Monthly Archives: June 2010

Finding iOS4 experience a bit ho-hum but excited about FaceTime

I recently upgraded my iPhone 3GS to the new iOS4. And after using it for the past 24 hours, I’ve found that it changed only a few things. Sorry Steve Jobs — it isn’t revolutionary! The primary change that I immediately liked is the folders …

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A mobile app that may save your life

DriveSave.ly is an application that is designed to address the issue and reduce the danger of being distracted from texting and driving. The app. is currently available for BlackBerry and Android phones with the iPhone and Windows Mobile coming soon. It is produced by a company called iSpeech, and it uses text-to-voice technology to read incoming texts out loud. Their website claims to have prevented over 175,000,000 potential driving incidents.

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Twitter Strikes Gold with Promoted Trends for Brands

Twitter released a new advertising feature this week that is sure to revolutionize their business model as brands can now pay to have their Tweets brought to more users. Similar to sponsored links at the top of Google search – companies can buy the top trending …

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Presentation: 6 Principles You Need to Know Before Taking the Social Plunge (and introducing 1to1toEveryone)

This is the presentation I delivered in NY at Digital Marketing Days with Mike Friedman from Darden Restaurants… 6 Principles You Need to Know Before Taking the Social Plunge (and introducing 1to1toEveryone) View more presentations from Jeff Hilimire.

Top Dads on Twitter

They change diapers, heal boo-boos, chase away scary monsters—oh yeah and they tweet too! When these digital dads aren’t saving the world one sippy cup at a time, they’re tweeting and in some cases to nearly 4,000 followers. In honor of Father’s Day this weekend …

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