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The Social Media Guide. Top of the Flops: 10 Tech Products Ahead of Their Time [VIDEOS] It's a sad truth: Not every great idea translates into commercial success.

Some products launch "ahead of their time," either because the tech can't support the concept, or because the public isn't ready to invest in such a radical idea. From an early interactive television to Nokia's infamous N-Gage phone, we've taken a look at 10 such gadgets that the market just wasn't ripe to receive, but the principles of which have since borne fruit for other brands. Take a trip down memory lane via our video gallery below and let us know your thoughts on these interesting examples of innovations that didn't pay off in the comments below.

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The iPhone 4 offers "HDR" functionality that can help you get the most out of the phone's built-in camera. 10 Creative Social Media Resumes To Learn From. Like flowers in early spring, new social media job openings are sprouting across industries as companies of all sizes look to create or expand their social squads.

The undeniable success and innovation of high-profile social media campaigns — from such brands as Old Spice, Google Chrome and Starbucks — have inspired this ongoing push for companies to hire people with social media skills. If you're seeking a gig as a community manager, public relations representative, marketing person or any other social media position, check out these resumes for inspiration on how to stand out from the crowd. Also, let us know in the comments about any creative tactics you use to promote yourself and your skills. Show As Gallery Social Media Job Listings Inspired yet? More Job Search Resources from Mashable: Sweet Search. The Online Learning Blog from Study2U. Supposedly browsing the internet requires more brain power than watching television.

Although judging from some of the websites we’ve come across that assumption is cast into doubt. Free Courses and Resources. Apple’s world domination: profit growth highest in Asia Pacific. The Motley Fool blog details a breakdown of Apple’s sales and profit growth by region and based on the recorded sales from 2005 to 2010, both of which are highest in the Asia Pacific region by a considerable margin compared to the tech-savvy regions of America, Europe and Japan.

While America and Europe continue to be Apple’s largest market in terms of profit, the staggering growth rates in the Asia-Pacific — 727% in sales and 2,991% in profit — in the past five years make it highly imaginable for the region to constitute the company’s largest market in the next half-decade, maybe even sooner. According to the report, the company recorded $8.25 billion in sales from the Asia-Pacific region last year, with China alone constituting almost $5 billion of that figure. It is noteworthy to mention that Apple managed to quadruple its sales in China year over year — even without the support of China Mobile, the world’s largest carrier.

Not yet, at least. Samsung drops a patent-infringement counter-suit against Apple. “Samsung Electronics Co. dropped a patent-infringement suit against Apple Inc.

(AAPL), filed at a U.S. federal court in April in response to allegations its Galaxy products copied the iPhone and iPad,” Bomi Lim reports for Bloomberg. “Samsung Electronics dropped the suit on June 30 ‘to streamline the legal proceedings,’ Nam Ki Yung, a spokesman for the Suwon, South Korea-based company, said today in a telephone interview,” Lim reports. “Samsung will continue to defend its patent rights through a counter-claim in an earlier suit Apple filed at the same court in San Jose, California, he said.” Advertisement: Students, parents and Faculty save up to $200 on a new Mac.

Lim reports, “Litigation between the two companies, which compete in the mobile-device market, is under way in at least five countries including South Korea, Japan, Germany and the U.K. Apple Insider News and Analysis. Socialbox. Free Video Chat and Video Conferencing from ooVoo. Jason Calacanis: "Blogging Is Dead" & Why "Stupid People Shouldn't Write" Latest Analyst Comments by Keith Bachman of BMO Capital Markets - Alacra Pulse. Samsung files ITC complaint against Apple:long-time partners heading for ugly divorce?

[last updated on Thursday, June 30, 2011] The ITC website shows that yesterday Samsung filed complaint no. 337-2824 concerning the following types of products: Mobile Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Portable Music and Data Processing Devices, and Tablet Computer "[T]he proposed respondent is Apple Inc., Cupertino, California.

" I have published the ITC complaint on Scribd. Samsung is asking for an import ban against the iPhone, iPad and iPod. Desktop.ly is a stylish way to share your desktop with the world - TNW Apps. There are a bunch of sites out there that let you share things like the home screen of your iPhone and your choice of apps, but there hasn’t been a stylish equivalent that lets you show off your desktop.

That’s where Desktop.ly comes in. It’s a clean, great looking site that lets you upload a screenshot of your desktop, fill out some information about yourself and your setup and share it via Twitter or URL. Social-networks 1.