Huge Tax Credit for HomeBuyers

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Coldwell Banker. All opinions are 100% mine.

If you are a first time homebuyer like me then you would definitely want to check out
2010 Homebuyer Tax Credits to get some interesting information on Tax credits from Coldwell Banker. I was looking for some exciting deals on purchasing a home in Houston and came across the video that brought me to this interesting fact for first-time homebuyers, or those who have not owned in the last three years, who can now receive up to an $8,000 tax credit.


I did my research on this topic and even tried starting a new Home Search on the site and found a wealth of information on saving tax. Some important facts that are revealed are that Homeowners who have lived in a current home consecutively for 5 of the past 8 years can receive up to a $6,500 tax credit when purchasing a home. There may be no future extensions, so all qualified homebuyers are urged to act and have a written, binding contract by April 30, 2010 (close by June 30, 2010.) Income limits are now $125,000 for singles, $225,000 for married couples with a $20,000 phase-out of the credit for both. The first-time tax credit was working, but what housing and our national economy needed was incentive for the move-up buyer. According to The 2009 National Association of Realtors® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the number of first-time home buyers rose to 47 percent of all home sales from 41 percent of transactions in last year!s study, and was the highest on record dating back to 1981. The previous high was 44 percent in 1991. I highly encourage you to watch the video and research the site if you are in a similar boat like me.

"Swagbucks" Search Engine that pays you money to Search

Swagbucks provides "Bucks" for searches, entering special SwagCodes, shopping, referring others, interacting on Swagbuck's Facebook page, commenting on Swagbucks's blog, and other stuff. 3 Bucks are awarded just for registering (free). Bucks can be redeemed for a very large selection of gift cards and other goodies. Some samples as of December 11, 2009:
$25 Restaurant.com e-Gift Card for 40 Swagbucks.
$5.00 Amazon e-Gift Card for 45 bucks.
$50 Southwest airlines e-Gift Card for 570 bucks.
$5 credit to your PayPal account for 70 bucks.
$20 Target e-Gift Card for 235 bucks.
$10 Barnes and Nobel for 125 swagbucks
$15 iTunes for 185 swagbucks
$50 REI for 840 swagbucks
$50 TicketMaster for 840 swagbucks
$50 Lowes for 865 swagbucks
Please tell me if any of the specific prizes I mentioned disappear, or if a good one of general interest is added. Thanks.
The web site says that searches are by Google and Ask. So you may get the same results here as on those web sites, though I have not yet verified this. If you do several searches per day anyway, it would cost you little time to simply open your Swagbucks account in a separate window and use it to do your searches.
Not all searches result in bucks. I am still trying to determine if the bucks are dependent on the specific search, or are random.

2 Swagbucks per day gets you, for example, a $5 Amazon.com certificate every 23 days. Easy. Just do the searches you would do anyway via Swagbucks.
I seem to regularly be awarded 1-3 bucks for my second, third or fourth search in the morning and again at night.
Frequently clicking on page two or three of a search result gets me a swagbuck. So now I automatically do this for every search.
Searching, clicking on a result, then clearing out my cash and clicking on my back button very often results in bucks.
SwagBucks will deactivate your account if they think you are doing "unatural" searches. I suggest you just open a separate window for SwagBucks and simply do your normal searches there.
SwagCodes are codes provided by Swagbucks on its Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter pages, in its emailed newsletter for which you may sign up, on its toolbar which you may download, and on its blog. Sometimes the code comes in the form of an interesting puzzle which you must solve.

Fortunately you do not have to read all of these to get the codes. Some enterprising Canadians post them on a RedFlagDeals.com thread. The codes last for only a short period of time. So it is best to sign up with RedFlagDeals.com, then subscribe to the thread. You can chose to receive instant notice of new posts to this thread via email or cell phone. After you receive a notice of a new post you must visit the thread while you are logged in to receive another notice. I just stay logged in and click on the link to the thread in the email. Please carefully read the instructions at the top of this thread. It is for posting SwagCodes and their expirations only. No thank yous, no discussions, etc, because every time you post something on that thread it gets emailed to everyone subscribed to it, thus forcing us to visit the thread to get the next email.
SlickDeals has a similar thread, but it does not have the level of cooperation of RedFlagDeals, as people post thank you's, comments, duplicate information, etc.
SwagCodes usually earn one easy buck, sometimes more. To get credit for a code, click on My Account at the top of the page, enter the code in the Enter your SwagCode field to the left of the page, and click on Gimmie.
Please do contribute your finds of SwagCodes on these threads.
There is a flyertalk thread on which SwagCodes and successful searches are posted. You can subscribe to this one for email notices of new posts.

There is a useful general discussion of Swagbucks on the afore mentioned RedFlagDeals.com. This is where you read and post comments other than finds and expirations of SwagCodes, say thank you if you must, etc.

Whenever you successfully refer someone, the bucks earned in that person's account from searches are matched in yours, to a maximum of 100 bucks per referral. This, of course, is why I hope you will use my referral link to join the program

Best deal post chistmas day sale

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Charter Communication. All opinions are 100% mine.

If you have missed the Thanksgiving and Christmas deals of 2009, then here is you last chance to get a peek of year end groundbreaking sweepstakes and offerings with one last push—and it’s the best of the year 2009. As I had mentioned earlier, I had seen this opportunity on the charter site and before I purchased my HDTV I had ordered the cable from their site. I am still hoping I will win one of their two most exciting deals: 1)They have great deals on Charter Cable, Internet and Phone services, including FREE Gift Cards with special online deals and 2) Good chance to win cool prizes for the holidays.



Some of my friends that I refered also used the Charter gift cards worth up to $200 with special online deals from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. It was a mind boggling deal to get upto $200 off. I had advised them to make use of their gift cards from major retailers in electronics, clothing, home, accessories, and restaurants and that way they had saved shopping money when they need it most. After Cyber Monday, they still have 38 days of specials. They are giving out great gifts, prizes and deals every day. Please note that each day is something different, so check it out often. There are plenty of chances to win each day. I would definitely wish to win iPods, Camcorders, TVs, GPS units, webcams, Photo frames, and more by just switching to Charter cable. When I checked Charter's Daily Deal Web Site today, I found even got some great Showtime schwag give aways like Dexter, The Tudors, and Californication. I am a big fan of HBO and would love their entourage box-sets too. Its easy to keep up with all the daily deals. Just become a fan of Charter on Facebook and they’ll be updating it every day through the holidays with all the latest. Over the last two years, Charter has outpaced the industry in creative and newsworthy Sweepstakes including great prizes like an HDTV-a-day, Toyota Prius, a new 2010 Chevy Camaro 2SS, Xbox 360s and more.

Several ways to generate traffic to your blog

I am creating a list of traffic generating strategies for a blog/website. I will continue to update this list in real time and keep it updated. Please add your comments if you have any more suggestions.

