Pinterest has become the fastest growing social media site and currently has around 18 million unique visits. Although this is small amount compared to Facebook and Twitter, it does present a new marketing opportunity for businesses.
What is an App?
An app is a software application that is made for a particular device, e.g. an iPhone or Android Phone. The advantages of this approach are: By being designed for a particular device, it can take full advantage that device’s hardware capabilities which will give you better performance. An app can use features such as the camera, gyroscope and push notifications. Some or all of the features of the app will be available offline. The app can be launched directly. You do not have to launch a web browser or similar application first.
A big thank you to everyone who came to our launch last night, it was a great turn out and a great time was had by all. For those that weren’t there, we were celebrating the launch of our new mobile web platform as well as showing off our new offices in Tullamore.
A speech was given by SitesToGo InternetLab MD Idris Bowen to the assembled crowd of business leaders, community focused organisations & support companies about the new opportunity to create and manage mobile versions of their websites. Read the rest of this entry »
To celebrate the launch of our new mobile website system and our relocation to our new premises in Tullamore, SitesToGo Internet Lab would like to invite you to join us for an evening of information and finger food at our new office in Central Business Park, Tullamore, on Thursday April 19th from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM! Read the rest of this entry »
We are now well into the mandatory timeline change for those with a brand/company page and there is no changing back now!! So you may be wondering what the new features are and if your page is making the best use of these features. Here are a couple of tips on how to get the most out of your Facebook page.
You may have noticed an increase in the usage of QR codes on websites, posters and in various other advertising locations. But you may be wondering what exactly they are and how you can use them.
QR stands for “Quick Response” and it is a 2D Barcode which is an evolution of the barcode which has traditionally been used on packaging to store price and other such information. A QR code can store more information than the old barcodes which opens it up to a variety of new applications. Read the rest of this entry »
As most of you know if you use Google, on March 1st Google’s new privacy policy will come into effect. This will enable Google to gather and store information about you based on your browsing history.
Once the privacy policy takes effect users will no longer be able to opt out unless you no longer wish to use Google’s service. However, before 1st March users have the option to delete their Google web history. If you want to delete your Google history Read the rest of this entry »
While in the wilds of mayo I am forced to use mobile broadband since we’ve been told
that we are just too far from the telephone exchange. This situation is unlikely to change in
the near future or indeed ever.
Facebook has finally developed a new tool that allows users to convert their personal profile into a Facebook Fan Page. The difference between the two profiles is that users can “like” a Fan Page while they must “add as a friend” on a personal profile. Personal profiles also have a 5,000 friend limit which is not the case on a Fan page. Read the rest of this entry »