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With the whole content first idea for mobile sites, it's sometimes hard to maintain they're aesthetics when you're quite simply, trying to put the information on the page. However, these sites nailed it.

With the whole content first idea for mobile sites, it's sometimes hard to maintain they're aesthetics when you're quite simply, trying to put the information on the page. However, these sites nailed it.

New Orleans tourism site allows visitors and natives to create a map collage of their experience and journey within the city by using various social media applications.

The moderators of a popular subreddit (r/technology) are getting flaw for banning stories (via autofilter) that contained certain "controversial" terms. Nothing to see here, really.

Using different tactics to elicit results, how social media sites control their users to follow the rules.

Using different tactics to elicit results, how social media sites control their users to follow the rules.

While two years old, this piece really does cement the importance of sites such as Buzzfeed and their business (money making) model. In their words: "But the sharing of sponsored content is the centerpiece of BuzzFeed's business model. Mr. Peretti is so sure about the premise that he has dispensed with traditional banner advertising entirely." And it's true, one of the reasons I enjoy reading through both political news and ridiculous lists is because there is that simplicity in sharing an article at a moment's notice, without feeling intrusive.

While two years old, this piece really does cement the importance of sites such as Buzzfeed and their business (money making) model. In their words: "But the sharing of sponsored content is the centerpiece of BuzzFeed's business model. Mr. Peretti is so sure about the premise that he has dispensed with traditional banner advertising entirely." And it's true, one of the reasons I enjoy reading through both political news and ridiculous lists is because there is that simplicity in sharing an article at a moment's notice, without feeling intrusive.

This article is a brief view on how social media outlets are more and more relying on each other and sharing with one another - joining the gap between various functions that each social site brings to the table.

This article is a brief view on how social media outlets are more and more relying on each other and sharing with one another - joining the gap between various functions that each social site brings to the table.

Before gamification, about 10 percent of users finished building their sites. Now, almost 80 percent of them do

This is an awesome social media that I just recently discovered. A friend of mine who adores traveling uses it. She puts her apartment up on this site for the length of her travel. She typically turns enough of a profit that supports her through her travels. Making money while you travel around sounds like a dream.

This is an awesome social media that I just recently discovered. A friend of mine who adores traveling uses it. She puts her apartment up on this site for the length of her travel. She typically turns enough of a profit that supports her through her travels. Making money while you travel around sounds like a dream.

More ads to come to the popular social media websites. New ways of supplying them and the need for more revenue will cause an increase in the ads that we see on social sites. Some ads we may not notice due to the 'organic' layout of them.

This article introduces some insights into how to use analytics to build a smarter mobile website. Lots of help in analyzing your google analytics to full understand how to design and develop your mobile site.

Gamification with an edge. This is my favorite recent game thing.

f you're of a mind to get yourself a personal site with a proper domain and everything, but you're nor especially keen on spending much money, here's a deal from 1&1 that might suit you nicely.

super-personalized and hyper efficiency will totally effect how we advertise and how we take in advertise

A Forbes article that looks shallowly at a group of very in-depth suggested trends that seem to be a little far and high reaching, but I do agree that they are on point. I can see that this article is correct, but it will take more than one year for the commonplace Internet user to realize how it has infiltrated their every day Internet experience.

A Forbes article that looks shallowly at a group of very in-depth suggested trends that seem to be a little far and high reaching, but I do agree that they are on point. I can see that this article is correct, but it will take more than one year for the commonplace Internet user to realize how it has infiltrated their every day Internet experience.

plain and simple - how to make money for your brand via social media sharing

plain and simple - how to make money for your brand via social media sharing

The NBA set a goal of heavily increasing followers and interaction surrounding its NBA Cares campaigns and succeeded on all fronts. This is a prime example of an ad campaign done well - focusing on the proper audience and giving them what they want :)

The NBA set a goal of heavily increasing followers and interaction surrounding its NBA Cares campaigns and succeeded on all fronts. This is a prime example of an ad campaign done well - focusing on the proper audience and giving them what they want :)

How many higher education institutions are lacking in bringing social media into the limelight. This needs to be remediated, since it is an essential part of business in general, and technology especially.

How many higher education institutions are lacking in bringing social media into the limelight. This needs to be remediated, since it is an essential part of business in general, and technology especially.

Describes the elusive nature of Facebook's privacy settings as well as an app designed to help individuals managers privacy settings across multiple social media platforms.

Patience is not trending. "Fifty-eight percent say availability is more important that price, and 92 percent will not wait for products to come into stock."

Maybe old news to designers, but for me and I'm sure other non-designers, the thought process behind something as small, but as important as images that respond and fit to the device is one of those things that I never thought of, but of course have noticed when looking at web sites.

Literally the most awesome things that have come out of selling groceries - for example: In-store geofencing using Apple's iBeacon protocol Mass customization to deliver personalized products to every customer The mobile shopping revolution. Some of the things that could in turn become trends in the future.

Literally the most awesome things that have come out of selling groceries - for example: In-store geofencing using Apple's iBeacon protocol Mass customization to deliver personalized products to every customer The mobile shopping revolution. Some of the things that could in turn become trends in the future.