1. Pay-Per-Click
2. Banner Advertising
3. Ezine Advertising
4. Text Links
5. Leads (co-registration)
6. Offline Marketing
7. TV, Radio & Podcasts Advertising
8. Newspaper Advertising
9. Word of Mouth Referrals
10. Paid Inclusion
11. Traffic Packages
12. Classified Ads
13. Cost-Per-Action
14. Search Engine Optimization
15. Article Marketing
16. Affiliate Programs
17. Press Release
18. Directories
19. Forum Marketing
20. Email Signature
21. Shopping Sites
22. Shareware-Download Sites
24. Traffic Exchange
25. Banner Exchange
26. Link Exchange
27. CPA Networks
28. Affiliate Networks
29. Desktop Messaging
30. Contests & Races
31. Tele Seminars & Conferences
32. Write Testimonials
33. Surveys
34. Create a Product
35. Expired Domains
36. Exit Traffic
37. Myspace
38. Google, Yahoo & AOL Groups
39. Facebook
40. Social Bookmarking
41. Blogging
42. Video Sites
43. Podcasting
44. Content Sites
45. Wikipedia & Wikihow
46. Yahoo Answers
47. Return traffic
48. List Building
49. Viral Traffic
50. Joint Ventures
51. Product Launches
52. Cross Promotion (Integration Marketing)
53. Giveaway Events & Bonuses
54. Freebies For List Owners

Video recording on older models of iPhone (2G)

The iPhone App Store is getting prettier by the day. After live video streaming and live video broadcasting became a reality on the iPhone over the past couple of weeks, now video recording on the older models of iPhone becomes possible as well.

In a sign of changing times, Apple has now approved an iPhone app called iVideoCamera that lets you record short videos from any iPhone model, including iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G. The iPhone app which is available on the App Store captures video at 3 FPS. Other features of the iPhone app includes the ability to save camera roll or "photos" and share it on social media outlets like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

The approval is significant as such iPhone apps like Cycoder had to go through the unofficial route and available only for iPhone users who had jailbroken their iPhone.

The video quality of the app doesn't seem to be all that good - a 3 FPS video at a 160x213 resolution. Also, the maximum video length is only one minute. However, an update to the app has already been submitted, which should bring a higher frame rate and video length to the app users very soon. If you are one of those who do not own an iPhone 3GS, this app is a must-have. You can download this app for $0.99. Please note that you will need iPhone OS 3.1 or above.

How to make a video call on iPhone

Video calls are now a reality on the iPhones! Fring, the Israel based mobile VoIP service provider has announced that iPhone users can now make video calls with the help of their iPhone app. The company has launched this service for both iPhone and Nokia smartphone users.

Technology makeover for small business from AT&T

AT&T small business products and services now help streamline your business operations and give you a leg up on the competition. You can be one lucky Grand Prize winner and experience first-hand the AT&T advantage with a complete makeover for your small business. AT&T Small Business InSite offers this exciting opportunity and to enter, simply create a 2 minute video telling why your small business needs a makeover. Complete the online entry form, then upload your video. If you have a unique business story like mine and if you show how your business stands out above the rest and tell how you could benefit from an AT&T makeover then you can definitely qualify for this opportunity. My entry will be about how to make money from blogs and I will be giving a full video of how I had made more than $1000 from my blog each month simply by blogging. This is my small business model and I will be getting a special win I hope from AT&T with their winning contest. I would like to win AT&T products & services package especially the Samsung Epix smartphones.
So what are you waiting for? If you think you are faced with a complex dilemma, stop and ask, "What will the consequences of my options be in 10 minutes, 10 months, and 10 years?" There is a web seminar from Suzy Welch on the AT&T site and even that will help you small business owners decide that its the right time to enter into the contest and have your technology makeover done.

Deposit a check directly from your iPhone

How cool is that ?
USAA plans to offer this feature on other phones later in the year. They might be a small bank, but it seems to be quite innovative as it had introduced the option of depositing a scanned copy of the check three years back.

Apple might not be making a lot of money from the iPhone App Store (if you compare it to the money, they make selling the iPhone hardware), but it is iPhone Apps like these that will add to iPhone's appeal and be one of the sticky factors.

The new version of the iPhone app is already available on the App Store which includes the revolutionary USAA Deposit@Mobile feature. If you are USAA customer, then you can download the iPhone using this direct iTunes link

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=312325565&mt=8

Watch the cool video here

Search and Win Moola upto m$100

That's right, Search and Win is back! Start searching for your chance to get your first Moola bonus here: http://search.moola.com

In association with a new 3rd Party API partner named "Freecause", Moola is back with Search and Win. Just like last time, you'll get the chance to receive a m$ bonus (up to m$100 available,) EVERY time you search. Search results provided by Yahoo Search.

Add Search and Win to your current browser or replace your current search engine home page with Moola's Search and Win page to maximize your chances to win.

Where to get an Instant quote

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How to tweet from Google Wave

Google team showed off a few extensions for their new communication platform. One of the most interesting ones, though, was Twave, a Twitter extension for Google Wave. The integration makes sense: Google Wave and Twitter are both forms of real-time communication, so why not bring them together? The result, though, speaks to the potential applications of Google’s newest product.

Twave is an extension based on a Google Wave robot, which is an automated participant in a conversation. It is basically how an extension can perform tasks within Google Wave – in this instance, a Google robot, named “Tweety.” The result is a full stream of your Twitter feed within Google Wave. Not only can you see tweets, but it looks like you can manage them like you would email, with replies, archiving, and even Google Wave’s awesome playback feature.

There were several other great extensions and robots that were demonstrated today. Here’s just a few of the coolest ones:

- Debuggy: A robot that responds with debugging information about each event on a wave

- Stocky: Automatically detects stock quotes and provides real-time stock information

- Bloggy: Pushes wave content to a blog

- Maps: Allows for collaboration on a Google map to plan events

- Bidder: You can turn a Wave into your own eBay

- Ratings: All Wave participants can rate and review items – then it will show you a tally of the results.

These innovations are only the beginning of the many additions that developers will build for Google Wave. The web is truly transforming into a real-time engine, and Google Wave + Twitter is only the beginning. Not only can we expect a slew of great Twitter applications within Google Wave, but some really innovative use of Google’s new real-time conversation platform.

