A new way to get subject line standout Getting the email subject line to standout in the inbox is a continual challenge. Here I’ll show you how you can experiment with a technique you don’t see discussed much in email marketing. It’s about the potential of symbols, such as snowmen and hearts, to achieve this. I say “potential” deliberately – do you think it’s a useful technique – would you use it and when? Email clients have been improving their support for world languages and this has meant also support for the many symbols that are defined in the world character set, known as Unicode. I decided to try a few symbols and see just how well email clients did in correctly showing them. The webmail clients for Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail all had good support. Hotmail Yahoo Gmail Outlook 2003 to 2010 support Unicode symbols, this is how the Outlook 2010 inbox looks: iPhone and iPad had no problems either, however the standard Android 2.2 email client whilst showing the heart symbol (♥) did not show the snowman (☃) or smilie (☺).
Subject Line Checker - Litmus Discover your perfect subject line Use this free tool to craft the perfect subject line for your next campaign Your subject line is the most important factor for deciding whether people open your email. Depending on the email client they're using, your recipients might see just 25 characters of your subject line. This Subject Line Checker lets you preview your subject line across a range of email clients and devices instantly. Optionally, you can paste in your email's body content to check the excerpt text that each email client will show, to make your email as inviting to click as possible. Outlook 2003 Outlook 2007 Outlook 2010 Outlook 2013 Outlook.com Gmail Yahoo! BlackBerry
Nutmeg: we build and manage your investment portfolio - Investment management, ISAs, Online savings 'PlayStation 4K' and 'Xbox Durango' will be key to Ultra HD adoption Nate Lanxon Editor of Wired.co.uk Next-gen TV -- with a 4K "Ultra HD" picture resolution -- was this year's hot topic at CES. But its success may be in the hands of console gamers. With leaked details of octal-core processor banks paired with 8GB of RAM, the PlayStation 4 "Orbis" is sounding powerful (just for comparison of RAM alone, the 8GB of system memory is roughly 32 times more than the current model). In 2005, very few people had an HDTV. Then along came the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. That's about to happen all over again -- the next battle is 4K Ultra HD, and every major television manufacturer at CES this year was showing off their best entrants into this arena. But it's like deja vu. It's such perfect timing when you think about it. They have to focus on the high end of gaming (because Apple's eating the casual market) and the next-gen of television and media distribution. How it will happen I believe we will see 4K in consoles enjoy a staggered rollout.
Meet Andy Hobsbawm, the man making coffee mugs smarter than you Son of the late and venerable historian Eric Hobsbawm, Andy Hobsbawm may make history, not write it. That’s because he, along with technologist and serial entrepreneur Niall Murphy, as well as computer scientists Dom Guinard and Vlad Trifa, are making great strides with EVRYTHNG, a software company bent on connecting objects to the Internet — making them “smart,” as it were. Powered by the EVRYTHNG Engine, the technology makes real the “Internet of Things,” a concept first named in 1999. In that schema, objects are given virtual identities (perhaps through RFID tags, maybe through a barcode or QR code) and connected in a Web-like structure. Hobsbawm will tell us more at JUMP in New York in just two days time when Venky Balakrishnan, VP of Global Marketing at Diageo, joins him on stage. Together the two will present a case study of EVRYTHNG in action, but first, a sneak preview of what we can expect to hear. It’s hard to imagine how your technology would manifest in the physical world.
Startup of the Week: Nutmeg Traditionally, people who want to invest have to either understand the markets well enough to trade themselves or have enough money to attract the services of a stockbroker or a private banker. Nutmeg is an online investment manager tool that allows customers to invest manageable amounts of money (£100 per month or a lumpsum as small as £1000) into a portfolio of assets -- which could include equities, bonds or commodities. Nutmeg decides how to invest its customers' money based on their personal profiles, taking into consideration the amount of risk they are comfortable with and the timeframe they want want to invest for. The company has been founded by Nick Hungerford, who worked at Barclays for six years in wealth management, then as a divisional director at Brewin Dolphin before completing an MBA at Stanford. He co-founded the company with his uncle William Todd, a financial services software expert who has built derivatives exchanges across Europe and Asia.
How to make batteries out of paint This article was taken from the January 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. Researchers at Rice University, Houston, have created a battery made of paint. "We've airbrushed it on to tiles, polymers, glass and steel," says grad student Neelam Singh. Here's how to harness the power of art. Assemble your paintbox Your paintable lithium-ion battery comprises five coats of paint, each representing a component of the battery: the lithium-titanium anode, two current-collectors made of a solvent, a cobalt cathode, and a polymer separator that holds the electrolyte. Layer the components The paints have to be applied in a certain order: the separator is in the centre, between the anode and cathode, and the two current collectors seal the sandwich. Seal them up tightly To seal the battery, you can use the aluminium foil found in coffee-sachet packaging.
Aojiru Aojiru was developed in October 1943 by Dr. Niro Endo (遠藤仁郎, Endō Nirō?), an army doctor who experimented with juices extracted from the discarded leaves of various vegetables in an attempt to supplement his family's meager wartime diet. Aojiru was popularized in 1983 by Q'SAI (キューサイ?) The taste of aojiru is famously unpleasant, so much so that drinking a glass of the liquid is a common punishment on Japanese TV game shows.[3] However, new formulations of aojiru have attempted to minimize the bitter taste of the original. See also[edit] Health food References[edit] ^ Jump up to: a b "Japanese Aojiru - Tree Kale Juice". Postcode Anywhere - UK and international address management software, postcode finder web services and more