Brew at the Zoo and Wine Too Presented by XFINITY
The Memorial Day weekend party times return with Brew at the Zoo and Wine Too, presented by XFINITY on Saturday, May 28. Read More
Wrap Up the Great Outdoors this Father's Day with Gift Ideas from Georgia's State Parks
Give Dad a gift that keeps him happy and fit in the great outdoors with four budget-friendly ideas from Georgia State Parks. Read More
Atlanta-Based Pindrop Security Wins Business Launch Competition
Atlanta start-up company, Pindrop Security, received $50,000 from GRA/TAG and more than $200,000 in services from area businesses. Read More
Atlanta's Social Media Integration Conference Announces Full Schedule
Atlanta's Social Media Integration Conference Announces Full Schedule, New Nationally- Known Speakers Added; Sessions for Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert-Level Attendees Read More
mRELEVANCE Launches Social Marketing Program for Wynn Buick GMC
mRELEVANCE, LLC is pleased to announce a new social marketing program for Wynn Buick GMC. The focal point of the Cartersville, Ga. auto dealer's program is its new blog. Read More
Dates Set for Digital Atlanta
The Metro area's largest all-volunteer conference for social media, the digital universe and consumer technology, is set for Nov 7 to 11. The call's going out for sponsors, venues and speakers. Read More
LinkedIn Secrets for lawyers, CPAs, Financial Advisors and other Professionals
Seminar back by popular demand: "LinkedIn Secrets for Lawyers, CPAs, Financial Advisors and Other Professionals" - June 23, limited to 100 attendees. Previous two have sold out. Read More
Ultimate Hike for Children's Cancer
Experience an Ultimate Challenge, Hike 28.3 miles in one day to support pediatric cancer research! Read More
Acadia Announces Builder Neighborhood Referral Program
Acadia Homes & Neighborhoods is pleased to announce its exciting new Builder Neighborhood Referral Program. Anyone who refers a homebuyer to one of its 11 metro Atlanta communities will receive a $1,500 check from the builder Read More
Georgia Aquarium Launches Beluga & Friends Interactive Program
Just in time to beat the heat this summer, Georgia Aquarium's newest, "coolest" experience allows guests to discover the fascination of the chilly unknown with the launch of the Beluga & Friends Interactive Program. Read More
District 1 Atlanta City Councilmember Carla Smith hosts Annual Grant Park Pool Opening Day
Slip on the flippers and throw on the goggles. City Councilmember Carla Smith hosts Grant Park Pool Opening Day from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 30th. Read More
Stone Mountain Park Kicks Off Summer with Memorial Day Festivities, Mountainvision Debut
Georgia's most visited attraction kicks off summer with the debut of the new Lasershow Spectacular in Mountainvision and Memorial Day festivities including free tickets for military, a new 4D film and fireworks. Read More
It's not too late to attend AMA's Emerging Tech SIG with LivingSocial's Mitch Spolan
How did LivingSocial become the fastest growing company in e-commerce? Find the answers to this question and more at AMA's luncheon on May 26th. Read More
Atlanta Press Club 2010 Awards of Excellence in Journalism
Join the Atlanta Press Club as we honor the best in journalism at a cocktail reception and awards presentation on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 6:00p.m. at The Commerce Club in downtown Atlanta. Read More
Salon de The A High Tea & Hats Auction Benefit
Alliance Francaise d'Atlanta Presents: Salon de The A High Tea and Hats Premier Auction Benefit June 5th at the Four Seasons. Read More
Don't Miss PRSA's June Pre-Luncheon Seminar
Product placement has been around for decades, but there's a lack of understanding of how it works. Discover the dos and dont's of PR and product placement in this fun, informative seminar. Read More
Windsong Properties Breaks Ground on Model Home at Windsong at Greystone Village
Windsong Properties, Atlanta leading Active Adult courtyard homebuilder announces that it has broken ground on the reduced priced Carrington model at its new Greystone Village community in East Cobb. Read More
Atlanta SMC Top Rung Club Winners Announced for Q1 2011
The Atlanta SMC recently recognized the top Atlanta real estate agents as part of the Top Rung Club. The following agents accomplished performance goals in quarterly sales volume for new home production. Read More
Profanity users on Facebook
47% of Facebook users have profanity on their walls, of those users, 80% have at least one post or comment with profanity from a friend and male undergrad students reference alcohol in their profiles 85.53% of the time.
(Mashable)
Most well-read cities in the U.S. according to Amazon
Cambridge, Massachusetts topped the list of cities that purchased the most reading material, as well as the most nonfiction books. Boulder, Colorado purchased the most material in the Cooking, Food & Wine category. And Florida had the most cities in the general top 20.
(Mashable)
YouTube mania
As of February 2011, YouTube has 490 million unique users worldwide per month, who rack up an estimated 92 billion page views each month. We spend around 2.9 billion hours on YouTube in a month — over 325,000 years. YouTube says that on average there are more than 400 tweets per minute containing a YouTube link. Meanwhile, over on Facebook over 150 years worth of YouTube videos are watched every single day.
(Mashable)
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The What Blog
What the rise of mobile means for video
Thu, 26 May 2011
The late 90s and early 2000s were a curious time. If you wanted to watch video on your computer, you needed one of a handful of plugins to watch it - QuickTime, RealPlayer, Windows Media and more. Check out how Adobe's Flash has changed the game for watching and creating videos to view on your computer, smartphone, iPad...
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