How I plan to get my Sony 40" Bravia upgraded for FREE using Charter Promotion

Charter customer programs keep getting better. Last year it gave away laptops and Xbox 360 game systems and one customer drove away a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid. I just submitted my entry by visiting charter.com/yourlife/ to win some great prizes. Each week Charter is giving away either a 15” laptop or a 52” HDTV to one lucky customer who submits their story. My story is pretty simple and since my girlfriend just purchased a 40" Sony Bravia Full HD my life has changed forever. I spend countess hours watching movies with her and enjoying the wide screen TV. I feel as if we both are into the TV in a real movie. The Charter cable just brings in the right amount of programming into the mix and never lets us feel bored in times when we are not having fun with each other. I hope my entry wins me a package of one 52” HFTV, one 15” Laptop, and a free year of the Charter Bundle with includes Digital Cable with HD and a DVR, Charter High-Speed Internet and Charter Telephone. This is the special bonus at the end of the promotion that Charter will be giving away to best entries like mine. So go ahead and submit your story and be amongst the winner circle. If you are savvy on the net also check out Charter on Facebook which is a good way to connect to other users and see how the Charter digital tools are shaping their life.

$30 iTunes Store voucher for FREE from Apple

Were you among the ones not able to activate his iPhone 3G S and was being told that the activation could take up 48 hours ? Well the issue seems to be widespread as many owners of the new iPhone got a similar message. It is being reported that Apple has issued emails to those who are still suffering activation issues and offering them a $30 iTunes Store voucher. Here's is the entire text of the email:

Dear Apple Customer,

Thank you for your recent Apple Store order. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience caused by the delay in your iPhone activation.

We are still resolving the issue that was encountered while activating your iPhone with AT&T. Unfortunately, due to system issues and continued high activation volumes, this could take us up to an additional 48 hours to complete.

On Monday, you’ll receive an email from Apple with an iTunes Store credit in the amount of $30. We hope you will enjoy this gift and accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience this delay has caused.

Thank you for choosing Apple.

Sincerely,
Apple Online Store Team

Denims for bloggers

Armani Exchange is the happening place to get the perfect denims that stand you out as a blogger. I found the most incredible new pair of premium denim starting at $98 that mesmerized my eyes. I just pictured myself in the photo where the guy holds his girl in the jeans. Money isnt a problem for bloggers like us and its just to get into the new style I would like to try out the premium denims. Its the most appealing commercial I ever seen on the jeans. I prefer dark wash, light wash and destruction wash denims that suit my personality. They have a dressing room that lets you start building your look. Then mix and match colors and style and layer items to create your own styles. Finally you can shop or share your style with others. Now you can text A|X to be the first one to know about new collection arrivals, deals and special events. There is more to the texting by the entering into the "Text AX contest" SMS campaign you can also win a pair of denim every day for the moth of July by texting the keyword "DENIM2" to ARMANI (276264). For more info visit http://clk.atdmt.com/K01/go/159833558/direct/01/ (If you are a twitter addict like me just follow @ArmaniExchange on the twitter and be happy to get latest tweets on the demins)

Other interesting fact I discovered from the A|X Blog was about a special offer for customers who purchase a full price pair of denim from Armani Exchange, in store or online, between 7/7/09 – 7/19/09 will receive a gift card of $20 off you next purchase of $100 or more, valid 7/30/09 through 8/15/09.

This is really a cool offer and I hope this post will get all fellow bloggers into deminware just like me.

MMS on iPhone 2G

The non-availability of the MMS feature for 1st generation iPhone (iPhone 2G) was probably one of the most disappointing news for iPhone 2G users that was announced at the WWDC 2009 Keynote address.

In fact, the MMS feature is not available currently to even iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS in the US. Some folks had figured out a way to enable MMS on iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.

Fortunately, it turns out that there is a way to also enable MMS on a jailbroken iPhone 2G.

Step 1: Launch Cydia by clicking on the Cydia App

Step 2: Once Cydia loads, go to the Search option at the bottom right.

Step 3: Now type in ActiveMMS2G in the Search box in order to find this application

Step 4: Once you find the application, click on the Install button and then Confirm button at the top right corner

Step 5: This will install the application on your iPhone 2G. Once the installation is complete, press the Reboot Device button in order to restart your iPhone.

Step 6: Go to Settings > Messages. And make sure the MMS Messaging option is set to On.

Step 7: After your iPhone has restarted, Press Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data Network.
Under the Cellular Data Network you should be able to see a new MMS Settings option. ActiveMMS2G will ENABLE the MMS feature on the 3.0 firmware. It will NOT input the correct settings for your carrier.

Step 8: Under the MMS Settings, fill up the required values. Remember, every network provider will have different values to be entered. Therefore MMS will only work once the correct carrier settings are set.

Following is how the MMS Settings page for a T-mobile customer in US will look like. You can also click here to view the information.

Step 9: Once done. click on the Network button at the top-left and then click on the Home button to go to the Home Screen. Now Turn OFF your iPhone 2G and then Turn it ON.


Step 10: Now, open the native SMS App on your iPhone and you should be able to see a camera icon right beside the text box.

Step 11: Click on that Camera icon. You can either take a photo or press the Choose Existing button.

Step 12: This should display the smaller version of the photo selected by you inside the message box.

Step 13: Well, that's about it. Your should be able to send and receive pictures by using the MMS feature on your iPhone 2G.

Get ahead in blogging career with learn.com

Elearning isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world. But never before I came across an online site that offers a single, integrated platform for those seeking skill improvement for a particular job profile and those seeking to hire skilled, "job ready" workers. No doubt that Learn.com is the worldwide leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity with more than 50 million end users around the globe. I read about this elearning system on the news wire and couldnt help checking out in order to bridge the gap of my learning and taking charge of my dream job. My dream job is to be a world class blogger and writer and it needs great deal of communication skills and technical writing capabilities. I immediately found a great deal of online courses on Learn.com after signing on for a personal account and then I also tried to test my Skill Score®, then created a course, and search thousands of Web based courses, college programs and accredited courses. This portal is ideal for increasing my knowledge and skill level on any subject, or to share my knowledge and domain expertise with the world. Learn.com is the place to go for creating my own course and teach the world on how to do blogging and even make a living while doing blogging. It truly is the world's first and only on-demand knowledge network. This platform fully supports President Obama's call for a rigorous new approach to higher education and technical training by launching a comprehensive new skill development platform. So you can say that this is the First Learning Site even Obama would not hesitate to certify and testify. Above all, they have a collaboration with the top universities like Boston University, George Washington University, Bellevue University, Cornell University, to name a few online degree universities. You can be a solid trained material ready for job on day one. I am even trying to get a promotion by telling my boss about this site and that I signed up for a career advancement course from this site. You can too take advantage of this unique opportunity and move ahead in your career without holding back to anything.

Dunkin' Donuts offering free lattes on Sunday

You don't have to be a Dad to get free coffee Sunday at Dunkin' Donuts.

In celebration of Father's Day, the stores are offering customers a free small latte beverage, hot or iced, any flavor.

The restaurant ran a similar promotion on Mother's Day so if you missed it at that time, then today is your chance to get the free lattes.

To add to this freebie, some stores are also offering FREE Donuts for Dad on Father's Day. Let your Munchkins spoil dad with FREE DONUTS on Fathers Day!

For more information including store locations, go to dunkindonuts.com.

Who let the frogs out?

