Blog Auction Selling Strategy On Flippa.com

This blog and the blog, Senior Money Memos, are now being sold by online auction at Flippa.com.  In doing so a selling strategy is being followed which is a little different from what you will find in other online articles about auction selling strategies on Flippa.com.

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History Of Marketing Infographic For Desktop PCs

It’s interesting to see a new form of marketing that is unlikely to have wide usage because it is not mobile friendly.  Hat tip to Loren Baker on SEO Bloggers – FaceBook for alerting us to this one.

If you’re looking at this on your desktop PC then carry on to be impressed.  On an Android smartphone or an Apple iPhone, it’s less so.  The topic is:

The History of Marketing: An Exhaustive Timeline [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Google Web Search On Its Last Legs

You may find the title provocative but it’s a natural follow-up to other headlines of the last few days.  In a previous post, it was suggested that the App Internet would seriously weaken Google Search.

Now it would appear that the Web is in a much more hazardous position.  This is the Web we all know (as in World Wide Web) although Robert Scoble prefers to call it the  ‘common web’ while Chris Saad and Adam Singer call it the ‘Open web’.

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The App Internet – Disruptive Technology For Google Search

Disruptive Technology

In case the title is a little baffling, we’ll go step by step through what it means.  Apologies to those who wish to proceed more rapidly.  A disruptive technology is defined as follows:

Disruptive technology is a term coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen to describe a new technology that unexpectedly displaces an established technology.

Christensen demonstrates how it is not unusual for a big corporation to dismiss the value of a disruptive technology because it does not reinforce current company goals, only to be blindsided as the technology matures, gains a larger audience and market share and threatens the status quo.

As you will see, that is a most appropriate explanation for what we are about to discuss.

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NFC For Mobile Payments In 2012

This is a guest post by Dinesh V.K.

Fast Company believes that NFC technology for mobile payments is making a stuttering start.  Many players are pushing for their share of the pie. However 2012 will see NFC getting a much bigger foothold in everyday commercial transactions.

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iPhone vs Android: Which Won In 2011?

This is a guest post by Sam Peters.

The biggest conflict we have seen all year has been in the smartphone industry. iPhone and Android have been battling each other all year long, which has actually put several phone makers in court. So which really is the best? Should you go with Android or iPhone? 

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Android’s Majel Is Not An Apple Siri Rival

What Siri Offers

Siri, the virtual assistant for the Apple iPhone 4S, when it appeared two months ago seemed possibly to be an Android killer.  It had both natural language technology together with artificial intelligence.  Given Apple’s emphasis on usability and user convenience, it promised to be impressive and so it was to many.  Google perhaps as one might expect was less enthusiastic.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Looks A Winner

Mobile or portable devices are clearly the future of the computing world.  Although iPhones and iPads have up till now been the market’s darlings, albeit at premium prices, Android is now coming up strongly.  An example of this is a tablet put out by Samsung that may well take the lead.  According to TechRadar, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is without doubt one of the best tablets yet to hit the shelves.
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Free Online Touch Typing Tutor

I happened to see an online touch typing tutor and it brought back some pleasant memories but also raised some intriguing questions for the future.  I remember at university it made sense for me to acquire a Smith Corona typewriter and use that for typing my reports, since my handwriting was rapidly deteriorating given the speed at which notes must be taken.
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