Monday, October 31, 2011

The Effects of Media on Children, Parents, and Educators

Technological innovation has altered the childhood experiences many mothers and fathers and school teachers remember. Today’s youth are “digital natives.” Maturing in a world loaded with technologies, digital natives develop an instinct for tech culture and mastering new games and applications.

“Digital immigrants”—an expression that can be used to identify anyone that can recall growing up without computer systems or cell phones—often come to feel challenged by today's

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Music Production & Editing at iQuarius

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Music Production & Editing
Music production and editing affect the structure of a composition — melodies and harmonies, beats, chord progressions, etc., and the engineering — sound levels, equalization, etc. All stages require musical skill, performance

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Mobile Media and Apple Are Bigger Than You Think

New Cisco reports show that global mobile data use almost tripled between 2009 and 2010. It's been tripling every year for the last few years, with video taking up an increasing amount of traffic. By the end of this year, it's predicted that more than half of all mobile traffic will be video.

By 2015, it's estimated that more people will access the internet through their phones than through their computers. As a matter of fact, a lot of this increased traffic will come from people who

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Mobile Apps for Digital Marketing: 10 Things You MUST Know

1. Only do apps when you need more
Compared to browsing, mobile apps offer a richer level of user interaction allowing more complex graphics, media, and information to be presented. They also provide a more robust and secure environment for user engagement. But, if you can deliver what you are trying to achieve through a browser you will be able to reach far more consumers. --Jeremy Copp, CEO, Rapid Mobile Media
2. Tell people about your app
Don’t just rely on app stores, you can

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Monday, October 17, 2011

5G Mobile Internet on the Horizon?

Mobile Internet is the biggest thing to come along since, well, cell phones and the Internet. Now, before 4G internet is even mainstream, the possibilities of 4.5G and 5G are on the horizon.

Researchers at Rice University have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless companies to double throughput in their networks without adding a single cell phone tower or overhauling existing phone hardware.

"Full duplex" wireless would enable phones and tablets to "talk" and "listen" on the

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Sprint Unveils Their First $100 4G Android Phone: The Samsung Conquer 4G

Mobile media development -- which includes apps, video, audio, and other interactive media for Google's Android and Apple's iOS, etc. -- and SMS marketing are more than just taking off, they're launching full-out assaults from all sides. The next big weapon to be unleashed is the availability of 4G-capable phones, able to handle more intensive media, at lower and lower prices.

At the end of August Sprint unveiled its 25th 4G-capable phone, but the Samsung Conquer 4G is the first of its kind

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Monday, October 10, 2011

Millionaires Prefer Facebook

A new study shows that 46% of online users with investable assets of $1 million or more are members of Facebook, up from 26% a year ago. The survey, by Spectrem Group, showed that millionaire’s use of Twitter has declined, from 5% to 3%.

They also remained fairly cool to LinkedIn. Only 19% of millionaires used LinkedIn – unchanged from a year ago.

Plenty of earlier studies have shown that more than half of millionaires are on Facebook – even if they rarely have time to actually

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Bing: 4 Reasons You Want Links

Bing’s Duane Forrester has posted about how Bing evaluates content quality and how it looks at links. He says you want links for a few reasons:

Because they alert us to your website when it's new or has new content
Because they are a vote of confidence in your site – quality websites tend to link to other quality websites
Because those links can send you direct traffic
Because, over time, they can help establish a footprint that points to your authority on a topic (think guest

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