The frogs are out on cyberspace and they are the amazing BluFrog breed. These frogs can make you a big winner simply by a blog comment or a twitter tweet or a blog post. It is that easy to win a get away or a gaming package. If you are commenting on the blog then just leave a comment on their contest page telling which experience you want to win and why. If you are trying to enter via Twitter Tweet then just spread the word about the contest by tweeting why you entered to win and which experience you would choose if you won. Be sure to include #bluworld and http://bit.ly/UiiJy in your tweet. Finally if you are entering via blog post on your blog, then write a blog post about the contest and which experience you would choose if you won. Be sure to leave a comment on their contest page with the URL if the trackback doesn't appear.

Again I am listing here the five BLU prizes that will make you think who let these blu frogs out

1. BluGamer: The Ultimate Gaming Package
What are every gamer’s dream gifts these days? New socks and underwear? Um, not so much. How about an Xbox 360 Elite Gaming System with a Rock Band 2 bundle to boot? Now that sounds more like it!

2. Happy Blu-Year: Win a New Years Eve trip to NY
No dispute here. You KNOW where you’d love to be as the clock nears midnight on December 31st … and now you and a friend can get there, absolutely free!

3. Blullapalooza: Win a trip to Lolapalloza in Chicago
Get ready to jam all day and into the night, as you and your music-crazed friend attend the world’s most famous music festival in Grant Park, Chicago. It’s Lollapalooza time and you are THERE, absolutely free!

4. BluStreak: Win a Richard Petty Racing Experience
Ready to race up a Blu streak? Then this is your pick … the Richard Petty Driving Experience that gives you the thrill of stock car racing, side-by-side action, drafting, passing and all! And you and a friend get it all, absolutely free!

5. XtremeBLU: Win a trip to the Winter X Games in Aspen
You can’t get more Extreme than this … it’s the 14th Winter X Games from ESPN and you’re front and center in the middle of all the action … for free!

My favorite is the #1 BluGamer since I am an avid gamer and always a XBOX fan trying to get my hands on the new Project Natal that is going to change the gaming industry forever. This will give me a platform to get ready for Project Natal. So I am going for it now, Any other takers?

Why is Apple trying to prevent you from bookmarking the Google website?

Safari 4 browser that Apple announced at their Worldwide Developers Conference is perhaps labelled as the fastest browser in the world, with its perfect 100% score on the Acid 3 test. However here is a conspiracy that you will get revealed to when adding the bookmarks manually instead of importing them. Just try to add Google Search. Instead of adding Google to the bookmarks, Safari will pop a weird message on you.
Google is the only search engine Safari does this to. You can add Yahoo Search and Bing without any notices. When you do a search on Google.com, Google gets all the money from those sponsored results on the right side of the page. However, if you do what Safari recommends and do your Google search by using the Safari search field, Apple gets a cut from the revenue generated by those sponsored links. The Google search box built into the FireFox browser I think makes over $100 million a year. However, FireFox doesn’t warn their users when they try to bookmark Google. Just imagine how much they’ll be making if they do what Apple does and tell users to do their searches with the browser search field instead of at Google.com?

QLOG musings for effective SEO

I came across amyafrica.com which is a decent site for getting interesting information on various topics and asking the questions and Amy and the audience at large answering them. Its a mix of bullentin board and blog and also has several free tips and twitter updates regularly posted on the site.

I liked the post on SEO on http://www.amyafrica.com where they have explained the difference between Organics versus PPC in the layman's terms by simply citing the example that Rome was not built in a day. I am sure that QLOG will eventually build a web empire that is even bigger than Roman empire and now is the time where you can contribute to its growth by visiting QLOG and showing up your support.

I can give the testimony that QLOG has helped me increase my site traffic without spending a fortune and gave me a ton of ideas on how to improve the effectiveness of my homepage by creating a more efficient shopping cart and checkout process. There are some articles that can give you ideas on how you can boost sales dramatically with aggressive email marketing. Its a great tool for simplified reporting and performance measurements as well.

Right now, the QLOG is about a month old so there aren't a ton of posts. But they are doing a phenomenal job of adding about 2-3 posts a week about everything from analytics, conversion, creative, and email marketing,to navigation, SEO/SEM, shopping carts, and other topics of interest. As promised on QLOG, there are also also be guest posters on various topics so users can hear from other experts in the field.

20,000 American Airlines miles for a checking account

Here is a cool way in 3 steps to get 20,000 American Airlines miles for just opening a checking account

1. Open and fund a qualifying Citibank regular checking account with a minimum of $1,000 by June 30, 2009.

2. Within 30 days of opening your account, make at least one direct deposit into your account or make at least two electronic bill payments from your account or five pinless debit card purchase transactions each month for three consecutive months and earn your first 10,000 American Airlines bonus miles.

3. Continue making a direct deposit into your account or making two electronic bill payments from your account or five pinless debit card purchase transactions each month for the next nine consecutive months and earn an additional 10,000 American Airlines bonus miles.

Some users have told me that this doesn't work for a Citi Business card. And this that this does not work with a Chase credit card, regardless of how Citi posts the charge.

Gift a stem cell and save $200

Whatever your age, you are younger this month than you will be next. And now you have the option to capture your moment and take charge and be cutting edge: to lead the stem cell revolution with C'elle. The most ideal time for any woman regardless of her age who experiences menstruation to collect and preserve her C'elle menstrual stem cells is during her very next period, while her body is disease-free and continues to produce this most precious resource. Many women may likely want to consider the opportunity to participate in the C'elle service on multiple occasions while during the era of her menstruation. You never know that your stem cells may help you most loved ones in the future. If you have loved someone and lost their love, the stem cells will still preserve the memory of your love and can be everlasting gift to refreshing your memories. Give a unique gift to protect the future health of someone you care about. With C'elle's exclusive and proprietary technology, stem cells in a woman's menstrual blood can easily be collected, isolated and cryo-preserved. And getting started is fast and simple with C'elle's easy-to-use collection kit. Now you can even save $200 with the special code CN200. Order your kit today and see the C'elle benefits for yourselves.

Faster Safari; But No MMS or Tethering in the US

iPhone OS 3.0 coming on June 17; Brings Movie Downloads, Faster Safari; But No MMS or Tethering in the US

There were speculations that Apple will launch its iPhone OS 3.0 at WWDC. Apple has done the next best thing, it has announced that their next generation iPhone OS will be available to users on June, 17th.

iPhone OS 3.0 will be free for the original iPhone and iPhone 3G user but will cost $9.99 for iPod Touch users. During the keynote address at WWDC, Apple provided some more details about iPhone OS 3.0

Make money online for your services using Mavenlink

I was inspired by reading the four hour workweek book by Tim Ferris and then I started hunting the web for avenues to collaborate online to get projects done. The first one I came across was Mavenlink. Mavenlink is not just any other 'freelance' sites on the web, and none other compare to Mavenlink. It is the first site that promotes YOUR brand instead of detracting from it. You now have an opportunity to differentiate your services and sell value instead of hourly rates. And, perhaps most importantly, working within Mavenlink speeds the overall engagement with your clients rather than slowing the process. All in all a great experience. Its all the great essence that is being preached in the four hour workweek book.

