Category: Reviews

  • Looking at TweetDeck anew

    One of the software programs that really kick-started wide use of Twitter in its early days was TweetDeck, first released in 2008. Acclaimed in particular by early adopters, TweetDeck quickly became the third-party app of choice for power users of…

  • Boost your WordPress blog with Jetpack

    If you self-host a WordPress blog, one of the most useful plug-ins you can install is Jetpack, created by WordPress publisher Automattic originally for blogs built on the hosted WordPress.com service The Jetpack plug-in has recently been updated to version…

  • An easier view on influence analysis with Kred Story

    Things are heating up in the social influence measurement space with yesterday’s re-launch of Kred as Kred Story. Kred is one of three companies I see as the primary ones that, broadly, offer measurement and analytics services in the emerging…

  • QR codes at heart of lost-and-found service Belon.gs

    A topic I’ve written about frequently here is QR codes, those square, random-looking black-and-white images that are meaningless to the eye but content-rich to a cameraphone and some barcode-scanning software. These little barcodes are popping up everywhere these days, and…

  • Paying with your smartphone at Starbucks UK

    When Starbucks announced recently that an Android app is now available in the UK to let you pay for your coffee and other products in store with that app, I was looking forward to trying it out. And I finally…