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44 best mobile apps and tools for marketers: How to manage social media from anywhere

Nov05
by on November 5, 2014 at 9:07 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. You get a ton done when you’re at your computer, speeding away on the day’s social media strategy. Might there be a way to wring some productivity when you’re away from your desk? Mobile apps and tools can make it so a marketer’s entire day is filled with opportunities to connect, engage, and share. You can get more done while commuting, lounging, waiting, and any time when you’re not tethered to a desktop or laptop. Which apps are best for social media marketers? I gave a huge number of them a test…

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Google is giving Inbox invites to everyone for one hour at 3PM PST today

Nov05
by on November 5, 2014 at 8:34 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google

Oh you’ve been begging for a Google Inbox invite. You’ve hassled friends on Twitter and Facebook in the hopes that you’ll be able to enjoy Google’s email management app and service. Alas, nothing has worked. No problem because starting at 3PM PST today, Google will be handing out Inbox invites to anyone that wants one. The Inbox team at Google tweeted the details earlier today. Want an invite TODAY? #InboxHappyHour 3-4pm PT. Send us an email at inbox@google.com between 3 and 4pm PT and you'll get your invite by 5pm — Inbox by Gmail (@inboxbygmail) November 5, 2014 For one…

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Twitter makes it marginally easier to send a tweet from Twitter.com

Nov05
by on November 5, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Announced, fittingly enough, via a tweet, Twitter is now making it a little easier for you to to type out your latest thoughts. It just got easier to Tweet on http://t.co/SlNTFacp9A. You can now compose new Tweets at the top of your home timeline. — Twitter (@twitter) November 5, 2014 Sometimes you need to tweet fast, and this could save you a whole lot of milliseconds.    

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‘Hour of Code’ sets Indiegogo crowdfunding record with a little help from Zuckerberg, Gates & co.

Nov05
by on November 5, 2014 at 6:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Back in October, a nonprofit crowdfunding campaign launched on Indiegogo with a view towards making computer science widely available in schools. And four weeks on, Hour of Code has beaten the previous Indiegogo record for the amount of funds raised. The organisers are seeking $5 million before December 14, and the money will be used to train 10,000 computer science teachers. The full funds haven’t yet been raised, but with more than a month to go and almost $3 million in the kitty so far, it looks likely to succeed. At any rate, it doesn’t matter too much. Given this…

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A straightforward guide to the bumpy process of iterating products

Nov05
by on November 5, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, How-To's

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Jerry Cao is a content strategist at UXPin — a wireframing and prototyping app. This post was co-authored with UXPin Growth Lead Christopher Bank. For more tactics to preserve UX during product design, check out the Guide to UX Design & Process Documentation. Aside from launching the product, the single most important process a product team uses to ensure success is measuring, learning, and tweaking the product. Source: Build Measure Learn Once your working product hits the market, its life becomes a sequence of iterations based on getting the right answers to the right questions. Do customers like my product? What…

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