Top Tweeted Technical Tip of the Day – HTML5

Aug62010
Tara Maxwell

This fantastic article was just posted the first of this month and has a great collection of “25 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques You Must Know” by Jeffrey Way on net.tutsplus.com.  I learned quite a bit from reading this article, which can be read in its entirety in less than 30 minutes without having to click links to other sites to get the “full” information.

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Latest Version of Google Chrome Launches with Flash-Based Game

Jul62010
Brianne Dabiero

The latest version of Google Chrome is now available and comes standard with Adobe Flash.  To make people aware of this new feature, Google launched a Flash-based YouTube game called FastBall.

The goal of the game is to get a ball through an obstacle course in the fastest amount of time, but instead of the typical “manipulate the ball through the course” routine, players must answer a series of questions to advance the ball. Questions are all web-based and include challenges that use Google, Twitter and, of course, YouTube. Some examples of questions are “Choose the fastest method of transportation between points A and B using Google Maps” and “Search for three things that have decreasing results.”

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Location-based Apps Picking Up Steam

Jun112010
Scott Piggott

It seems like the location-based social media apps like Foursquare, Gowalla and BrightKite are finally beginning to pick up steam. Starbucks was an early adopter of Foursquare, and now I’m starting to see more and more small businesses take advantage of the opportunities that are being afforded by this new medium. In fact, our social media group is currently working with several clients, including O2 Fitness, to roll out location-based promotions. Continue Reading >

Tweet, Tweet…Meow?

Jun102010
Brianne Dabiero

Since Twitter’s launch in 2006, the social media site now has more than 21 million users and averages about 3 million tweets each day.   According to the Pew Research Center, the largest percentage of users fall in the 25 to 34 age range.

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Tara’s Top Three Tweets of the Month

Jun102010
Tara Maxwell

As usual, I’ve been incredibly busy lately, and there have been a TON of great articles tweeted out that I’ve wanted to blog about.  Since I’m short on time, I’ll just mention a few articles that are really, really informative and/or inspirational.  And instead of sticking with just one topic like I’ve done in the past, this collection of links are quite diverse – from cool billboards to Google to typographic effects in portraits.
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Apple HTML5 Showcase

Jun42010
Scott Piggott

Apple has put together an overview of some of the capabilities of HTML5 and CSS3 with some very nice examples. Check it out at http://apple.com/html5/.

HTML5 and CSS3 will enable a rich web unlike anything we’ve ever experienced before. The use of rich typography (without plugins) alone is going to change the visual quality of the web while providing an unparalleled user experience. The typographical revolution of the web is upon us!

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Checking in with O2 Fitness

May262010
Sarah Findle

o2fitO2 Fitness is one of our clients here in the PR department at HM&P and we have had a lot of fun helping them spread the word about their seven (and growing!) locations around the Triangle.

O2 Fitness already runs their own Twitter account, Facebook fan page and blog. A new avenue of social media marketing we have explored with them are location-based applications.   One of the new growing trends in social media – location-based applications – allow you to share your location with others by ‘checking in’. Continue Reading >

Google Announces ‘Google TV’

May202010
Maximillian Hill

Google has announced Google TV: a service built-into TVs or set-top boxes that gives you web access to find and stream video and more to your TV. As someone who doesn’t have cable or any other live TV subsciption, I get my TV content  exclusivly from the internet via a Mac mini hooked up to my TV. Google TV takes the searching/streaming that I already do and makes it simple. Hopefully it’ll work as they describe in the video below, and I can add it to my technological arsenal.

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WWDC Sold Out

May72010
Scott Piggott

Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference sells out for the third straight year in a record-breaking eight days. Not a good sign for Flash.

Social Media Revolution 2

May62010
Karlie Justus

Think social media is just a fad? Watch this video, a refresh of the original Social Media Revolution.

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