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Cheers App Launches | Adding Cheers to your Day [Exclusive Video With Farhad Mohit]

We all have things to cheer for in life. Most times we celebrate to milestone events or showing our affection for people in our lives. But there’s so many things in life that make us happy.

Kabam Launches The Godfather: Five Families Exclusive to Google+

Big news in the social gaming sphere as major interactive gaming player Kabam announces the launch of The Godfather: Five Families out of beta and into commercial exclusively with Google+ Games. It’s some pretty major news at it signifies an interesting list of milestones in the social gaming industry:

Small Business Marketing | Get Customers versus Get Leads

Getting “Leads” does not mean money in the bank. Having paying “Customers” is what makes the cash register roar. This article will cover two things; First, the top mistakes small business owners make that end with inquiries leading you to the exit door before making a sale. Second, how to get leads.

BLOGGER ALERT: How to Start a Blog and Make Money Blogging

In this article you’ll discover how to start a blog that makes money. There are four types of blogs; written blogs, video blogs, photo blogs and a combination of these. We’ll primarily be discussing written blogs. There are two different components to make money blogging. One is traffic and the other is a monetization strategy. I suppose the hidden third and most important component is patience. This article will focus on the second component, monetization strategy.

Google+ Pages | Businesses and Brands Rejoice

Only a few weeks ago, Google executives announced that Google+ Pages for brands and companies were on the way. Anticipation of Google opening up the doors to businesses on Google+ has been a long awaited feature-add to their fast growing, and widely used platform. Well, by the end of today – according to Louis Grey – that wait will finally be over.

Google me, Tweet me, Facebook me: The Action of Tech Platforms

‘Facebook me,’ ‘tweet it,’ ‘Shazam that;’ in the world of tech, your name is not just a service or brand, it is your verb. The stakes have been raised. The goal is not only to create a brand but rather the hope of becoming everyday jargon referring to the action in which you provide. In the world of social, sharing, and online apps, becoming a verb may be the difference between life and death of a company.

MuckerLab Startup Accelerator Brings TechStars Incubation To Los Angeles

Can you feel it folks? Cause I can. Excited to announce MuckerLab, a new startup accelerator and member of the TechStars Network, launched today in L.A. It’s a three-month program providing its selected startups with $21,000 in seed funding, plus the typical incubator benefits like shared office space, legal assistance, infrastructure and hosting, and mentorship from a network of advisors.

Group Messaging Faceoff | Who’s Your Champion?

With the rise of mobile phones in the late 90′s and early 2000′s, it was not hard to get a hold of someone. But what if you want to get a hold of a group of people? And what if a conference call is not an option and you want to get in touch discreetly? Nowadays we have smartphones with email that always on data connections and there are different ways to contact multiple people. We take a look at different group messaging apps to see which app is best.

LawPivot: Crowdsourced Legal Advice Trend Or Game Changer?

LawPivot believes they have the solution. Partially funded by Google Ventures, LawPivot connects startups directly with lawyers who can answer their questions. In a market where the average cost of legal services can be upwards of $500 an hour, a new company can burn through startup funds pretty darn quickly.

Google Plus iPhone App First Impressions

You get all the basic functionality of the mobile web version but the native application adds push notifications, photo uploading and the ability to create Huddles. The Stream lets you look at everything that is posted from all your different Circles. You can swipe left or right to view Incoming posts or Nearby posts that others have posted publicly. This is useful if you’re in a new city and would like to find out nearby restaurants, shops or other points of interest.

Google Plus: First Impressions

Google, they’ve cracked a nut here. With Wave being an experiment, and Buzz being a dead duck from the get go, Google Plus (Google+) is actually a usable, integrated, complete-feeling product released this week, and it’s pretty damn good. I have my suspicions on whether or not it will stick; but I’m leaning more toward “yes” than “no”, unlike Buzz and Wave.

Keep Your Finger On The Pulse | Pulse Conference At UCLA [Discount]

UCLA’s Anderson School of Management would like to invite you to Their inaugural PULSE Entertainment & Sports Conference. PULSE is a day-long event that will bring together prestigious industry leaders and students to discuss current business trends and future innovations in digital media, live and filmed entertainment and everything in between.

SpeakerText | Video to Text Conversions

The average video on a website has a half-life of six days. This means that 50% of the videos lifetime views will happen in that time frame. After twenty one days over 75% of views will occur. As content creators, these statistics are daunting. The content of a video can in many instances provide amazing sound bytes and SEO friendly lines that unfortunately never get tracked.

Farhad Mohit of Gri.pe, ÜberCab, Patent Trolls, Le Google, and More on TechZulu Law

You won’t want to miss this riveting interview with the fiercely candid Mohit, who previously founded BizRate and Shopzilla. Mohit explains how Gri.pe uses social clout to make people powerful in the real world, cutting through the “barrage of brand bullshit” that clutters our lives. It’s so simple, based on truth, and on the idea that people are good.

Samsung Galaxy S Unboxing

TechZulu has a real special treat for you mobile lovers out there. We will be unboxing the all new Android powered Samsung Galaxy S. The Android smartphone’s just keep pumping out and getting better and better for the most part with every release. The Samsung Galaxy S seems to be set as a key player in the Anroid 2010 smartphone market.

Super Happy Dev House: Why Code Alone?

The stereotype of most programmers is a guy sitting in a dark room with nothing but the glow of a monitor screen keeping him company.  However, that is certainly not the case with the participants of Super Happy Dev House (SHDH).  Last weekend I attended the 36th Super Happy Dev House held at Microsoft Mountain…continue reading.