Saturday, April 28, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Read-It-Later Becomes “Pocket”
And what used to be the premium version of Read-It-Later is now free!
One of my most used services throughout my travels on the internet is Read-It-Later. Simply put, it allows you to save stories from any internet page for easy access later via the Read-It-Later website or the apps available on iOS and Android.
It’s an excellent way to mark stories to read when there’s more time available. Even better is the ability to download stories offline to a mobile device for easy reading when there’s no data connection.
As of today, Read-It-Later is now “Pocket”. Head on over to their site at GetPocket.com to register for an account if you don’t already have one, and then head out to your favorite mobile app marketplace and download the app for your devices.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Pinterest now the third most popular social network behind Facebook and Twitter
Described by some as digital hoarding, the virtual pinboard known as Pinterest is picking up steam. Fast!
Experian’s “2012 Digital Marketer: Benchmark and Trend Report” says that social networking is at new highs, with 91% of adults using social media regularly. The Experian report says that Pinterest’s traffic surged 50% between February and January of this year. That type of growth by itself is just stunning. Consider the fact that it has already overtaken existing sites like Tumblr, Google+, and LinkedIn for visits in February, and it looks like Pinterest is quite the network.
Pinterest attracted 17.8 million unique visitors from the U.S. alone with users spending an average of 89 minutes per month on site. The site still has a long way to go to compare to Facebook whose users spend about 405 minutes per month on site.
Checkout my boards here: http://pinterest.com/jmac303/
