HTML5 – Compatibility for All?

by Cassandra Wolff, +SoftLayer #html5 #flash #compatibility #gpluslws #googleplus "Many of us remember when Flash was the “only” way to enhance user experience and create rich media interactivity. It was a bittersweet integration, though … Many users didn’t have the browser compatibility to use it, so some portion of your visitors were left in the […]

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Meet the cloud behind your favorite apps (and it’s not AWS)

by Derrick Harris, +GigaOM #gigaom #softlayer #cloud #hosting #storage #gpluslws "You might have heard of SoftLayer, but if you’re like me, you probably didn’t know the cloud provider is hosting operations for some of the web’s hottest apps. I assumed SoftLayer is more like enterprise cloud provider Terremark than it is like developer favorite Amazon […]

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Google Plus Gets a Makeover

by Nick Bilton, Bits at +New York Times #googleplus #gplus #makeover #whitespace #gpluslws #design "Google gave its flagship social network, Google Plus, a makeover Wednesday, unveiling a major redesign of the service. The new design is much prettier and easier to navigate than its predecessor. If Google can learn anything from the $1 billion sale […]

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Hands-on: 3 comment platforms make blog management easier

by Serdar Yegulalp, +Computerworld #blog #comment #plaform #disqus #livefyre #intensedebate #gpluslws "Computerworld – Anyone who manages a high-traffic website knows the importance of the phrase "audience engagement." That's Webspeak for having an audience of readers who regularly post lively comments, keep the discussion going and give your site another reason to be visited. The hard […]

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4 Ways B2B Marketers Can Take Advantage of Instagram

by +Jesse Noyes, +Eloqua #b2b #instagram #facebook #marketing #marketer #brand #gpluslws #googleplus #gplus #contest #followers "$1 billion. That’s how much social networking giant, Facebook, is paying out for the photo-sharing service Instagram. Not bad for a company without revenue. But who uses Instagram? Teenagers and nostalgia-starved hipsters, right? Believe it or not, at more than […]

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