“After your coffee, you spend 20 minutes deleting Google Alerts of clients, competitors, and everything in between” – A statement that’s true for many of us in the RepEquity office. As part of their series “Best of 2011,” Ragan’s PR Daily compiled these snippets of daily life into a post titled “53 signs you work in public relations.” Though we specialize in many other things besides public relations, it’s amazing how many rang true!
A Belgian digital agency known as Boondoggle recently released an app for both iOS and Android that we’re hoping we’ll need soon here in D.C. The app, called “Winter Wakeup,” wakes you up earlier if it snowed last night, giving you extra time to check bus and metro schedules, call the office or bundle up tight. Bring on the snow!
In the growing start-up culture in the U.S., it’s an often-asked question. Do we design a great product, but sacrifice design to more quickly share it with the masses or do we have a wonderfully designed product that still has some kinks? .net shares a summary of an argument that recently took place between two well-known designers; the argument started over an infographic published by The Designer Fund.
To prevent its citizens from accessing foreign sites like Twitter and Facebook, Iran has created its own Internet, called “Halal”, which is currently undergoing testing. The government-run Internet aims to prevent the influence of western and non-Islamic culture and ideology.
It may come as no surprise to learn that Facebook was the most-visited website for the second year in a row and for the third year in a row, U.S. Internet users typed “Facebook” into search engines more than any other term.
The CEO and Co-founder of SEOmoz takes a look back at his predictions for 2011 and makes eight new predictions for 2012. One we wouldn’t mind seeing come true? #7 — The rise of a serious certification program for the search/inbound marketing industry.
Nike, one of the world’s largest brands, finally launched its first Twitter account just before the new year. While the brand already has several Twitter feeds for various sports, we want to know why it took so long to start @Nike!
Many websites today allow users to sign up or sign in using one of their social media networks, primarily Facebook and Twitter. Have you ever wondered just how many websites have access to those logins? A quick visit to MyPermissions will help you clean up your app permissions. The site was developed by an entrepreneur Avi Charkham after he became frustrated with how difficult it is to find app permission pages on social sites.
One of the best things about working so closely with Google is being able to enjoy the Google Doodles. To help us recall some of our favorites, Mashable has compiled 30 of the best Doodles from 2011.