Today Is Dump GoDaddy Day

December 29th is Dump GoDaddy Day. That’s today, so will you be joining in the celebrations? The “holiday” came about at the insistence of SelfProdigy, a Reddit user who was very troubled by GoDaddy’s early backing of SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. The bill is currently being reviewed by the House Judiciary Committee. If

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Britney Spears, Google+’s Ashton Kutcher

Britney Spears has done it again, and this time there’s no need for cloying interjections, the newly engaged singer gained the distinction of being the first person on Google+ to reach one million followers. Ashton Kutcher shares the same honor, but on a different network: Twitter. There seems to have been a very concerted effort

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Optimize Your Application Development with Performance Testing Tools

With every successful launch of a piece of software or mobile application there have been a rigorous set of load test performance reviews accomplished. Load testing is when a specific program is actually put through the paces by simulating what it would be like when many users jump on to activate that program or application. Nowadays multi user systems are the norm in terms of developing mobile applications. This holds true for applications that apply to cell phone devices or even web pages. The performance testing tools that are utilized need to come as close to the actual use of an application in the real world as opposed to just using a hypothetical testing model. In other words, a load test won’t do you any good unless it’s not a true experience.

If you’re not familiar with how performance testing tools operate you’re not alone. Many developers contract independent load test companies to perform these types of reviews. This involves setting up numerous accounts just as it would occur under normal usage conditions. Whenever a user taps into an application or website a script recorder will be creating a data log of all the interaction that takes place during this session use. This data can then be uploaded to a load generator that can replay those recorded scripts and test out the parameters. During his replay phase the hardware and software parameters can be closely monitored. Some of the kinds of specific information gathered during this load test is the functionality of the CPU and memory capacity of a particular application.

A proper load test is going to subject an application to a variety of live users during the monitoring phase of this review. A perfect example would be a website or application that has some sort of purchase feature like a shopping cart. The goal would be for this shopping cart to be able to maintain as many users as possible without crashing the system. One of the performance testing tools would be to create 25 to 50 simultaneous virtual users that will log into the application, browse through the many features and then activate the shopping cart. All of this will be going down under strict laboratory conditions to make sure that the application is functioning as it has been designed to.

Another element of the load test is to apply that same software or application across many different platforms. Take a quick glance at any electronics store that sells mobile phones and you’ll see how horrid it is to have a load test work across those many platforms. The best performance testing tools also comes with a way to fix any problems that might arise. This has more to do with the specific company you hire and their level of experience than with the actual test itself. The bottom line is that all the results of a load test need to be interpreted and put to practical use for the continued development of the product.

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Charlie Sheen Tweets His Cell Number to Justin Bieber, Publicly

Reportedly, “Winning!” and “Ray’s Pizza!” is how Charlie Sheen was answering his cell phone last week after the torrent of calls and text messages started coming in: he had inadvertently tweeted publicly a direct message disclosing his phone number. His online followers did not wait a second before commencing the serial retweeting and dialing of

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Free Ebook on Blogging & Blogger Relations

Recently two internet marketing experts have come togther to write an Ebook on Blogger Relations. The ebook was written by Pierre Zarokian, CEO of Submit Express, a leading SEO firm since 1998 and Murray Newlands, a social media expert and blogger, who also runs small social media conferences.

The ebook offers invaluable public relations and SEO tips that will help your business succeed like never before. This short and easy read gives you tips learned from years of combined professional experience of trial and error. It covers everything from SEO benefits to building relevant blogger relations and has something to teach everyone.

It includes many usefull tips on how to reach out to bloggers to write about or provide them guest blogging. If you are a blogger, this is also a usefull resource to read.

Best of all, the ebook is being provided for free. All you have to do is to LIKE the following Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blogger-Relations/174189052675446

The Original 7ven’s Twitter-Inspired Funk Track Is Out

The beloved funk band The Time has a new name and a new single, and both are making headlines. The Original 7ven, as the band is now known, recently debuted “#Trendin,” which may or may not constitute the first hashtag as song title. The track is also further proof of Twitter’s unfaltering progress in lodging

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Big Changes for Twitter Before 2012

Earlier today, Twitter invited the press to its still-under-construction new digs on San Francisco’s busy Market Street to announce some big news: a site redesign is going live before January. The updates are meant to make Twitter even more engaging and interactive. The overriding principle for the adjustments seems to have been making the site

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“Bias-Riddled” Facebook Comments Attributed to NYPD Officers Surface

In September, Benjamin Moore, a Brooklyn attorney defending Tyrone Johnson from gun possession charges found “No More West Indian Day Detail,” a then-public Facebook group whose members were, presumably, actual New York City police officers venting about Brooklyn’s annual West Indian American Day Parade. The comments made by the group were vitriolic and openly racist.

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Photographer Chris Floyd Takes Twitter Avatar to Next Level

Chris Floyd, a popular photographer from the U.K., decided he wanted to meet his Twitter followers and take their mug while he was at it. The result is an exhibition that showed at the Foto8 Gallery in London last month. Tallied up, there are 140 subjects and the exhibit’s aptly titled “One Hundred and Forty

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Twitter: Turning a Penny With Self-Service Adverting

Twitter is making its way to big-time advertising, and the company is already demonstrating that it’s capable of turning a pretty penny. Jack Dorsey’s jaunty whale of a baby recently launched self-service adverting on a small scale, but it’s prepping the groundwork for a larger, well-executed, and calibrated lineup. News of the ad service came

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