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8 ways to take your smartphone photography to the next level

by AG Staff in Business Articles, Business Marketing - December 26, 2012

As a business professional, you know there's got to be more to smartphone photography than sexy filters and slapping images up on social networks, and you're right. Here are 8 tools to help you do more with your photos than ever before.

gazeMetrix tracks visual mentions of brands online

by Marti Trewe in Tech News - December 12, 2012

As the tech world grapples with making social media metrics mainstream and affordable, gazeMetrix launches "visual mentions," which could be the next big attention grabber.

Open letter to Instagram users: stop it, right now

by Lani Rosales in Social Media - December 12, 2012

Instagram has risen in popularity since its launch, but as more teens flock to the photo sharing site, behaviors are changing for the worse. We must insist that certain behaviors cease immediately.

Pinterest photos now visible in Twitter stream

by AG Staff in Social Media - December 11, 2012

As Instagram steps away from Twitter, Pinterest quietly steps closer to the social media giant, making the social network more photo-based in the absence of Instagram.

Pinterest formally opens its doors to business users

by Lani Rosales in Social Media - November 19, 2012

Until this month, Pinterest's Terms of Service restricted its use to personal accounts, like many social networks do in their earliest days, but have now opened the flood gates, and offered new rules and tools for businesses.

Private Pinterest boards are here, dubbed “secret boards”

by Lani Rosales in Social Media - November 8, 2012

After a long wait, Pinterest is using the holidays as their inspiration for finally unveiling secret boards, allowing users to have private pins unseen by the general public.

Do Instagram’s new web-based profiles matter?

by Lani Rosales in Social Media - November 6, 2012

In coming days, Instagram will roll out user profiles online so non-mobile users can peek in, but is this a good or bad thing? Does it even matter or is it just another bell or whistle?

Instagram mobile use beats out Twitter: proof of visual web’s dominance

by Marti Trewe in Social Media - October 1, 2012

Instagram users spend more time using the service than Twitter users, reinforcing the prominence of the rising visual web as photos take the place of brief status updates.

Want more site traffic and engagement? Amp up your visuals

by Carrie Gable in Social Media - October 1, 2012

The popularity of the visual web is in full force, but it can be time consuming to create visual content. Here are some quick tips on making it much easier on yourself while winning traffic and engagement.

PhilterIt: visual email management to speed up your day

by Charlene Jimenez in Tech News - September 27, 2012

Imagine opening your email and instead of seeing a wall of words, senders are grouped visually as icons - great for speeding up your morning email routine.

Flipboard’s success as emblematic of the visual web era

by Destiny Bennett in San Jose, Social Media - August 30, 2012

Years ago, a website with a wall of words was an expected, acceptable form of pitching products and services, but tools like Pinterest and Flipboard have aided the rise of the visual web. Times are changing quickly.

2 free and simple ways to make animated gifs

by AG Staff in Tech News - August 27, 2012

Animated gifs have come a long way, and they're no longer ridiculous clip art, they aide communication in the era of the visual web. And guess what? They're super easy to make now!

PhilterIt: visual email management to speed up your day

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