Google is updating Gmail with priority inbox, which it is said to automatically grade e-mail into four categories: important, important and unread, starred items and everything else. Google said the product acts like your “personal assistant helping you focus on the messages that matter”. “E-mail is a great tool, but also a key contributor to overload. There are about 1.5 billion mail users worldwide, and almost 1 million (non-spam) e-mails sent each second. That works ... Read More

James A. Martin has written an interesting article – Small Business SEO: 10 Ways to Optimize an Online Newsroom at SmallBusinessComputing.com The article features 10 tips and marketing strategies to help your small business develop and maintain a high-impact, search-engine-optimized newsroom. Well worth a read for website owners who want to rev up their site with dynamic online news. Full article at: http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/emarketing/article.php/3900956 Share ... Read More

Canon Introduces the World’s Widest Fisheye Zoom Lens, a New Telephoto Zoom Lens and Two New Super Telephoto Lenses with Optional New Extenders LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, rounds out its Summer product introductions with four new L-series lenses and two new accessory extenders for professionals and advanced amateurs. Leading the introductions, the EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM lens is the world’s widest fisheye zoom lens, providing professional ... Read More

From small companies to global organisations, social media campaigns are playing an increasingly important role in brand marketing and now a Social Media Campaign Hall of Fame table has been published. Compiled by PR and social media agency, Umpf, the table lists 54 of the world’s very best social media campaigns, from iconic brands such as Coca-Cola, Ford, Nike and Nokia to lesser known names such as Ascendgence and DARPA. Adrian Johnson, Umpf owner, said: “Whether ... Read More

Google’s new game developer advocate Mark DeLoura and Chrome developer advocate Michael Mahemoff, spoke about Google’s major entry into the browser game space with its app store for Chrome at Gamescom. The Chrome Web Store is reported to be opened this October. More at Gaming portal 1Up.com: http://www.1up.com/news/google-shows-future-browser-games Google info: https://chrome.google.com/webstore Share ... Read More

For wedding and portrait photographers, one of the most enjoyable parts of a project is the actual photographic element with the laborious work starting when the time comes to organize files, edit and ultimately provide the finished product. To help make this process less cumbersome, Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the launch of a new EOS 7D Studio Version DSLR Camera, ideal for professional school and event photographers which features four levels of ... Read More

Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the addition of the new PIXMA MG8120 and PIXMA MG6120 Wireless1 Photo All-In-One (AIO) printers with a new, ground-breaking Intelligent Touch System improving the overall user experience with new technologies that have not been seen before in desktop printers. In addition to the new Intelligent Touch System, these PIXMA printers feature Full High Definition (HD) Movie Print2 for capturing memorable moments and other upgrades ... Read More

Whether you are making new connections to build your business, looking for a job or consulting assignment, or simply expanding your professional network, the first thing that decision-makers will do is “Google” you. Can you be found on Google, and if you are found, do you know what they will find? Is the information favorable, or even accurate? In the next Experts Connection (www.experts-connection.com) session entitled, “Not on Google? Do You Exist?,” Glenn ... Read More

Google has announced a multiple account sign-in feature that makes it easier for users with more than one Google account to manage their online identities. Google allows using three Google accounts at one time with the multiple sign-in feature at present At the moment, you can only use multiple Google account sign-in to use App Engine, Google Code, Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Reader, Sites and Voice. Multiple account sign-in for Google Docs is not ready yet, but will be coming ... Read More

Vonage, a pioneer of home phone service over the Internet, has a new application for the iPhone and Android phones Vonage Mobile for Facebook is available as a free download for iPhone, iPod Touch and Android phone users. They sign in with their Facebook username and see a list of Facebook friends who also have the app. Tapping a name places a call to the friend, whose phone rings. The app doesn’t need to be running on the friend’s phone for the call to go ... Read More

Google has announced it is ending development on Wave, it’s cross-platform communication tool, little more than a year after being launched at Googles I/O developer conference in May 2009. Google said on their blog “Google said in a post last night that “Wave has not seen the adoption we would have liked” and that elements of Wave’s technology, including drag-and-drop and character-by-character live typing, are now as open source so users can “liberate ... Read More

A new website called GetNosy.com hopes to change the world by forcing good behavior from people and businesses through free flow of information, shaming for bad behavior, and celebration of good behavior. The site concept is simple and easily understandable. Good people know what good behavior is. Some people either do not know or just don’t care. Bad people are everywhere. This is getting old. They lie, cheat, and mislead. They are rude, selfish, inconsiderate, etc. GetNosy.com ... Read More

A directory containing personal details about more than 100 million Facebook users has surfaced on an Internet file-sharing site. according to thinq.co.uk The 2.8GB torrent was compiled by hacker Ron Bowes of Skull Security, who created a web crawler program that harvested data on users contained in Facebook’s open access directory, which lists all users who haven’t bothered to change their privacy settings to make their pages unavailable to search engines. The file contains ... Read More

Google has announced Google Apps for Government, featuring the same applications in other versions but with a higher level of security. Cost is $50 per user per year. Google says meets the requirements set forth by the Federal Information Security Management Act. This includes segregated data centers, which Google says goes beyond FISMA regulations, and will keep government e-mail and calendar event data within U.S. borders. Google Apps for Government ... Read More

Social networks have become a critical, but underutilized, aspect of the marketing process, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner analysts have examined the way social networks shape consumer buying behavior. The majority of consumers rely to some extent on social networks to guide them in their purchase decisions. These social networks often include individuals who fulfill different roles or functions in recommending products to people they are connected with. Gartner conducted a survey in ... Read More