With two original series and the new season of “Arrested Development” under its belt, streaming media giant Netflix has come a long way since its inception. It has become a revolutionary force in the world of television. Even cable television is taking cues from the company, a fact that could surprise many who saw Netflix’s rise as cable’s downfall.
Category: Internet
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Exploring Mobile Printing
Most consumers have been under the impression that ever since Apple introduced the AirPrint feature into iOS all problems related to wireless printing may well have been resolved. But, the real story is a little different. This futuristic technology still hasn’t led to the advent of the wireless office and that is backed by a set of reasons.
As an individual user, you wouldn’t notice the shortcomings as a large company or organization would. It’s amusing to know that AirPrint only supports over 200 printers, which is a big drawback. However, the most crucial requirement that is expected out of mobile printing technology is that many organizations require the printer to be instructed from anywhere on the planet.
Recent surveys show that the primary reason why people are not availing the mobile printing option is because they don’t have access to a compatible printer. Despite there being numerous apps, both free and paid, offering solutions, there are still limitations in place that restrict freely available wireless printing.
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How To Increase Sales Productivity With Pinterest
Just as many business today have discovered, social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook can be extremely effective in generating excellent product placement opportunity without having to spend a fortune. Creating a vast network of followers within your target market across social network can be an amazing asset to increase sales.
Just as these websites are tried tested and true for marketers and business owners, Pinterest is also fast becoming a new hot social network where product placement is encouraged and sales numbers can greatly benefit from sharing the right information across the network.
Pinterest System
If you have never used Pinterest before, it may take some explaining. Unlike social networks such as Facebook where users will create a detailed profile of their photos, background and interests.
On Pinterest individual users can create pin boards, similar to a virtual version of a cork board that they can then post photos and links to products or things that they find interesting. As these “pins” or photos are shared on individual boards, users that follow individuals on Pinterest may also share the same pins across their followers. This means that any pin that is posted on Pinterest has the potential to find its way to thousands of users in a day. Pinning online is as simple as downloading a small browser extension and clicking a button on a website you would like to share on Pinterest.
As a result of this ease of use, millions of users have now signed up for Pinterest and are using it daily. Advertisers are also working to tap into this new market and to seamlessly add their pinned items in with user generated items on Pinterest.
Why Pinterest Works for Marketing
Pinterest is effective for sharing products and as a marketing tool because people regularly share information about product across the network. While Facebook and twitter have other functions, Pinterest is more focused on sharing what you enjoy and even promoting products that you enjoy. Because Pinterest has simple functions and is designed to share items across a mass network the chance that creative products will go viral across this network is higher than on any other social network that exists today.
Pinterest is a simple system and is also very simple for webmasters to implement into their website as well. Just as other social networks have a share button, webmasters can include a Pinterest “Pin Me” button on their content so that Pinterest users can share content on a website that they may enjoy. Content creators can enjoy the free advertising and sales while their product or service spreads organically through the network.
Backlinks
As many web experts would suggest, backlinks are required to help convert sales and increase the notoriety of a product online. Pinterest allows sales people to easily generate backlinks by having users regularly share their products online. If you examine a typical Pinterest page, most people on Pinterest have a board that is similar to a wish list. This means that items that they want or find interesting are pinned to this board for all of their followers to see.
If a product or service finds its way onto one of these boards it can spread to hundreds of other boards within just a few minutes. As an advertiser or business owner, if you can get your product or affiliate product onto a well followed board, you can instantly see a rise in overall sales and visitors to your website.
With this new age marketing tactic, so many business owners and affiliate marketers are having amazing success with the use of Pinterest. While the system is still fairly new as compared to more established social networks, it shows amazing promise when it comes to product promotion with proven sales numbers from businesses who have capitalized on the Pinterest product boom. Here are few more Pinterest resources, which you should not miss:
If a product or service finds its way onto one of these boards it can spread to hundreds of other boards within just a few minutes. As an advertiser or business owner, if you can get your product or affiliate product onto a well followed board, you can instantly see a rise in overall sales and visitors to your website.
With this new age marketing tactic, so many business owners and affiliate marketers are having amazing success with the use of Pinterest. While the system is still fairly new as compared to more established social networks, it shows amazing promise when it comes to product promotion with proven sales numbers from businesses who have capitalized on the Pinterest product boom.
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3 Tools to Combine Your Cloud Storage Services
Research from Gartner indicates mobile technology and the personal cloud will replace the PC as the hub of daily life – at least in terms of digital activity – by 2014. Trends show a movement toward a “bring your own device” era, where people use smartphones and portables more than PCs, reported on Wired. Cloud storage will naturally assume a fundamental role in managing and maintaining data in a mobile hub. For users who don’t want to be tied to only one cloud storage account and are looking to utilize many cloud storage options and access them all in one place, there are applications that provide that service.
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To Chat or Not To Chat
Whether you like it or not, live chat is used pretty extensively online in many different ways. Often it is large companies like AT&T or Hostgator.com who use live chat to answer the large volume of sales questions that are generated on their site.
But Live chat is becoming more common for smaller sites and blogs and so I’m wondering – do people like to have a live chat opportunity on a website they are visiting? And do they like to have it pop up right in their face over the page they are currently browsing?
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The Future of Social Media Hacking; How Far Will It Go?
You might think that social media hacking is when someone posts an embarrassing status update on your Facebook or Twitter, but as the popularity of social media grows exponentially, so too does the criminal activity associated with it. Although you don’t include any financial information on social media networks, the large amount of personal information you place on there means that identity theft is on the rise.
The most basic level of hacking usually sets out to embarrass, defame or cause mistrust about a person or business. As mentioned above it involves hacking into a person or company’s account and posting a fraudulent status update or tweet. A recent example of this was when the Twitter profile of the Associated Press was hacked and a statement appeared which said the White House had been bombed and President Obama was inured.
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What Does the Zettabyte Mean for Cloud Security? [Infographic]
With the establishment of the zettabyte, a new measurement representing 1.1 trillion gigabytes, cloud security needs will also increase exponentially as well. The larger the storage capacity, the larger the need will be.
The public cloud market alone has already grown to $109 billion approximately in 2012. Through 2016, the same market is expected to grow again 17.7 percent annually, compounded each year. At the same time, 10 percent of IT security systems will be associated with cloud platforms by 2015 due to the demand from use of the cloud and the need for virtual safety. The size and capacity of cloud use, including storage possibilities transmitted through telcom and broadband conduits, are being further driven by federal government spending on a national platform. So it shouldn’t be surprise to anyone that cloud security will also become a national priority as well in the near future.
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6 Myths Your Parents (or Grandparents) Still Believe About the Internet
You’ve probably been using the Internet since you were old enough to reach the keyboard. You know how to log in, browse your favorite sites, check your email, and download information you were searching for. But for older people, it may be a very different story. Here are 6 myths your parents (or grandparents) still believe about the Internet.