Archive for the 'Digital' Category

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Samsung Leads European Smartphone Market Ahead of Apple

One wonders if the ownership of the smartphone market by Apple is nigh. Like most that are first to the market with a platform that works, the company that does so usually owns the market for a while. Eventually though others follow suite with products and platforms that are superior and are usually are more open, cost effective and listen
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Effective Meetings [INFOGRAPHIC]

  A while ago our office discussed effective meetings. I put together this infographic with some parts original and some from other ones that I have found on the web. Thought it might be of use to some out there.  

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What most schools don’t teach

Sure to go viral very soon: Starring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, will.i.am, Chris Bosh, Jack Dorsey, Tony Hsieh, Drew Houston, Gabe Newell, Ruchi Sanghvi, Elena Silenok, Vanessa Hurst, and Hadi Partovi. Directed by Lesley Chilcott.

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Shift of Ad Spending to Digital

Advertising spending has been shifting to the Internet at a rapid rate, with the IAB reporting that online advertising in Q3 increased by 18% over last year. For the first three quarters of 2012, the increase was 15% — far greater than the increase of 3.8% in spending for all measured media during the same time period.   The IAB
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Freezer Friday  is a Tumblr page created by Philadelphia based freelance designer, Charlie Layton. Layton’s fridge freezer surface is used as a dry erase board where ever Friday he spends 25 minutes to trying to”draw something clever”. A prolific and excellent artist, this bit of whimsy on the web is a corner to visit on Friday’s to get your afternoon
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Witness to Incident Flames the Local Social

There has been a local story that has really taken hold here in the port city. Halifax has always been a rough town. With a large number of late night drinking establishments, a large contingent of students and a local population that has a history of somewhat an affinity for the drink, this story is certainly one that resonates. Before
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Obama’s Inauguration Belies a Larger Issue

The numbers are in for the Obama inauguration. Roughly 20.5 million tuned in to see the President’s second inauguration according to numbers watcher Neilsen. As these events go, it was the second lowest viewership for a second inauguration (Bush in 2005 was the lowest), quite a ways back from Nixon’s in 1973, which was the highest at 32 million. So
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Adobe Delivers Latest Innovations in HTML5 Web Tooling to Creative Cloud Members

Yesterday, Adobe announced the first public preview of Adobe® Edge Reflow, a new responsive design tool for Web designers and developers creating websites and content for screens of virtually all sizes. In addition, new feature updates for Adobe Edge Animate, Adobe Dreamweaver® and Adobe Edge Code preview are now available. All announced product releases are available exclusively to Adobe Creative
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Valentine’s Day [infographic]

Hope you are finding or have found that love that makes life special. Happy Valentine’s Day to my readers today. I have also included what I think is the song of the day on the bottom.  

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#strikewithme Says Matt Damon

  Matt Damon, co-founder of Water.org and award winning actor and activist created a bit of a stir with his PSA done in mockumentary style to raise awareness about the plight of  millions of people who lack clean water and basic sanitation, is taking a stand for the water crisis. Watch his announcement and support the strike by signing up
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