94% of US Wineries Are On Facebook, 73% on Twitter
A survey from ABLE Social Media Marketing found that most US wineries are on Facebook and Twitter.
The study covered both French and US wineries, and French social media usage was not as widespread.
Giving iPad PowerPoint Presentations Just Got a Lot Better
Microsoft finally killed the confusing “Windows Live” branding it has used since 2005 as its primary online brand.
It will now consolidate messaging around promotion of its biggest software brand, Windows OS, and an identity system, creatively called a “Microsoft Account.”.
To learn more about why its making the switch, read Why Microsoft Killed Windows Live.
Google Launches Full Scale Shopping in Search
This week Google began offering additional options for advertisers who want to sell their products via Search.
The changes come close to Paid Inclusion, but are clearly marked and Jon Mitchell feels that Google hasn’t comprimised organic search.
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BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer Hints Research In Motion May Be Up For Sale
Research In Motion is a company in transition.
It is going from a global powerhouse smartphone maker to a struggling equipment manufacturer with too much company bloat, an aging operating system and a declining user base.
In a letter to investors, Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins acknowledged that RIM had contacted bankers from J.
Morgan and RBC Capital Markets to assist RIM in reviewing its financial stability and goals.
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Tim Cook at the D Conference: Between the Lines
Apple boss Tim Cook spoke Tuesday night at the D10 conference, his first major public interview since becoming Chief Executive Officer of Apple last year.
His chat touched on everything from what he learned from Steve Jobs to his big picture goal for Apple: to build great products, of course.
But as always, when a big company Chief Executive Officer like Cook speaks, the most interesting stuff is what he didn’t say.
A platform allows developers and companies to build on top of it, build apps for it and interact with it through a variety of mediums.
In that way, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android are both platforms, but Android and iOS are also operating systems – complex sets of software that connect hardware to the platform.
And that is going to make the company’s attempt at building a “Facebook Phone” extremely difficult.
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More Bad News For Hewlett-Packard: The New Google Chromebook Compared to a Typical Hewlett-Packard Laptop
On May 29th, Google announced two new computers, the latest Chromebook laptop and a new desktop machine called the Chromebox.
After reading Jon Mitchell’s thorough review, it became apparent that there’s now very little difference in user experience between the Chromebook and a traditional laptop (for example, one from Hewlett-Packard that runs on a Windows OS).
Should traditional Computer manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard – not to mention the world’s biggest software provider for laptops, Microsoft – be worried about this.
The Flame Virus: Spyware on an Unprecedented Scale
Security researchers recently discovered one of the most complex instances of computer malware on record.
Flame, which also goes by the names SkyWiper and Viper, has infected hundreds of computers across the Middle East and Europe.
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Brands Step Up Open Graph Efforts on Facebook
Brands are increasingly abandoning efforts to get users to “like” their Facebook pages and instead focusing their marketing efforts on Open Graph, the protocol Facebook uses to reflect third party app use in a user’s social activity.
Facebook chat is also available to use for Blackberry users via the Blackberry Facebook app.
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Why Evernote’s Hello App Is Different on iPhone and Android
Evernote’s Hello app for iPhone and Android devices helps you remember people you meet.
In fact, the Android version, released on Wednesday, leapfrogs the older iPhone app with a bunch of cool goodies.
Facebook Chat can also be run on the iPhone using Facebook Chat for iPhone app.
Executives, not Employees, are Driving the Consumer Tech in the Enterprise
Why the New Chromebook Still Doesn’t Cut It
Top 10 Windows 8 Features #5: Live Performance and Reliability Charts
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Facebook Can’t Have a Phone Until It Becomes an Operating System
BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer Hints Research In Motion May Be Up For Sale
Cutting all the Cords: The Feasibility of a 100% Mobile Lifestyle
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Heroku Chief Opens the Door to More Processes, Bigger Ecosystem, Less Amazon
The Cloud’s Killer App.
SAP’s Bid to Own the Enterprise Social Space
Government Market Drags Microsoft Deeper into the Cloud
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MIT Brain Who Beat the Casinos Launches Service to Quantify Developer Performance
New Pipl API Pulls in a Staggering – and Creepy – Amount of People Data Into Your Apps
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5 Ways to Tell if a Co Working Space is Right for Your Startup
Are Incubators Really Necessary for Startup Success.
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How Not to Screw Up Your Startup Presentation
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James Parker is a business journalist based in San Francisco, California. James has a passion for financial markets and breaking news stories and loves writing about business news, stock market, and economic opinions that matters most to its audience. James spends a lot of time discovering and researching latest financial markets and industry news stories in order to make sure the latest and greatest stories are brought to you first on BigBoardNews.com.
