I am pleased to announce a new social network I have developed named Workterm. Workterm helps co-op students connect with friends and co-workers during work term. If you’re a co-op student, join Workterm and network with other co-op students from University of Waterloo and other Universities.
Watch the video below: Top 5 Reasons to Join Workterm.
Want to increase your pagerank? Look no further than submitstartup.com, a site that aggregates the top sites online that you can submit your startup site to. It’s the ultimate source for Netpreneurs looking to promote their site online.
When I was looking for sites to submit buddingup.com to, I stumbled on submitstartup.com. And what a fantastic resource it was! Each site in the directory is ranked by Alexa stats and pagerank. A tip for Netpreneurs: submit your startup to the higest pagerank sites first. Google will add more weight to your site in search engine results if it finds high pagerank sites linking to yours.
I highly recommend reading the How to Get Reviewed section on submitstartup.com. It explains in superb detail how the Netpreneur can prepare their site to increase its chance to get submitted to startup sites and reviewed by startup sites or blogs.
Hands down, if you are promoting your site or looking to increase your site pagerank, start with submitstartup.com. It is an essential resource for the Netpreneur. The motto explains it all: Never wonder where to submit your startup again.
Boost your site. Visit submitstartup.com now.
Coupled with the recent push into mobile with Android, Google is getting ready to shape the future of cloud computing with Chrome OS.
Cloud computing is simply the transition from physical personal hard drives to hosted cyber-space connectivity. The modern notebook will transform into the portable netbook. Chrome OS is setting the stage for the rise in netbooks as evidenced by Dell’s recent announcement regarding Chrome OS support
But because Chrome OS requires internet access to initiate the core operating system and all its applications, one would need to be connected to the internet. This problem presents a huge opportunity. I predict the next 10 years will see the biggest wave of Wifi implementation. Google recently announced pilot tests to grant 47 airports in the U.S. with free Wifi coverage.
Cloud computing means the world will have complete wireless connectivity. The game is going to change.
It will be interesting to see whether Google’s Chrome OS will propel cloud computing. Microsoft’s concept of an offline operating system would certainly have to change if cloud operating systems such as Chrome OS become popular.
As all things, time will tell and consumers will decide.
Bell customers have waited too long for a better network. The new Bell network is here, and yes you can buy unlocked phones, add a SIM card and use your unlocked phone with Bell.
However, you can’t use any unlocked phone with Bell. The unlocked phone must be 3G. Blackberry Bold is 3G. I just bought an unlocked Blackberry Bold recently and activated it on the new Bell network. Bell will simply charge you $5 for a SIM card and voila – your unlocked phone is activated!
Be cool like Samuel L. Jackson. He’s a safe driver. With Ontario’s new law banning cell phone use while driving in your car, I’ve done my research and found the 3 Cheapest Bluetooth Headsets for your Cell Phone in Canada.
1) LG Bluetooth Headset (HBM-210) @ Best Buy
2) Motorola Bluetooth Headset (H390) @ Futureshop
3) Jabra BT2010 Bluetooth Headset @ The Source
Remember Napster? Napster is one of those things in life I remember fondly. Napster was that revolutionary online music tool launched in the late 90’s. I remember first hearing about Napster in Grade 7 from a buddy in school.
It was mind bending you could download music online! I think Napster defined how you use the internet today: sharing. Napster was only as successfull as the people sharing music online. Kind of sounds like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter with the “conecting and sharing” concept of social networks.
Napster’s song ended in early 2000, with Metallica initating the first major legal blow to Napster. Napster staggered for a bit then finally collapsed. Napster users swarmed to Kazaa, Limewire and Morpheus to feed their music addiction. But soon after, music downloaders realized these new music platforms were a haven for viruses.
Around 2004 the online music industry took a new shift. iTunes accompanied the hugely successfull iPod. But music wasn’t free. Apple charged around $1 per song. Around the same time, Napster restarted its music engine, adopting a platform similiar to iTunes with pay per download. Napster never recaptured its early success and on its last breath was acquired by Best Buy.
Enter Grooveshark. Grooveshark is the new Napster. When I launched Grooveshark, I started remembering the good ol’ days of Napster. And Grooveshark is incredibly easy to use. Search for a song, singer or album, load up a playlist and start listening to songs in seconds. It’s brilliant. No downloading.
Go to Grooveshark now and start listening to music. Get off iTunes, Limewire and Windows Media Player. So 90’s.
I’ll admit – I read videogame reviews before I buy a videogame. In this day and age, with new videogame releases priced at $50 and above, a videogame is a pretty big investment, especially if you are an avid gamer, purchasing 20+ games per year.
I’m sure many gamers get their reviews from IGN and Gamespot. And although I have followed both IGN and Gamespot since their inception, I can’t help to question the integrity of their most recent reviews. It seems a certain set of videogames are bullet proof. For example, the GTA series can’t seem to score under 9.0/10.
So, it’s nice to read a videogame review from a source that offers in depth analysis and that isn’t paid to advertise that same videogame on its website. Enter Edward Lau. Edward recently launched his videogame blog: So… Is It Good? As described in his first videogame review for Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Of Fatalities and Heroic Brutalities, Edward “provides an in-depth look into a video game each review and basically answers the question that is the title of this blog”.
So before you invest your hard earned money in a videogame, check out So… Is It Good? and answer that age-old question all gamers face: So… Is It Good?
With the loonie almost at par with the U.S. dollar, Canadians will be invading the U.S. on Black Friday for outrageous shopping deals.
Search for Black Friday online and you’ll find plenty of sites devoted to Black Friday deals. 2009BlackFridaysads.com shows scans of Black Friday deals from 2008 to give you a good idea of how great the deals will be for 2009. Black Friday starts Friday, November 27, 2009.
If you want to stay up to date with Black Friday deals, check out BlackFriday.com for the best listing of 2009 Black Friday deals featuring Best Buy, Wal Mart, JC Penney, Victoria’s Secret and many more.
So Canadians, don’t miss the outrageously good Black Friday deals in the U.S. The loonie is too strong to pass up Black Friday in 2009.
You need to make your press release newsworthy for journalists to write about your company. Before you start a press release, scan over online news stories about companies, and identify what you consider an interesting news story. Journalists want the same interesting news story. Journalists are looking for press releases that:
– Are different
– Are interesting
– Are catchy
– Are impressive
So if you’re writing about your company, place the attention-grabber at the top. Journalists don’t read over each press release in whole. The press release title and opening summary should immediately grab the reporter into the news story.
A reporter recently gave me inside tips into how reporters judge a newsworthy press release: “As an editor, I’d suggest a brief intro, then break it out into bullet points, one for each of the projects you’re promoting. Keep it short – pare down the quotes unless they’re real zingers – and highlight what makes these products unique in a crowded market”
The reporter went on to explain that emotion in a press release pulls journalists in. So if you want to make your press release newsworthy, craft your press release like a Rocky movie – packed with emotion and passion.
“Journalists like a compelling life story, a backstory for the product. We’ll especially bite for people who achieve success very young, or come from interesting backgrounds, or whose life story influenced the product. Anything that makes a good yarn, really, and makes the product stand out”
And don’t get discouraged if you send your press release to 100 newspapers without a bite. It seems the news reporting business is changing in that reporters search more for press releases, new product launches etc. online instead of relying as heavily on mailed press releases. So work hard on building a strong online presence with SEO, so if the reporters don’t read your press release you send in the mail, they’ll surely find you on Google.
Robin R. Speziale 
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