So you work at a health insurance company or in a related business, and you have decided to take the plunge into social media, despite the significant obstacles. So how do you create a program that is engaging, yet complies with regulations? Jason Falls of Social Media Explorer gives some relevant tips that are useful [...]
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What’s Up With Location Based Social Networking?
Location based social networking is facilitated by applications like Buzzd, Loopt, BrightKite and Foursquare, which allow mobile smart phone users to “check in” at either map coordinates or location – such as a business, restaurant, or event center. Recently, Facebook and Twitter added location options. Twitter announced in April that they will allow users to [...]
Jobs vs. Flash? Ego vs. the Market
Steve Jobs recently penned a missive “explaining” Apple’s reasons for failing to integrate Adobe’s Flash technology (a standard for games and entertainment online) into its iPhone, iPod and iPad devices. His argument? Flash “falls short” of what it could be and what is needed on a mobile device. What would Jobs have said if everyone [...]
Apple’s Aggressive Patent Stand Inhibits Innovation
We’ve already noted how Apple – once the edgy, cool company for the outsider who was just slightly smarter than the average – is now the industry behemoth with the lion’s share of the market. But while Apple likes to promote itself as a freedom-loving, innovation above all company, that moniker applies only to the [...]
Gartner Ranks Sitecore as a Leader in Content Management
At WebDatamation, we made the decision several years ago to partner with the Sitecore web content management (WCM) system to provide web services. We find that Sitecore offers flexibility, power, ease of use and constant innovation that serves our clients well. In the fast-changing and evolving world of web content, it can be difficult to [...]