Utah’s Internet and marketing community came together to discuss the latest trends in social media, at the March 2012 session of SOCOMX.
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Utah’s Lego connection and the First Lego League
It’s all fun and games, and learning too, as Utah students participated in the international First Lego League to craft their own robots.
Utah tech specialists positive about local job outlook
Members of Utah’s technology sector react to Governor Herbert’s State of the State Address, and indicate jobs are available in the tech field.
Utah Jazz launch new smartphone app
The Utah Jazz have a new, free smartphone app, available for download at the Android Market and iTunes. We get fan reactions to the app, and analyze the features.
Apple’s January Event may focus on iBooks and publishing
Rumors are rampant about the January 2012 Apple Event in New York City. This event is “media-related”, and won’t likely be about iPad 3 or Apple TV, but could focus on publishing and iBooks.
Reaction to the new Facebook Timeline
SALT LAKE CITY – Though Facebook’s new look, Timeline, was announced in September, it has been in beta for the last three months and unavailable to most users. However, on December 6, Facebook announced that it was rolling out the new user interface beginning in New Zealand. Many Facebook users have mixed feelings about the [...]
5 tips to keep your mobile holiday shopping secure
SALT LAKE CITY – Shopping via mobile phone has been possible for awhile, but this holiday was the first Cyber Monday mobile shopping took traffic away from online desktop shopping. Not only have sales from mobile shopping doubled, but shopping through tablet devices has as well. Clearly smartphones and other devices offer great conveniences for [...]
Phone intelligence software coming under scrutiny
SALT LAKE CITY – In this real-time communication age where information is currency, finding out that a nearly undetectable software is running on our mobile phones and possibly transmitting our every keystroke to a third party is alarming. That software is called Carrier IQ, and is technically a diagnostic tool whose purpose is to record information [...]
Utah businesses opening up to Google Plus
SALT LAKE CITY – As you might recall, Utah made the top spot on Forbes’ “Best States for Business and Careers” list. Another major business-related event also occurred recently with the launch of business pages on Google+. It’s no coincidence then that some of the top Utah businesses in Forbes’ list already have pages on [...]
Black Friday holiday a mixed bag for some
SALT LAKE CITY – For most shoppers Black Friday started on Thursday, Nov. 25, this year as many stores opened Thanksgiving evening and remained open throughout the night into Black Friday. The shopping holiday, however, became far less pleasant for some as more than one pepper spray incident injured 20 plus shoppers. The first incident [...]