facing a network issue , Our Engineering team are working on the problem...

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ZTE Kis smartphone now available on Virgin Media

Another ultra-cheap Android device is about to hit the market, this time from ZTE. The ZTE Kis will sell for less than £50 on Virgin Media from today and has a 3.5? HVGA 480×320 screen. Powered by an 800MHz CPU, the phone runs Android 2.3 and has Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, GPS, microSD expansion, 256MB RAM and a 1400mAh battery. We’re struggling to see why they’ve added “WAP”...

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Opinion: Apple, Beauty or the Beast?

I listened with interest to Jamie’s self confessed rant on the Coolsmartphone podcast number 4 where he describes in great detail his thoughts on Apples actions around the patent lawsuits. It is really worth a listen, not only does his passion come across but so does the complexity of the situation and how easily people’s views can be swayed. One other thing the rant did...

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Mobile security – You never know you need it, until you need it

Earlier in the week I received a mobile phone to review. This isn’t unusual, but what I found on it was. There was a definite “pre-owned” feel to it. No, it wasn’t scratched. It wasn’t damaged in any way. Instead it had stacks of data on it. Someone elses data. This “someone else” is the Editor of a big print magazine. I can sympathise to some degree, because when you’re...

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