Marketing For Your Company Just Got Easier

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Technology, it’s an ever changing, yet amazing thing. If you are a business owner, or have a small organization, or want to start a business, this article is for you. Have your advertising techniques been unsuccessful? There is a new form of advertising that is quickly changing the way that businesses do business. It is called SMS marketing, which stands for short message service. So, what is it? It is a new and innovative way for your company or organization to spread the word about your products or services.

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The 5 Most Popular Twitter Applications Around

How to Use Twitter for Business

Are you new to Twitter? Have you simply been signing onto the Twitter website to check your tweets or tweet about something new? You’re missing out on the amazing world of applications for Twitter: applications developed by outside parties to improve your Twitter experience and connectivity. Settle back as we walk you through some of the most popular Twitter applications around.

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Becoming A Successful Blogger Is All About Time

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If you are thinking about becoming a successful blogger, then you would first need to realize that it doesn’t happen overnight. It takes many years of hard work to achieve success has a blogger.

A lot of people seem to think that starting up a blog is easy and it immediately means they are going to see a steady increase of traffic appearing within weeks when this is just not going to happen (if you are doing things legitimately). A lot of start ups will not see increase in traffic and then give up all hope, after all what is the point in spending hours creating great content that no one is reading right? Have patience, the visits will come and the interaction will arrive so here are a few tips on becoming a successful blogger.

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Is PC Gaming Dying?

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I was reading an old computer games magazine that was published about ten years ago. There was an article in it about the state of computer gaming, and whether consoles would kill gaming on computers. Fast forward to today, and I can perform a search online and still see the same discussion going on on … Read more

Tips for Speeding Up Your PC

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There are many tips for speeding up your PC that are available online. Some of the tips really don’t do much to increase the speed, while others may have a drastic improvement in the performance of your PC.

A PC typically runs fast in its first year or so, but after that time period, its speed begins to slow down. There are a great deal of PCs out there that are only three or four years old, yet run so slow that they are almost unusable. If your PC happens to be this slow, luckily, there are some tips for speeding up your PC that you can employ.

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Taking Great Photographs: Wedding Photography Tips

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Your nephew finally popped the question to his girlfriend, and you were thrilled. But he had another big question to ask: “Would you take photos at our wedding?”

Before fleeing the country with extra batteries and your digital camera, know that a list of wedding photography tips can turn you from a frantic relative to a calm amateur ready to make a couple’s day even more special.

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Create an Attractive Web 2.0 Design Website

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The purpose of Web 2.0 design is to focus on the user, and to step up the level of interactivity. Instead of limiting the user to simply viewing the content you have put on your page, a Web 2.0 design will facilitate dialog & user created content. Some examples of Web 2.0 are blogs, mashups, social networking sites and video sharing sites. In this article we will discuss the different characteristics of a Web 2.0 design.

The first thing to keep in mind when designing, is less is more. Removing unnecessary components will not only make your website load faster, it will direct your users attention to the important parts. It is said that you only have 3.5 seconds to capture and retain the viewers attention, and with Web 2.0, it won’t be hard to do.

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Bye Bye IPv4 – Hello IPv6

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The day came and went without much fanfare. I’m not talking about my recent birthday but the February 3rd 2011 “D-Day” when the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority released its 5 last octets (/8 blocks) to each Regional Internet Registry. For those of you in love with the simplicity of the IPv4 sequence, this is a sad time and you may be shrugging off internalizing the change. It’s time to face your demons, look IPv6 right in the face and say “Ok, I’m Ready. I will no longer ignore ICMP. I know you are better and use ICMPv6 for many critical functions. I love and appreciate you.” So what’s the deal with this new internet address? Does it just mean a longer number sequence or is there something more. Well, here’s the skinny. Read the following points well as they are your future.