To start with become a member, then you can fill out a more detailed profile, or begin posting or finding projects immediately. Then you are ready to find and post projects and once a project is posted on the site, Mavens can find it, ask clarifying questions of the Client, and bid on it when they're ready. Collaboration tools enable Clients and Mavens to communicate, track, deliver, and evaluate at each stage of the project. When the Maven delivers the project and the Client accepts, Mavenlink triggers an immediate PayPal payment. So its a great way to make money online for your services.

For businesses and clients, Mavenlink provides the most accessible, affordable, and efficient way to provide the flexibility you need to acquire expertise. Find exactly the expertise you're seeking to complete projects of any size or complexity. With Mavenlink, you can access just-in-time advisory and consulting services, save substantial time and money, and eliminate cumbersome administrative overhead. Mavenlink is the most accessible, affordable, and efficient way to provide your business with the flexibility you need to acquire expertise. And did I mention that joining is free, quick, and easy?

Faster Processor and RAM in iPhone 3G S

When Apple announced iPhone 3G S at the WWDC 2009 Keynote address, they mentioned that it was the fastest iPhone they had ever created.

But they didn’t provide us any details of the processor speed or increase in RAM I thought we might have to await until June 19 when iPhone 3G S will be officially available.

We might not have to wait that long as T-Mobile.nl has posted some technical specs about iPhone 3G S revealing that the third generation iPhone comes with a faster 600 MHz processor and 256MB of RAM. This is cool.

Make money trading with tradeMONSTER

Have you thought of an option of making money online with online trading platform? Well today I am going to blog about an innovative online brokerage that you might have seen on Mad Money show. While most online brokerages merely provide a venue for trading, tradeMONSTER integrates powerful online trading platform with constructive educational resources - all backed by exceptional customer service and priced for value. tradeMONSTER is a trading platform for stock and options traders who demand nothing but the cutting edge. Some brokers have very complicated commission schedules depending on who you are or how much money you have. But tradeMONSTER commissions and account fee schedules are the same for everybody — big accounts or small and the active or occasional investor. It is a one stop shop to make money online by trading on Stocks, Options, ETFs, Mutual Funds and Bonds.

Their innovative product is designed by real traders with a lot of experience in the market and hence it is elegantly simple to use. They provide a helpful library of institutional articles and courses to use for any type of account you signup for. If you have any questions then they have a dedicated team of licensed professionals at your service who are well versed and always ready to help. I feel these are the three benefits that completely distinguishes tradeMONSTER from other trading platforms like Etrade or Ameritrade that I have used in the past. If you want to just try out and see how you can make money online and if this is the right platform for you then they have an option of opening a free Paper Trading account. This allows you to test out the platform without having to spend money. Paper trade is a stock market trading simulator designed by the experts. Once you try out this paper trading you can immediately get a feel that tradeMONSTER is *functionally* more effective than others. I highly encourage readers to try out this new tool in the market to make money online since this is the right time to invest in the right stocks.

Foreign car parts now available

I find it amusing to fix my car by just searching on how to videos on youtube and then ordering the right car parts. It keeps me busy on the weekends and also saves me a whole lot one money on the labor and car mechanics. It was difficult to get specific car parts in the past but now thanks to Car Parts Warehouse, they sell car parts across the United States for all car makes and models, and if they do not stock the part you need, they will make every effort to find it or have yours masterfully rebuilt to full operational condition for you.

CarPartsWarehouse.com has the lowest prices GUARANTEED and offers you a wide selection of common replacement parts, such as O2 sensors, alternator, starter, condenser, oxygen sensor, catalytic converters, steering rack, steering box, ac compressor, water pump, oil pump, supercharger, turbocharger, drive axle, and wheel hub bearing. As they can even procure for you parts they do not stock in one of our warehouse locations, its even better to get foreign parts for free shipping. Yes the shipping is free when you order from CarPartsWarehouse.com.

Driving at its best

This video is from the John Chow collections. Remember the movie The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift? OK, you probably don’t because it’s a very forgetful movie. Well, the drifting in Tokyo has got nothing on the display of driving skills being put on by Ken Block in this Gymkhana Two video. That is simply some of the most amazing driving I have ever seen.
Judging by all the skid marks on the Port of Los Angeles (where the video was filmed), I doubt this was done in one take. I’m sure they went though several sets of tires and maybe a clutch or two. Still, it’s one hell an amazing piece of driving. If offered an opportunity, I’m not sure I would want to be Ken’s passenger. To get the best view, watch the video in HD.

A one size fits all "Social media marketing" solution for advertisers

Social Media Case Study on IZEA tells us that this is the most happening place for web advertising. The way this company is innovating is blowing out the minds of all other competitors. Within a year they have launched a social platform for bloggers consisting of Bloggers Choice Awards, CloudShout, Community IZEARanks,PayPerPost
, SocialSpark. All these blogging platforms provide immense potential for an advertiser to market their products and solutions to get a wide exposure and track the sales in a cool gadget fashion. At the time of thie writing they have even launched payperpost4 alpha version which is a next big facelift to their marketing realm.

With a huge network of over 250,000 bloggers and 25,000 advertisers worldwide, IZEA helps advertisers identify people who will promote their products and services through their own social network and media properties. While IZEA offers traditional display advertising and text links on blogs, now they are best known for sponsored conversation campaigns. IZEA also supports sponsored conversation campaigns through independent blogs, Twitter and Facebook Status updates. Isn't it cool to get linked to all the latest social networking sites and promote your products to millions of users through the IZEA network?

Pay to redownload iPhone Apps in iPhone OS 3.0?

iPhoneDocked tweeted that he was asked to 'purchase' an app while trying to redownload it. Other developers have also reported similar behavior on iPhone OS 3.0 beta, while trying to redownload apps.

Redownloading iPhone apps is a very common practice among iPhone users, I have deleted and redownloaded iPhone apps many times. The current App Store FAQ states that the user does not have to pay twice for redownloading but the new message could mean that Apple is looking to introduce this change with iPhone OS 3.0.

Wireless security for a sound sleep

Recently I have been getting blank calls with unknown caller id on my cell phone. I have therefore started looking for measures to increase the security measures in my house. The existing security in my house is just my guitar which is my only weapon to knock out an intruder. However I recently came across a cool wireless security system from GE Protect America, Inc. They have protected over 240,000 families nationwide with the state-of-the-art GE Wireless Home Security System. Not all alarm companies are equal when it comes to the quality and skill they promise. Their Wireless door and window sensors cover the most vulnerable perimeter openings. When an intruder opens any of those doors or windows, your siren will activate and the alarm system monitoring station will be notified immediately.

