UK Ban on The Pirate Bay Boosts Site’s Traffic by 12 Million
Even pirates need PR. And what better publicity could there be for pirates than a statewide ban that makes them look even more evil than before? When UK courts ordered ISPs to enforce a...
Category: Technology PR
Actress Danica McKellar to Promote Casio PRIZM Calculator
Casio has announced that it is partnering with respected mathematician and TV star Danica McKellar to promote the Casio PRIZM calculator. McKellar, who is well known for playing Winnie Cooper on the 90s TV...
GetResponse for Android: More Control for Your Email Campaigns
GetResponse offers a new Android App that gives email marketers control of their campaigns, marketing lists and email reports straight from their phones.
Better Facebook Pages with TabSite Timeline App Builder
TabSite has recently redesigned its Page Manager area to work seamlessly with the new Facebook’s Timeline page and tab design.
Mobile Apps Displaying Ads Kill Smart Phones Batteries Faster
SmartPhonesDid you ever use mobile phone app that displayed ads (in order to be a free version) and saw that your mobile phone’s battery was drained very fast? Well, it’s natural, according to a new report from Microsoft and Purdue University which shows that such applications have a rate of power usage up to 75% higher than other apps.
SXSW: A Recap of the Startups and Strategies We Love
Social serendipity became one of the hottest trends for this Austin conference, leveraging new technology around ambient discovery to connect people of similar interests. Highlight, Forecast, Ban.jo and the other discovery apps became the darlings of this year’s event, marking SXSW a successful laboratory to test the latest in social tech.
Instagram Value Soars
It might be free to use but that hasn’t stopped the developers of the hugely popular Instagram photo sharing app reaping the rewards. With users being picked up faster than it takes to snap a photo, the company behind the app has just received funding to the tune of $40 million, shooting its total value up to a massive $500 million. Not bad for a startup.
ClickDimensions Advanced Marketing Automation Upgrades
ClickDimensions has recently announced important upgrades to its email marketing and marketing automation solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
People > Technology
A look at people vs. technologies, by Harrison Kratz, Community Manager at MBA@UNC, a new initiative which allows students to receive their MBA online from the University of North Carolina from anywhere around the world.
Statf.ly Adds Quick-switch Multi-profile Social Analytics
Continuing the mission to simplify social monitoring, StatFly added new quick-switch multi-profile management and unlimited reporting to its growing feature set.
