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Rexi Media – Presentation Skills Training. What The Fuck Is My Social Media Strategy? Virtual. Game Companies. Other pearltree'ers about games. Industry. Information+technology. New Media Business Models. Pearltrees ecosystem. Gadget Lab - Hardware That Rocks Your World. Technology. Emerging Technologies | SmartBlog On Social Media. This may be a tired analogy, but stick with me for a moment: There is something magical that happens when you mix a variety of bland, or even bitter ingredients (flour, baking soda, cocoa powder…) with a little sugar and bake.

Who’d ever think it would turn into something altogether different — and wonderful. Brownie anyone? Reaching social consumers happens in much the same way. Who would have ever thought that when you mix your company’s product or service, a rich video, and Facebook’s News Feed (or other social stream) it too would result in something altogether different — and wonderful? Not long ago, the idea of advertising a product or service in the social stream was considered taboo, and yet today it’s a technique proven to drive engagement and amplification. 3d xperience. Adobe Lightroom. Potion. Cisco Cius: A Business-Focused Android Tablet for Teleconferenci. As the first major tablet to be officially announced after the iPad's launch, Cisco's Cius is bound to be compared to Apple's pioneer. But really, they're two very different devices, aimed at two very different markets. You could almost think of the Cius as the BlackBerry to the iPad's iPhone: It has a specific set of tools for a specific segment of buyer, and those buyers could well find it as indispensable as the BlackBerry.

After all, BlackBerry is still kicking the iPhone's ass in sales--the business market is powerful and huge. The Cius is a 7-inch Android tablet, weighing in at 1.5 pounds (the iPad is a 9.7-inch tablet, at 1.6 pounds, for comparison). A boon for its teleconferencing capabilities (see below), it has a front-facing 720p camera as well as a rear-facing 5MP camera that can capture either stills or VGA-quality video.

In terms of wireless, Cisco says the Cius will have an a/b/g/n Wi-Fi card, as well as 3G or 4G service "through your data provider. "