I like the new X10 Powerhorn Siren with piercing 105 db, plug-in sirens that can be added anywhere around the home. They work through your existing home wiring. The siren responds to signals from an alerted Command Station. No intruder will hang around when one of these sirens sound.

I am going to call 877-470-2751 and just for calling I get 2 keychain remotes with my order. You can also take advantage of this amazing opportunity before it runs out and make sure you are prepared in the event of an emergency anytime day or night. Go and defend your home and family against the threat of invasion, burglary and forced entry with a GE Wireless Home Security System from one of the best home security companies around!

$100 statement credit from American Express

Here is an offer you can show your friends what the Blue Cash® Card from American Express can do for them, and you can earn a $25 Statement Credit for each friend approved. If you refer four friends and they are approved for the Card through this offer, you will earn a total of a $100 Statement Credit.

Earning a referral bonus is simple:

•Fill out the quick online form to recommend your Card to as many friends as you wish
•You can earn a $25 Statement Credit for each friend approved for the Card

Your friends can enjoy the same benefits as you:

•Earn up to 5% cash back on your purchases(3)
•0% intro APR on purchases for 6 months
•No annual fee

Answer to collision problems

There are number of collision repair shops on this internet but some of good ones are members of a network of “best in class” collision repair experts. The auto body yorba linda is a part of a network shop whose owners are committed to excellence in quality and customer service and also focused on continuous improvement. The network holds its members accountable to its core values.

The Core Values: Trust - Commitment - Care – Competence

This network works proudly in alliance with the worldwide FIX AUTO Network.

This network of auto body shops has thousands of testimonials and feedback ratings so you don't have to take any chances getting your vehicle back to pre-accident condition. The safety of the customer is number one concern and the auto body shops & collision repair experts never compromise the quality of their work.

iPhone 32GB Advertised Briefly

Folks at AreaMobile.de spotted a placeholder for "iPhone 32GB" in the "Coming soon" section on T-Mobile Austria website but was quickly removed after the news hit the blogosphere.

Folks at MacTalk.com.au are also claiming that Vodafone has sent an email to its retail staff indicating that the 16GB iPhone has been marked "end of life" by Brightpoint, their supplier.

Both these stories indicate that Apple will release their next generation iPhone soon. We also had reported yesterday that Telecom New Zealand might have verified the rumors about Apple's iPhone on Twitter.

Charter sweepstakes and you chance to win cool prizes

Charter's Free Gift Card Sweepstakes> is back again in the summer. Charter is creating new bundle offers for more ways to save on home entertainment.
As part of that campaign Charter Cable is attracting new customers and rewarding existing customers in new and exciting ways by giving away gift cards during the month of May.
Visit www.charter.com/giftcards/ to enter for a chance to win a $5,000 gift card grand prize or four weekly prizes of a $1,000 gift card.
Winners can mix and match gift cards in $500 increments from popular brands.
The contest is open to anyone and no purchase is necessary.
A current or new customer who orders anything online at Charter.com throughout May is automatically entered to win and will receive $75 or $150 in gift cards depending on their bundle selection.
The contest is part of the easy-to-use website, www.charter.com. Customers have been using it to custom build the service bundle that meets their needs. Bundling services saves customers money and gives them access to the services they need.
To keep up with the latest from Charter and to get valuable deals and access to great sweepstakes, followFollowCharter on Twitter at www.twitter.com/chartercom
Charter has created a buzz around its online contests. In April it gave away an HDTV a day, including a grand prize of a home theater system and one year of free Charter Digital Cable® service with HD programming. And last year it gave away laptops and Xbox 360 game systems and one customer drove away a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid.

Drive gigantic traffic via ping.fm

I’ve fiddled with the beta version a few times before, but I’m happy the Vienna, Austria-based startup is now ready to release its eponymous service, Play.fm, publicly so I can finally tell you about it, too. Yes, it’s another online music startup, but worth a second look if you want my opinion.

PLAY.FM sets new standards for on-demand streaming radios: the beta version transforms the largest audio database of DJ sets and live recordings into an intelligent platform with various possibilities of participation. This will further multimedia experience on your blog and provide a rich platform to exchange music and get traffic from ping.fm users across the world. I would be soon adding their widget on my blog and report the increase in traffic in my monthly report. Play.fm does a really good job at serving their target audience with an on-demand streaming catalog of over 12,000 DJ sets and live sessions already, and does a great job in offering a satisfactory user experience to listeners. Each track that gets identified by Play.fm (1.4 million tracks so far) can be purchased via what the startup refers to as the Meta-Shop, which essentially pulls together pricing,

Blockbuster Online Advantage for Star Trek age

Being an avid blogger, I do watch a lot of movies from all sources. When I used to rent movies for the weekly movie night with my girlfriend, I would on many occasions forget to return the movie. It was not my girlfriends fault but still I would end up encountering all kinds of late fees. On the other occasion when I was intimate with blogging after a movie night I would forget to mail back the DVD and then I would have to wait indefinitely for the next best movie in my list to arrive since I didn't send back what I owed.

I'm sure you are on the same boat as you are reading this post and hence I want to tell you about BLOCKBUSTER BLOCKBUSTER Online advantage.

With the BLOCKBUSTER online, now you forgot to mail back the movies you watched last week. No worries, BLOCKBUSTER Online has you covered.

Just drop into your local BLOCKBUSTER store and exchange for a new movie on the spot!
BLOCKBUSTER offers new releases and classic DVD’s online and in-store 7 days a week. I do prefer Blu-ray nowadays and have a specialised Blu-ray enabled HDTV for this passion. And to satisfy my requirement of Blu-ray, BLOCKBUSTER does not charge extra for Blu-ray Discs like some of the other guys do.

With all of the BLOCKBUSTER Total Access plans, you can return DVDs by mail or exchange them in-store for free movie exchanges (up to plan limits per billing month) or for discounted game rentals at your local, participating BLOCKBUSTER store.
Don't have a BLOCKBUSTER store in your area? Or prefer the simplicity of mail-only service? Then BLOCKBUSTER By Mail may be right for you.

Make money with Google ads in suggest search results

Starting today, when you start typing in the search box, the suggest drop down is populated with a number of interesting things including direct links to pages, personalized results and even sponsored ads. Today Google opens the door to do something potentially much more interesting. With hyperlinks now in Suggest results, Google can also start serving ads in the results drop-down. And it’s already experimenting with it for a limited number of sponsored links.

Another nice feature new to the drop-downs is personalized results. If you use Google’s history feature, you can see sites or results that you’ve used in the past get populated at the top of the drop-down. And if those aren’t actually relevant to what you’re looking for, there’s a “Remove” link to kill them. I expect the correct ads will get a good click through since they will be the shiniest things on the main site.

