When it comes to tablet based devices these days most manufacturers have scrapped the bottle of the barrel in terms of processing power, however Asus hopes to change that fact with their newly announced Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the first Google Android based tablet to feature a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 chip.

Teased to consumers in October the $499 (32GB) and $599 (64GB) models will arrive this December and they promise to pack quite the punch.

Aside from the quad-core processor setup the Transformer Prime also offers an 8-megapixel rear facing camera with LED flash (upgraded from 5-megapixels on the older model) while coming in at a relatively small .33 inches thick and 1.29 pounds. The tablets 10.1″ Super IPS+, 1280×800 display that houses the camera lens also comes equipped with a 3.5mm headphone jack for easy compatible headset listening while the system is powered on 1GB of LP DDR2 memory. read more

The 20-something generation is willing to take a lower paying position if they are granted more access to Facebook, other social media outlets and mobility.

In a recent Cisco report 1,400 young professionals aged 21-29 were asked about their job preferences and 40% of students along with 45% of young employees said they would take a pay cut or accept a lower paying job if they were granted access to social media and provided with a position in which technological devices are being used.

According to CBS News 56% of college students would turn down a job outright if the company blocked social media. The study also found that 68% of young workers believe they should be able to sign into personal social media accounts from their work related devices including computers, tablets and Smartphones.  read more

Sharing their second ever earnings statement as a publicly traded company LinkedIn revealed on Tuesday that the company has witnessed 60% user growth in 2011.

The company also revealed that more of their increased user base comes from unique visitors, an important metric for advertising purposes while their revenue has doubled.

LinkedIn also announced that 51% of their quarterly revenue was helped along by their Hiring Solutions which makes perfect sense during a down economy.

In the coming months LinkedIn hopes to expound upon their success with new applications including the Apply Through LinkedIn applications while targeting newly graduated students thanks to the recently launched Classmates tool.  read more

When BlogSearchEngine original launched in June 2003 there was one option, have you’re blog reviewed and listed for $14.99. Over the years the vast number of blogs to be listed on the site and the constant updates to the platform have taken BSE to a PR6 listening while the number of categories available has grown exponentially.

It’s with the sites growth that BlogSearchEngine has decided to expand it’s offerings, now providing four different packages that includes lifetime links via several PR5 and PR6 directories along with feature banners and other “extras” that provide exposure and relevance to the blogging community.

Still offered is the sites original $14.99 blog review and listed service however users can now take advantage of a much larger scope of websites. For example the $24.99 “Silver Package” also provides links to: read more

For businesses big and small, Facebook offers a great opportunity to connect with customers and build awareness.  Collecting Facebook fans through the use of the ‘Like’ button is a great way to promote all you have to offer and target potential customers with offers and news.

However studies have shown that many fans will often ‘unlike’ a brand soon after a particular promotion or offer has ended.  Other reasons why people unsubscribe like this include loss of interest in a business or product, page postings are uninteresting and a lack of postings to a brand page.  Getting the most from your social media marketing campaigns, be they on Facebook or another social network, will rely on you being able to keep fans and attract new ones.

Of course it can be difficult to predict the buying behaviour of individuals, marketing tends to rely on demographics to target certain markets and consumers.  And whilst not all promotions or offers you run will interest everyone, keeping your fans interested enough to stay with you will rely on you doing a little homework first. read more

Google+ users who want to share a photo from a friends account no longer need to share an entire Google+ post thanks to a new feature that rolled out on Thursday.

According to Vincent Mo, Google+ Photos engineering lead users can now click on any image found on a Google+ post at which point they are offered the option to share the photo with the +1 button.

The new feature is located right next to the “Tag people” and “Share” options making it simple and effective to use.

Google points out that iPhone app users can already take advantage of the new features while the Android and mobile site versions will be launched in the near future. read more

A blog can be a fun way to share information with your peers. It can also be a great way to put situations in perspective so that you can learn from your adventures and even laugh at them. However, there are a few things that teachers need to keep in mind when starting and contributing to a blog. The following are just five crucial blogging tips for teachers.

Always Get Permission to Blog
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Singer and Actor Justin Timberlake plans to open an office and staff it with six people who he hopes will help him revive Myspace from the throws of oblivon.

In June Specific Media purchased an ownership stake  in the company led by brothers Chris, Tim and Russell Vanderhook and now we have learned that Timberlake is expected to play a big role in the sites revival.

Company CEO Tim Vanderhook made the announced that Timberlake would hold an office at the company and TechCrunch has reported that  “Timberlake will play a ‘major role’ in strategy and creative direction for the beleaguered social network. The release makes no mention of exactly how much of a stake the pop star will have.” read more

Every blogger knows that social networking sites are a wonderful way to promote a blog – especially newer sites like Google+, which are growing in popularity. However, each network does have it’s own rules and regulations, but the biggest thing bloggers should remember is to practice good netiquette. In other words, spamming is a big no-no. This means you need to approach these sites professionally so that you don’t get booted. If you’ve never promoted your blog on Google+, or are worried about whether or not you’re doing it properly, here are some tips to help you out.

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No matter what your blog is about, one of your biggest goals must be to gain visibility if your blog is to be successful. Social networking sites are perhaps the most common and most effective way of marketing your blog. Social networking sites that specialize in promoting popular blog pages of interest are called social bookmarking sites. Such sites include Digg, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Spurl, Reddit, BackFlip, SocialMatic, and Diigo, among others. Social bookmarking sites can be a great tool in your blog marketing bag of tricks. Here are five reasons to use social bookmarking to promote your blog.

Reach. Social bookmarking sites are used by people all over the world to access articles in any and every area of interest. That means that when you submit your blog pages to social bookmarking sites, you are exponentially increasing the reach of your blog to people who might’ve never before had the opportunity to come across it.

Linking and networking. When you submit to and use social bookmarking sites, you automatically connect yourself to like-minded bloggers. This provides you with the opportunity to create symbiotic relationships with other blogs so that you can add to your blog’s blogroll, write and post guest blog posts, and create new linkbacks to your blog all over the Internet. read more