Colleen Friesen’s Traveling Light Blog

SEO-focused professionally distributed press releases. Do they work? These results are shown on the second day post-release date. Outstanding.

Check out the new Pinterest-inspired site for travel writer Lesley Peterson at CultureTripper.com. Loads of fun to work on! All long distance - Lesley lives in Toronto and is also often traveling. http://www.culturetripper.com

Studies show: Timeline covers with faces attract the most attention.

Don't use third-party apps like HootSuite or Tweetdeck to post to Facebook - 3rd party posts don't bring share button.

In depth Facebook marketing tips at http://www.marismith.com - 98% of posts should have an image.

Top Twitter stories to your email inbox? Aiyaiyai. Redundancy on top of immediacy = idiocy

Twitter Blog: The best of Twitter in your inbox

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Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world.

15 second videos, as prettified as Instagram photos. Free in Apple Store.

Viddy - Life in the moment.

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Viddy is a simple way to share well-produced, bite-size videos with the world. Our app makes it easy for anyone to capture, produce and share life's most beautiful moments instantly.

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Mozilla and Google Cry Foul Over Browsers in Windows 8

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If you had plans to use Firefox or Chrome on a Windows 8 tablet, that might not be in the cards.

Google announces Drive - add any kind of file and work collaboratively on it with team members you invite, or just work on it remotely from any Internet connection. Image editing, spreadsheets, documents... over 30 file types supported. First 5GB free, upgrade to 25gb for under $2.50/mo.

Will you use Drive?

Google Drive. Keep everything. Share anything.Access everywhere.Google Drive is everywhere you are—o

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In Google Drive, you can create new documents, spreadsheets and presentations instantly. Work together at the same time, on the same doc, and see changes as they appear.

T-Mobile CDO Phillip Humm said, "Facebook’s social networking app was his company’s “number one app right now” and has customers “picking up their phone 150 times a day.”

Well, THAT's a nice surprise... check out the google results for a search on vancouver getaways in Google!

I am SO stoked about using Volusion Ecommerce. The support even in the research/pre-sales phase has eclipsed by an entire galaxy any other solution I have looked at.

Morse code comes back! You can even type two different emails with one hand at once. How cool is that!

Introducing Gmail Tap

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Tap into the future of productivity with Gmail Tap for Android and iOS. Double your typing speed with this revolutionary new keyboard. http://www.gmail.com/t...

Now coming to your inbox: kuajiri yangu kwa ajili ya kazi yako ya kijamii vyombo vya habari!

Official Gmail Blog: Say hello (or olá or halo or salam) to automatic message translation in Gmail

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If anyone is using WooThemes for their Wordpress site, a Public Service Announcement of denial-of-service attacks & fix here

PSA: WooFramework Vulnerability

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Don’t get caught with your pants down, here’s how to fix the WooThemes/Framework vulnerability and two excellent alternatives.

One seriously happy dog... from photographer Seth Casteel

Wall Photos

"Water-Crazed"

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The office soundtrack today, can't get it out of my head - beautiful artwork in a dark, melancholy way

Gotye 'Hearts a Mess' By Gotye

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View more videos by Gotye on http://portable.tv Animator and film clip director extraordinaire Brendan Cook emerged from his studio with this amazing film cl...

I would love to go the sassy route with some local companies... who is up for it?

10 Sassy Brands on Social Media

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Brands are showing more personality as the web becomes more social. Here are 10 hilarious brands killing it right now.

It's happening... cue scary scifi music.

Asteroid Mining Mission Revealed by Planetary Resources, Inc.

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Planetary Resources' mission is mine near-Earth asteroids for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals. Through the development of cost-effective...

I had a great meeting today with Cheri from 'The Skylight Guy'... not only do they make skylights, they make them - and a whole bunch of other things - for Westfalias and Volkswagen Vans. How much fun is it going to be to work on this project??? I love VW vans, so I'd guess... A LOT!

IMPORTANT: check your connection at this address before July 9 2012 to ensure your computer (mac or pc) is not infected with the trojan virus DNS Changer.

DNS Changer Check-Up - Clean

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Noooo... next gen password technology to read brainwaves or heartbeats, which are apparently as unique as fingerprints. I knew something weird would come up today.

Your brain could become your password › News in Science (ABC Science)

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Researchers are looking at way to use brain scans and heartbeats to identify people in ways that can't be faked.

Awesome course Laurie! I hope you will call me soon re follow up on private for my FB page - I am just at the peak of the start of my sales season now...and will be travelling in about a month.

New profile pic dimensions for April 26... are you ready? The new profile picture will be 160 x 160 pixels and will sit at 23 pixels from the left and 210 pixels from the top of the Page. What do you think of the change?

Here's a nifty way to see how your site looks on an iPhone...

CreativeTechs Tips » Test Your Website on Apple’s iPhone Simulator.

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