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Social media monitoring company The Meltwater Group is debuting new product, called Buzz Engage today, which promises to be one of the more comprehensive social marketing tools for businesses. Leveraging the software of social CRM platform JitterJam and social media monitoring client BuzzGain (Meltwater acquired both companies in the past year), Buzz Engage goes beyond just social media monitoring, tracking and analytics for businesses. The product also provides brands with deep intelligence on anyone communicating on a given brand or topic over Twitter or Facebook by aggregating all of that person’s social history and scoring them for sentiment, brand affinity clout etc.
Tumult Hype tries hard to deliver 100% fidelity across all browsers. Yes, that even includes IE 6! When there are no good fallbacks, Tumult Hype warns about browser incompatibilities in the inspector and at export time, so you’re never caught by surprise.
The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace , the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace's hosting solutions here . Learning to code is something every tech-minded person should try at least once — and the wealth of online courses, many of which are free or surprisingly inexpensive, make learning about programming easier than ever. If you're thinking of picking up C++ , Ruby on Rails , Python or Java , these online options might be a good way to test the waters of programming before you fully invest your time and money in formal training or certifications. And if you're a veteran programmer in need of resources for learning new languages, these sites might help you a bit, too.
The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace , the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace's hosting solutions here . Learning to code is something every tech-minded person should try at least once — and the wealth of online courses, many of which are free or surprisingly inexpensive, make learning about programming easier than ever. If you're thinking of picking up C++ , Ruby on Rails , Python or Java , these online options might be a good way to test the waters of programming before you fully invest your time and money in formal training or certifications. And if you're a veteran programmer in need of resources for learning new languages, these sites might help you a bit, too.
There are many ways to design sign-up and log-in forms. Most designers are familiar with the conventional ways. But understanding and applying a few innovative techniques could make your forms simpler and more efficient to fill out.
We came across a useful Foursquare add-on recently that delivers real-time public transit schedules via SMS when connected users check in near a transit stop on Foursquare. The add-on, 4sqtransit, was built by college student and software developer Matt McCormick . We tested it out at the 6 train stop near Mashable HQ in New York and found that it was accurate to the minute. (It listed incorrect hours, but that didn’t affect the experience much.) To try it out yourself, simply:
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