How long will it be before the suggestions themselves are ranked?

Blogging at Phatband Speed...

Charter’s Ultra60 Mbps service is the fastest Internet speed in the St. Louis market and one of the fastest in the U.S. For a high speed blogger like me you have to check out Ultra60 Information Page for all the high speed options they have. Currently available in St. Louis, Ultra60 will be rolled out to other areas along with other high-speed products throughout 2009. Charter’s Ultra60 Mbps service is part of the company’s strategy to provide customers with the fastest Internet speed available at a time when it is critical to have a high-speed connection to multimedia sites. This speed will enable customers to use the Internet in all new ways including gaming, movies, telecommuting with mega-files and much more at super high speeds. At 60 Mbps, the Internet is a completely different experience – you can multitask in ways no one has ever been able to do previously. Charter’s Ultra60 Mbps service is the first of the Phatband speeds that Charter will be rolling out
Charter’s PhatBand has turned DSL into the new dial-up Internet service. PhatBand takes broadband to the next level and has created it’s the next level of super-fast tier service. Hardcore Web gamers love PhatBand’s ability to download patches in record time, and virtually eliminates lag in their gaming. This proves that DSL technology can’t keep up with cable. You can learn more by following the Charter’s Twitter Feed

Make money by embedding data in Twitter messages

When data can be formally embedded in Twitter messages, we see enormous new opportunities for data mining, social data distribution, and intelligent application behavior unlimited by lack of natural language processing technology. Best of all, the richness of this data is available to everyone, and can be sent and consumed by both humans and machines.

How it works

A user (or her agent, like his Twitter client) sends a Twitter message that includes semi-structured embedded data, like @romeo $loves @juliet
This message is distributed like any other Twitter message to the user's followers
The followers' Twitter clients listen for messages with embedded data and extract data they understand. This data is presented to users, recorded, or otherwise consumed in some useful way.
Data mining applications extract data from messages using the Twitter platform (for example, using search or the public timeline) and then process it, present it, or otherwise consume it in some way useful to humans or other applications.

Win $10,000 with Charter On Demand

I am not really a big fan of contests, but this contest from Charter On Demand did pick up my interest. As part of a campaign to reward customers in new and exciting ways, Charter Cable is giving away one $10,000 prize and four 52” HDTV’s

During the month of May, visit charter.net/10grand every week, answer questions about Charter On Demand and you could win $10,000! A 52” Sony Bravia HDTV will be given away EVERY week- and so you have 4 chances to win!

You can snswer the questions all 4 weeks for 4 chances to win the $10,000 Grand Prize

Since there are 13 days left in May at the time of this post, play every week till the 31st for MORE chance to win.

Visit charter.net/10grand today and click the Win 10 Grand Contest Page

Charter On Demand has a huge library of more than 6000 movies and shows, and has added more free content and new releases for it’s subscribers

Charter has created a buzz around its online contests. In April it gave away HDTVs, including a grand prize of a home theater system and one year of free Charter Digital Cable® service with HD programming. And last year it gave away laptops and Xbox 360 game systems and one customer drove away a 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid.

You can get real time Twitter feed by following Charter’s Twitter Feed

Magpie, a new advertising addon for Twitter to earn extra $$$

As many of you know, there’s currently a controversial new Twitter Advertising Company called Magpie, a company located in Germany. Magpie places relevant advert “tweets” which are placed along with your existing tweets. They pay according to 4 different models: pay per view, pay per click, pay per lead and pay per sale. Many people don’t like having adverts in.

Magpie tweets are actually relevant to your normal tweets, making them less like “advertising”, and sometimes they make it hard for someone to realize if it’s an ad or a real tweet.

If you’ll like to experiment with Magpie and prehaps earn a few dollars, I suggest you to sign up for Magpie. Who knows, you might even get a few hundreds euros just like me!

Unusual High-Paying Career in Ethical Hacking

Do you want to make a great career in IT Security? Do you have the instincts of a hacker or the mind of a hacker? If yes, then this is the path for you. Hundreds of IT Professionals have had joined EC-Council for FREE, One day, First LOOK! IT Security Events! Here is what a recent attendee had to say, “Its been a great experience to attend this outstanding and informative web cast, and teaching methodology was exceptional.”

Ethical Hacking is something that you see in the television thriller 24. Almost every day in the 24, you see that ethical hacking saves the world. The fictitious CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit) has highly paid analysts that work 24X7 to protect the attacks on the US soil. Its really exciting to see behind the scene vidoes and how they work to take down hackers. If you want to be somebody like them, then Certified Ethical Hacker from EC-Council is the stepping stone for your career without the added expense of travel. Registration has never been easier! Fill out a web form and an Enrollment Counselor will contact you to help you select the best delivery format!

You can signup for the courses in following areas of interest
*Security Fundamentals
*Ethical Hacking
*Penetration Testing
*Computer Forensics
*Disaster Recovery
*Secure Coding

The organization welcomes any individual who believes in our philosophy in creating awareness and sincerely desires to enhance their skills and that of the Security circle. EC-Council is the creator of the Hacker Halted conference and workshop series.

Also signup for the world-class Hacker Halted events that are held all over the world. It had been held in Singapore, Taiwan, Mexico, Malaysia, USA and Dubai, and will be heading to many other cities in the future. You can connect to like minded professionals in these events and further enrich your security skills.

Unlimited hosting from TMZ

TMZ Hosting appears to be one of the more affordable options on the market, especially if you prepay for two years of shared hosting. That works out to under $4 a month, including a free domain.

TMZ Hosting wants to make a name for itself on the Internet as one of the best web hosting services available today.

If you’re looking to make some money online as your own web hosting company, but you don’t want to bother with all the logistics of managing the physical equipment, a reseller account with TMZ Hosting may be just the thing.

Also shared hosting with TMZ comes with a few bonuses. Prepay for one year and get you get a free domain. Prepay for two years and you get two months free, a free domain, and a free SSL certificate

Break-in proof solution

How many times you have been stalked by someone who knows everything about you? I get atleast one unsolicited call from stranger every week and its very critical I protect my home with the best possible security solution. There have been many incidents in the past when I have seen unknown car parked near my home or even an attempt to vandalize my beautiful garden. At that time I started looking for the total home security solution and wireless security system that would have saved me from this terrifying situation.

Now with Protect Amertica you don't have to worry about your home anymore when you leave for work. They have premium security hardware with GE home security products, and have the most flexible range of monitoring services, including cellular monitoring, two-way voice monitoring, HomePulse broadband monitoring, or standard talking command station monitoring over landline. They provide an extensive selection of GE wireless home security components. And, the home security packages are designed to fit most any budget.

