Twitter has recently kicked Instagram photos off the popular microblogging platform, an aggressive move in the ongoing Twitter-Facebook photo-off. No more retro filters, faded landscapes and artsy food images for Twitter! But why has Twitter made this move, and what has prompted them to ban the world’s most loved photo app? The Twitter VS Instagram [...]

Learning how to podcast is the easiest and most camera-shy way of rapidly growing your blog. When thousands of people hang on your every word, it’s usually because they can hear those words! Today I’m going to teach you how to create simple podcasts that will push your blog subscribership and traffic way, way up. [...]

Social media rebranding is something that businesses should consider doing every year or so. It’s normal to look at your graphics every few years and find it lacking – especially if you’re in the tech field. Today, I’m going to give you 10 great branding tips that will help your business, going into 2013. #1: [...]

Youtube’s new design, or rather their new, new design is under construction – revealing sparkly functionality and Google’s attempt to merge Youtube and Google+ together. Today I’m taking a secret sneak-peak into what the Google developers have been up to, and how they plan on further changing the beloved video sharing site, Youtube. How Do [...]

If you have a company Facebook page, then you probably receive emails updating you about your Facebook Insights progress. Today, I’m going to walk you through what that is, and how you can use these analytics to run a popular and interactive Facebook business page. Navigating and Using Facebook Insights It can be daunting for [...]

The popular magazine ‘Newsweek’ that’s been gracing American newsstands for nearly 80 years, has given up on print – and has become a digital magazine. Come the end of December, Newsweek will no longer be sold in print. Today I take a look at what this means for the publishing industry, and how it will [...]

Mobile technology is gaining ground, and evolving at a staggering pace. Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest are going to have to expand their own mobile capabilities, if they’re going to survive the desktop to mobile crossover. Today I’m going to talk about how mobile technology is influencing social platforms. The Growth of [...]

Have you ever wondered what happens to your social media accounts after you die? Or perhaps what your friends and family do for you on the social sites? Today, we’re taking a grimly serious look at social media as it applies to those that pass away. Social Media After You Die It’s sad, but even [...]

In recent news, a Brazilian court ruled that Google executive Fabio Jose Silva Coelho should be in jail for not taking down a politically-based Youtube video. Today, we talk about this law, and others like it – and how valid they are on a platform like the internet. Should the Google exec go to jail? [...]

I came across a great post by Siddharth Rajsekar, and thought I would review it for the SMMU blog today. When you launch a WordPress blog for the first time, having the right SEO is a core concern. Without it, you’re not going to sell much of anything. Let’s see if Siddharth covers all of [...]