“The growth laptop sales is actually re-shaping the computer industry as a whole, and those changes are forcing even the largest OEMs to re-examine their marketing strategies. When Dell recently decided to enter into an alliance with Best Buy, the company cited a desire to put its laptops directly in front of customers as one reason for the partnership.”
Chronicles of Alva
…recording the adventures of a low-techie in a high-tech world. She’s in the middle of becoming middle-aged, and won’t take “meh” for an answer. Some names and a few details have been changed to protect the indignant!
Quick Online Tips
- 5 Must Have Portable Apps to Carry in Your USB Drive
- 3 Quick Tips to Connect Your Site to Social Media
- 9 Questions Web Designers Should Ask Their Clients
- Download Google Chrome Extensions
- Download Google Chrome for Mac Computers
Blog P.I.
- Vote Burns
- Examples of Bias in Conservapedia’s Examples of Bias in Wikipedia
- Interview With the Internet Expert
- TechCrunch and the New New Journalism
- Congressional Quarterly’s Shady Twitter Account
TechCrunch
- Facebook Sets A Date For Its Third f8 Conference. Expect Another Huge Announcement
- The Colossus: My Favorite Company I Met in South America
- Twitter App Store oneforty Raises $1.6 Million, With More On The Way
- The Anatomy of The Twitter Attack: Part II
- Indie iPhone Game Doodle Jump Passes 1 Million Downloads
Wired How-To Wiki
- Plot Your Favorite Locations on a Map
- Fix a Broken Pixel
- Judge Distance by Sight
- How to Make Custom Christmas iPhone Ringtone on Mac
- Upgrade Your Comcast DVR
LifeHacker
- Twitter Gets Hijacked, and Now's a Good Time to Change Your Passwords [Reminders]
- FreeNameTags Creates Wearable Name Tags For Your Next Party [Printables]
- Common Laptop/Netbook Positions to Avoid [Health]
- Windows Live Photo Gallery Makes Panorama Creation Easy [Downloads]
- Take a Deep Breath in This Week's Open Thread [Open Thread]
Slash Dot
- Google Found Guilty of French Copyright Infringement
- Microsoft Seeks Patent On Shaming Fat Gamers
- DECAF Was Just a Stunt, Now Over
- Yes, Google Does De-List Pages; But When?
- First MySQL 5.5 Beta Released
SEOMoz
- WhiteBEARD Friday - Give and Ye Shall Receive
- 8 Predictions for SEO in 2010
- How To Monitor & Track Google's Real-time Search
- Whiteboard Friday - Dealing with Duplicate Content
- Persuasion 101: Ask Yes/Yes Questions
Blogging Tips
- Fishbowl Smoothly Brings Facebook to your Desktop
- Kneel Before the Mistress of Mistakes
- My Top Five Chrome Extensions
- WordPress 2.9 be rolled out soon
- What Makes The Perfect Theme?
