Google announced October 2017 they are requiring websites to obtain an SSL certificate on HTTP websites or risk your website labeled as “Not Secure” or potentially listed as unsafe or deceptive. Those who updated their website with an SSL now have the green secure lock in the web address bar, reassuring users that the website…Click to read more >
Reminder: Google Security for HTTP Websites
Google is buckling down on internet security and pushing to move website owners toward a more secure online presence. With the upcoming release of Chrome version 62, Google will begin labeling websites with a red “Not Secure” warning in the address bar for all HTTP websites without an SSL, or secure sockets layer, beginning Oct.…Click to read more >
Instagram Beefs Up Ads With App Install And Buy Buttons, Interest Targeting, API
Instagram is ready to make some serious money. After a year and half of format experiments and basic targeting, Instagram is giving advertisers much more powerful tools. Those include “Shop Now”, “Install Now”, and “Sign up” buttons, interest and demographic targeting, and an API for efficiently managing huge campaigns. Since their launch in October…Click to read more >
Protecting Your Images with Watermarks
There’s plenty of sharing online these days—of ideas, how-tos, events, and information. With sites like Pinterest—where one person posts a picture, then dozens (or thousands!) can share it again with just the click of a button—attribution and ownership of the images, and accompanying tutorials, can get lost in the more of the Internet. While most…Click to read more >
Making Page Management Easier in Facebook with Apps
Facebook has been adding apps that make page management easier. Check out these new additions: Facebook Camera facebook.com/mobile/camera In May, Facebook launched an app that many had expected after its acquisition of lnstagram earlier this year: a photo sharing app just for Facebook. Originally released as “Facebook Camera,” the app is also known as “Camera”…Click to read more >
Marketing in the New Year with Flipagram
It’s officially 2014 and it’s bound to be the biggest year for social media yet. New trends are constantly emerging and each of them has potential value to small businesses and social media marketing professionals. Today, we delve into the latest app taking Instagram and other social media sites by storm, Flipagram. What is Flipagram?…Click to read more >
Digitize Documents From Your Mobile Phone
Genius Scan App Get Your Genius App Here : Apple » | Android » On the go Equip your employees with Genius Scan and you won’t need for them to be back in the office to access your documents. They snap a picture, export by email and the signed contract arrives at…Click to read more >
5 Lessons Every Business Can Learn From The Target Breach
By Jim Maloney, Chief Information Security Officer, Mercury Payment Systems With credit card data security such a hot topic these days, now is a good time to make sure your systems are protected. For retailers, there are few things more threatening than a security breach. Knowing that large retailers with sophisticated security controls, like Target,…Click to read more >
360 View App – Cycloramic
Magical, Hands-Free Video App Cycloramic Made $200,000 Right After It Premiered On ‘Shark Tank’ BY ALYSON SHONTELL February 3, 2014 Business Insider Editors note: Fabulous app tool for taking shop and event videos to post online. YouTube Cycloramic uses an iPhone’s vibrating feature to spin the device around and take 360 videos. Last week, iPhone…Click to read more >