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Federal Government Bans Texting While Driving, Launches “Distraction.gov”

Back in October, President Obama signed an executive order banning all federal employees from text messaging when they are behind the wheel of government vehicles and from texting in their own cars if they use government-issued phones or are on official business. That executive order that goes live as of today, Wednesday, December 30, 2009 […]

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How To Use Twitter To Drive Traffic To Your Products

One of the greatest benefits I’ve found with Twitter is its use to drive traffic and clicks.  If used properly with RSS feeds, Twitter can drive a substantial amount of traffic both your website and to your individual products. Below is a graph of the month of December of clicks that my product feeds have […]

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2 Simple Steps To Create Admins on Facebook Fan Pages

Sometimes people make things more complicated than they need to be.  Making someone an “Admin” on a Facebook Fan Page is one of these cases. And regardless of whether you want to create just one admin, or multiple admins for your Facebook Fan Page, the process is the same. Making someone an admin to a […]

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How To Change Facebook Fan Page Landing Tabs

Facebook Fan Pages allow a certain level of customization.  Customization within the pages themselves if most easily achieved with the FMBL (Facebook Markup Language) app.  FMBL allows for most HTML customization, but does not allow advanced javascript. Beside integrating custom FBML, one of the best customization elements with Facebook Fan Pages is setting a custom […]

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China Official “Wu Hao” First To Use Twitter, Social Media

Wu Hao has become the first Chinese official to use Twitter and is setting a new precedence of “openness” in China through the use of social networking and the Internet.  Wu Hao has gained nearly 50,000 followers within the first month of starting his Twitter profile. ** Note – despite searching long and hard, I’ve […]

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#iranelection – Twitter Used Again To Spread Iran Protest News [video]

The #iranelection hashtag is flaring up again on Twitter due to a set of protests at the capital in Tehran set to coincide with Ashoura, a day which commemorates the death of a 7th-century saint in Shiite Islam.  The government’s response to the protests has been to strike back with military forces, shooting at protesters […]

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Police Need A Warrant To Search Cell Phones, Ohio Court Rules

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this month, by a vote of 4 to 3, that police are required to have a search warrant to search and examine the contents of an individual’s cell phone. This ruling makes an unprecedented statement about the privacy rights of cell phone owners, but also points to the wealth of […]