CES 2013 winners and losers

CES 2013: Who were the winners? The losers?

What you missed at the CES 2013 For those who missed the Consumer Electronic Show 2013, I’m going to recap exactly what took place in the event. This year was nothing but spectacular for Samsung and Microsoft. Samsung produced a new type of flat plastic surface called OLED, which stands for organic light emitting diodes. […]

What 2013 could bring for CircleClick…

Hello and Happy first blog of the year to you! I was happy to have a nice break this winter. Taking time to visit family and loved ones makes life that much sweeter. Now that we’re all back, willing or not, it’s time to take stock and decide what the future could look like for […]

Tablets, tablets EVERYWHERE

Top 5 Tablets to Consider for the Holidays

If you are looking to gift someone with a tablet, or you simply want one for yourself, you may be confused by all the options available. It seems as though there is a new tablet each and every day! Hopefully this list we compiled will help you understand the best tablets available for the holidays, […]

3rd Annual SF AppShow Reviewed

CircleClick attended the 3rd annual SF Appshow in San Francisco last week. Hosted by Seth Socolow and presented by Gina Smith, SF Appshow featured this years newest mobile applications for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Ten apps in all, each app was presented and voted on by the audience and also, viewers watching via live […]

Windows 8 Is A Disaster For The Web

Microsoft is releasing Windows 8 on October 26th 2012. What does this mean for the state of the web? According to Mozilla and Google, Microsoft is bringing the web back to the digital dark ages when there was only Internet Explorer available on the windows platform. Microsoft is blocking API access to other applications, sound […]

Facebook privacy: is there such a thing?

This post was inspired by pure anger. I can admit it! As a web marketing consultant I spend a lot of time following the latest social media trends, because it’s my business to do so. However, Facebook tricks even ME into posting things publicly and it’s a big issue. Recently I went to upload an […]

GoDaddy Goes Down, Suffers DNS Outage

Update: GoDaddy has completed the outage investigation with the following statement: “The service outage was not caused by external influences. It was not a “hack” and it was not a denial of service attack (DDoS). We have determined the service outage was due to a series of internal network events that corrupted router data tables. […]

Mobile application conference in SF

My experience at MobileAppCon 2012

San Francisco is a hotbed of tech development and activity. I continue to be impressed with the conferences I attend here, they are so very geeky and that is something I enjoy. MobileAppCon 2012 was a small conference, but a good one. My favorite speakers were: Sam Shank – Hotel Tonight Ron Conway – SV […]

This is a big lock

3 Tips for Better Online Privacy

We’ve all seen the headlines, whether it’s Google paying record fines or Facebook making our personal data up for grabs. Every day there is some sort of threat to our online privacy. While I believe our notion of privacy will continue to evolve over time, there are a few free ways to protect yourself online. […]

Zynga’s Fall From Grace

Farmville, Mafia Wars and Dream Heights are just a few of the successes social gaming powerhouse Zynga has produced.  With success, controversy is never far behind.  No stranger to controversy Zynga has been sued for patent infringement and accused of cloning competitors games by the developers of  Tiny Tower.  These past events pale in contrast […]