Have you ever wondered how long your blog should be? Just because you have 140 characters in Twitter, should you use them all? Yes and no are the answers you’re looking for (respectively), and Buffer Social have put together this great infographic for understanding the optimum character and word count …
Android L: announced
After all the fuss, Android L is finally revealed. The past few months have brought much speculation about the name, with rumours of Lemon Meringue Pie, Lemonade, Licorice and more. As we now know, Android L is now officially known as Lollypop. Giovannio Calabrese, creator of the Andriod sculptures for the …
Google, incentives and looking after your staff.
Google is awesome. Not only do they supply us with endless amounts of information and social and communication tools, they also know how to look after their staff. One of the perks of working at Google is their healthcare plan, which includes on-site medical staff. If a team member feels …
Google helps brand marketers with new online measuring tools
For me, one of the most exciting parts of an online advertising campaign is being able to track the success of the campaign using online measuring tools. Last week Google introduced the first two parts of what they are calling Brand Activate: Active View and Active GRP. With the introduction …
CMO’s Guide to Social Media Sites
The social-media landscape has grown since last year with an additional 5 more communities/platforms added and a quite a few of them are already booming. So, which social media tools and channels will work best for your business? This years largest growing community is Pintrest, which reached 10 million monthly …
Google in the future
Google has evolved constantly since its inception and is going to continue to provide answers to more and more complex questions.
Google Street View Now Shows Ski Slopes
The Google Street View snowmobile had been out and about capturing imagery for ski resorts using a special-made snowmobile made during the 2010 Winter Olympics. How awesome is this! Take a look at the YouTube below, it is amazing what they are able to show us with Google Maps now. …
New social network to rival Facebook, Twitter and Google
I was reading the Brisbane Courier Mail on Friday and came across this story by Alex Dickinson about “the next big” social network, created right here in Brisbane. Kondoot – a social network based around live streaming video – was quietly launched last month by a small Brisbane team of …
Paparazzi on Google’s Les Paul guitar
As a follow up to yesterday’s blog ‘Google creates playable logo‘ from Trish, I can confirm her predictions that people would embrace Thursday’s Google Doodle creation honouring Les Paul, were correct! The interactive toy inspired loads of budding musicians to upload their tunes to YouTube for everyone to enjoy. Among …