14 Oct 2009

A Guide for Twitter Newbies

Interested in Twitter but don't know where to start? There's a guide for that.

via MakeUseOf...

"The Complete Guide to Twitter – our next PDF manual, filled to bursting with Twitter-knowhow."

9 Sep 2009

Google Opens Internet Stat Center

Google has quietly opened up a new resource that aggregates Internet statistics across five vectors: consumer trends, macro economic trends, media consumption, media landscape and technology. The site is hosted on the Google.co.uk domain but the statistics are global. 

The data on the site is pulled from a variety of sources that includes BusinessWeek, Comscore, eMarketer, HarvardBusiness.org, Hitwise, IAB, Nielsen, and others. The database is searchable as well and anyone can submit a statistic here. (via delicious)
8 Sep 2009

Airlines that Approve In-flight GPS Use

Did you know you can use a GPS-enabled device on an airplane? Well, according to this list on many airlines you can. That was news to me.

Now a lot of the utility of in-flight GPS goes, pun intended, out the window if you don't have wifi. On the iPhone, for example, Google Maps pulls all the data down on the fly. 

Still. I am sure some developers will come up with creative uses for this with data that remains cached on your device.
13 Aug 2009

Resources: How to Keep Up with News from the Web's Coolest Companies

Want to know what's cool and emerging? Me too. That's why I subscribe to dozens of blog feeds from cool companies large and small. They include all the Google blogs, the Twitter, Friendfeed and Facebbook blog and many more.

I have decided to share these with you by rolling them up into single feed, which you can browse or subscribe or even download the OPML file.  I have also published a list of all 60 blogs that are in this bundle below. I am constantly adding/removing companies from this list so please leave a comment if I omitted some big ones. (Note, some are Edelman clients.)

Also, I might at some point port the feed over to Twitter via Twitterfeed and/or add it to post to my Linkstream site so that we can discuss these items as well.

 

Steve Rubel's Posterous

Steve Rubel (bio) is SVP, Director of Insights for Edelman Digital, a division of Edelman - the world's largest independent PR firm.

He is charged with helping clients identify emerging technologies and trends that can be applied in marketing communications programs. Rubel also explores these topics on his site and in monthly columns for Forbes.com and Advertising Age. He can be found on Twitter and Facebook as well.

Steve can be reached via email at steverubel@gmail.com.

Note: Everything posted on this site is Steve's personal opinion. It does not represent the views of Edelman or its clients.

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