Next iPhone to be unveiled in October

Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and current Apple board member stated that new Apple iPhones will be released next month. This was said during a speech he gave at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit. I haven't been able to find any official release from Apple yet.

Review: Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1

Here is a review of the Samsung Galaxy Tablet which is currently rated as the best choice for Android Tablets. http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/mobile/review-samsung-galaxy-tab-101

Facebook unveils Timeline profiles

Here is a good article on the changes that came this week to Facebook. Most people complain whenever a change is made. In my opinion, the changes have all been good. It is just a matter of getting used to the new formats and making sure that you have your settings the way that you want them. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2011/09/live-coverage-facebooks-f8-developer-conference/1

March Madness

Syracuse, Duke, Kansas and Wisconsin are already front runners for the Final Four — in Internet buzz at least.

March Madness is just beginning, but these four teams topped the positive online buzz rankings, according to Zeta Interactive. The agency analyzed about 200 million blogs, message boards and social media websites looking for keywords related to each of the 68 first-round teams. (For instance, “I have Duke winning my bracket” would count as a positive mention, while “I don’t think Duke will make it past the Sweet 16,” is a negative.)

Zeta also picks Gonzaga, Utah State and Richmond as favored “upset” teams this year.

And now to add my buzz in........Go Marquette!

Facebook Change is good... Yes it is!

Yesterday was quite a shock for anyone in the social media marketing business. Not that we weren't warned that the changes in Facebook were coming but we didn't know quite how or what things would look like.

The good news is that we can now have more control over our Fan pages and we can switch back and forth between our personal profiles and our Fan pages to see notifications that are on our Fan Pages! That is a great feature!

As developers, We now have the ability to completely customize our client's Fan Pages! We can run applications, emulate websites, and the possibilities are endless!

With Facebook's new IFrame Apps we can really take Facebook to the next level.

If you currently have a Facebook Fanpage and find the new changes overwhelming, feel free to give me a call and I will walk you through the new structure. 715-377-0233.

Here is a great article summarizing the changes http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/facebook-pages-get-redesign-927940

Facebook in the sky!

Can’t wait to update your Facebook status even when you’re 30,000 feet in the air? You’re in luck; several airlines have teamed up with Gogo Inflight Internet and Ford to offer free in-flight Facebook access throughout the month of February.

Gogo’s partners in this promotion include AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines, U.S. Airways and Virgin America.

It’ll work like this: Once the travelers are allowed to turn on tablets, phones, laptops and other personal electronic devices, they will be able to access the Gogo Wi-Fi network, and then click on the Ford/Facebook banner to access Facebook.

If you want to access something other than Facebook, you’ll have to pay a fee, starting at $4.95 and depending on the flight’s duration. Gogo says that Facebook is its number-one website visited by travelers, and Gogo hopes that customers will get hooked to the service during the free promotion in February.

iPhone coming to Verizon

Even though I am a devoted Droid user, I thought I would let you iPhone lovers know that Verizon just announced that it will be carrying the iPhone 4 early next month.

The Verizon iPhone 4 will be available on February 10. Existing Verizon Wireless customers can pre-order beginning February 3.

The 16GB iPhone 4 will be $199.99 with a two year activation and data package. The 32GB version will cost $299.99 — the same cost offered by AT&T.

One nice thing that I do see coming out of this is the possible lowering of prices on any upcoming new phones. With the competition increasing, we could be able to get new phones more often than every two years which would be great!