By Meredith Barnhill
Designing websites and applications for touch screen displays can be challenging. Mobile browsers have extremely limited display space and designing for the less-accurate fingertip can result in frustrating errant keystrokes. Keeping the design simple and easy-to-use is the best way to keep your mobile users happy. (more…)
By Meredith Barnhill
The arrival of touch-screen mobile devices has completely changed the way designers have to think about their target market. Users want the same functionality on a screen a fraction of the size of their personal computers. This requires a separate, and touch-screen-optimized, website design. (more…)
By Meredith Barnhill
J.D. Power and Associates conducted a survey and found that touch screen users overall are more satisfied with their handheld device and adoption of these devices is growing at an exponential rate. While nearly every mobile and computing company is developing touch-screen phones and tablets, this technology doesn't appeal to every demographic. (more…)
By Meredith Barnhill
Touch-screen devices, particularly mobile phones, have exploded in the technology market in the past few years. The most popular devices are completely touch-based with few physical keys and can use applications and browse the Web. (more…)
By Monique Martin
The traditional TV advertising model is expensive and increasingly ineffective. While the bulk of ad revenue still flows through TV, changes in the landscape are making it more difficult than ever. The explosion of channel options and the increase in DVR usage are complicating and diffusing the effectiveness of old school TV advertising. Sure, the big boys still use it for branding, but what can a smaller business do? Enter IPTV. (more…)
By Monique Martin
Take your favorite TV shows, a 42-inch plasma HDTV and marry them with Google’s Android operating system plus Chrome browser, and you have Google TV. Slated for release in the fall of 2010, Google TV promises to take IPTV to the next level with a truly integrated television watching and Internet surfing experience. (more…)
By Monique Martin
Television’s changing. Again. At least, the way TV content is delivered into your home is changing. IPTV is the latest system to shake up the TV landscape. Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) uses Internet Protocols, the same packet delivery system you use to view websites and send emails, to deliver high-quality television to your home. If you’ve watched a streamed TV show on your computer, you’ve seen firsthand the power of IPTV. (more…)
By Monique Martin
Big brands like Comcast and Starbucks are leveraging the power of social media to expand their brand awareness and drive sales. And, for the most part, they’re doing it without spending big business bucks. Winning the social media market doesn’t take a big monetary investment. What it takes is time and passion. It’s not about “selling” or traditional marketing; it’s about building relationships. (more…)
By Monique Martin
Every machine on the Internet, including the server that hosts your website, has a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address. This address is what lets one computer send information to another. But, because there are so many websites and a finite number of possible IP addresses, it’s become common practice for many sites to share a single IP address. (more…)
By Monique Martin
On the Internet, not everything is as it appears. Sometimes the domain you see in the address bar of your browser isn’t the address of the site you’re visiting. This practice is called masking or cloaking. While there are some legitimate uses for domain masking, it’s also a common tool of spammers and other black hats (bad guys).
It can be tempting for try domain masking to boost your business's reach on the Internet, but there are notable risks and potential SEO consequences of using masking as well. (more…)