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Who Is Texting While Driving?
Jul 16th
Here’s an interesting infographic that shows who’s out there texting while driving and the states that don’t like it. Texting has become a ubiquitous form of communication and we do it everywhere we go. Do you do it on the road, or don’t think people should?
How Hospitality Companies are Using Social Media for Real Results
May 29th
Here’s an excellent blog from Mashable.com. Some interesting ideas on how hotels, restaurants, airlines, anyone in the hospitality industry can take advantage of social media opportunities. Take a look and let us know how Orange could help: http://mashable.com/2010/05/24/hospitality-social-media/
Video: The Growth of Social Media
May 7th
Ever doubt the growth, value, importance, and potential of social media? You won’t after you take a look at this video produced by Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics. If you’d like to see how you could take advantage of the opportunities, give us a call, we’d be glad to talk.
via: mashable.com
5 Applications To Spice Up Your Facebook Fan Page
Apr 25th
Got a Facebook Fan Page for your business? Your band? Your product? Yourself? Here are a few Facebook applications to check out that can enhance and improve the look, the attraction, and the user experience of your Fan Page. Click on the links to visit the app.
1. Reviews – Ask your fans to review your service, product, activity, and more. (While good reviews are great, remember they’re free to review you poorly. Use at you own risk 
2. Extended Info – Allows you to expand the space provided for your personal, company, and service info. Lets you select such things as videos, images, tags, and more. Great way to spice up your page.
3. Poll – Create your own user poll to increase user involvement with your page.
4. Web Profiles – Connect your MySpace, Twitter, Digg and other social media accounts to your Facebook.
5. SlideShare – Integrate your SlideShare account into your Facebook fan page and import presentations.
What other apps are you using? Got any favorites we missed? What do you think of the ones we listed? Let us know and we’ll update the info.
Steven Colbert Talks iPad
Apr 17th
Check out this quick look at the iPad on “The Colbert Report”…
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iBookstore Launched by Apple
Apr 2nd
The e-doors are open. Apple has just launched an online store full of digital iBooks made for use on the iPad. Users can browse, preview, and download a wide variety of books, but only iPad users will be able to use iBooks. A complimentary digital version of A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh is being offered to celebrate the grand opening. Watch your back Amazon.
5 Essential iPhone Apps for Baseball Fans
Mar 28th
April 4th marks the beginning of the 2010 Major League Baseball season. Are you ready? CLICK HERE to find out about 5 iPhone Apps that baseball fans shouldn’t be without…
Use of Social Media By Small Businesses Doubles Since 2009
Mar 20th
A new study shows social media use by small companies has doubled — and that more than half use it to attract new business. The study, called “The Small Business Success Index”, sponsored in part by Network Solutions reports that social media adoption by small businesses is up from 12% to 24% in the last year. The study found that nearly one in five small business owners are actively using social media in their business, mainly to identify and attract new customers.
Key social media usage highlights include:
- 75% surveyed have a company page on a social networking site
- 61% use social media for identifying and attracting new customers
- 57% have built a network through a site like LinkedIn
- 45% expect social media to be profitable in the next twelve months
What Type of Sites Get The Most Traffic?
Mar 16th
To get a rough estimate of how the Internet is actually being used, the BBC charted the top 100 sites by unique users in January 2010. The study involved the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, U.S., and Australia.
Among the Top 100 sites, here’s what’s getting the traffic…
And among the Social Networking sites…
And for the Shopping Sites…