I would definitely go for the Silver Package with is FREE compared to ADT that offers this for $899. With this FREE package you get talking control panel, 10 entry points,
internal siren and door chime, battery backup, one button arming,3 window decals, 1 yard sign. The added bonus is the FREE Micro Sensor upgrade with lowest price guarantee. Note that this is limited time offer and so call today to receive a free silver package! No hidden fees! The toll free number is : 877-470-2751

Remember that if you call the toll free number you get 2 keychain remotes with their order.

Apple to allow third party iPhone Apps to run in the Background?

Until that happens, there is an app called Backgrounder, which allows third party iPhone apps to run in the background. (It is only available for jailbroken iPhones).

Business Insider reported couple of days back that as per their sources, Apple is seriously evaluating the option of allowing third party iPhone apps to run in the background, a feature that the iPhone lacks but one that is already available in some smartphones such as T-Mobile G1, upcoming Palm Pre etc

The rumor states that with the iPhone OS 3.0 expected to be released this summer, there are two possible scenarios:

User’s Choice:

Apple could allow users (us) to select the iPhone applications that we want to run in the background. The user will have an option to choose a particular iPhone application (probably a set number of apps only) and either add or remove it from running at the background.

Apple’s Choice:

This would mean that Apple will give permission to a select number of apps (the request will need to come from the developers of the app) and allow them to run in the background. Since, the decision will lie at Apple’s end; this will allow Apple to have a better control on the app that run in the background. The apps will be given permission based on their resource utilization and its impact on iPhone’s Operating System.

Wish a blog has a power steering like Powersteeringpros

I was looking for the highest quality Power Steering Rack and Power steering box.

They have the lowest prices anywhere and are open 24 hours a day. The convenient, personalized and user-friendly online purchasing coupled with the fastest shipping times on the net, Guaranteed. Along with this the site offers comprehensive technical information, resources and advice on power steering rack. A tremendous selection of quality, brand name parts and accessories is what you get there. I have found they offer top-notch customer service with live toll free phone support to answer my queries before I place the order. Now for the first time, the public has access to the highest quality boxes and racks, products that only dealers previously had

4x More Clicks/Revenue

Chitika just released a brand new Chitika | Premium unit called the MEGA-Unit, so I want to tell you about some of its features, and answer some important questions:

Network-wide, the MEGA-Unit's CTR is 4 times higher than our other ad units, adding a massive increase in clicks and revenue:

AskDaveTaylor.com increased his Chitika earnings from $85/month to $2000/month by adding the new MEGA-Unit to his site (Dave talks about this in greater detail on his site).

ArticleAlley.com tried the new MEGA-Unit and reports that "The result was a massive 721% increase in income - without any noticeable knock on effect to our other income providers." - Adrian from ArticleAlley.com

Couponmom.com added the MEGA-Unit to just 1 of her pages, and immediately doubled her eCPM and revenue.

You can get the unit by logging on your Chitika account, then choosing the 550x250 "MEGA-Unit" from the drop-down.

We are seeing it work best placed directly above or below the main content. For example, you can see where ArticleAlley.com put it on this page and use the same stragegy to maximise the revenue from your blog.

How to get thousands of Twitter followers in a week

Twitter Snipe is the Keyword Targeted Follower, a piece of software invented by Ian Fernando and Sam Robilotta. The software automates the process of getting twitter followers. The problem with most auto follow programs is they randomly follow people or just follow all the followers of a big Twitter user. Yes, you maybe able to build a big list this way, but how targeted is it?

Twitter Snipe allows to enter keywords to find users who are talking about that very topic right now. A list is only as good as its targeting. Having 5,000 followers is worthless if they’re not interested in what you’re tweeting about.

To use Twitter Snipe, you enter the keywords you want to target, enter how many people you want to follow (make sure not to exceed your follow limit), hit go and let the program do its job. While it works in the background adding new followers, you can continue to tweet about your topic and engage your followers.

After Twitter Snipe adds the number of followers you’ve enter, it will wait for a preset time, which you can adjust, and then it will unfollow everyone who didn’t follow back. You can then start the process all over again.

Twitter Snipe sells for $77, which makes it one of the least expensive Twitter automation tools on the Internet.

If you want to dramatically increase your Twitter list with new targeted followers, then Twitter Snip is the way to do it.

Make easy money simply by publishing your blog to Amazon kindle

Amazon is allowing any blogger to submit their blogs to Amazon for listing through the Kindle Publishing for Blog beta program.

http://kindlepublishing.amazon.com/

All you have to do is make your blog RSS feed available to the Kindle Store and Amazon will format your content for the delivery on the Kindle via Amazon Whispernet.

After setting up an account and entering your RSS detail, your blog should be up and ready to go in the Kindle Store after about 12 to 48 hours. Once your blog is listed, readers will be able to subscribe to it and when they do, you make money.

Subscription revenue will be divided 70/30, with 70% going to Amazon and 30% going to you. Subscription price is solely determined by Amazon. I don’t know how Amazon prices their blogs but the average rate seems to be $1.99 per month. Even if you doubt anyone would subscribe to your blog, it’s still a good idea to sign up and get listed on one of the biggest websites in the world. The free exposure can’t hurt!

Apple's Ultimatum to Developers

Developers were greeted with an email from Apple few days back (along with the availability of the 5th beta version of iPhone OS 3.0) that all submissions to the App Store will be reviewed on the latest beta of iPhone OS 3.0. If their iPhone app submission is not compatible with iPhone OS 3.0, it will not be approved. New and Existing iPhone Apps must be Compatible with iPhone OS 3.0!

Apple also informed developers that though all existing iPhone apps should be compatible with iPhone OS 3.0 they should test their iPhone apps for compatibility issues as any application that is found to be incompatible after the public release of iPhone OS 3.0 may be removed from the App Store.

Make money selling iPhone apps

Charging for applications is the standard and most straightforward way to make money from the iPhone store. Picture this. You are walking down the street in San Jose looking for food. You type pizza into your phone, and 5 shops come up on the screen. How much do you think a company will pay to be the top listing. With limited screen real-estate, top placement will be more important than ever.

Give away your app free but then charge users to access premium, text, audio, and video content. Here the iPhone just becomes an extension of a web portal.

Blogging on Saga Cycles

If you blog while you cycle, then you gotta have a good bicycle. And you need to make sure all the bike parts are working as expected. Sage offers Mountain Bikes, Road Bikes, Bicycle Parts and Cycling Accessories. They also provide great cycling tips. So don't get caught in the dark or cold on your rides. Just swing by and pickup the right light, base layer, jacket, or anything else you need for fun riding. They got a wide selection that you will be amazed when you go shop. Also if you are in the San Antonio area and would like to be included in local ride list, please submit your email address on their website. They have rides for everyone from beginners to winners. Who knows you will find a blogger like you in the ride list.

Things to do while skydiving

I am going to go skydiving soon, and I want to do all the cool things I can while I am up there. So far I have these:
1. Bring a tortilla and drop it the same time I jump
2. Try doing that thing where Austin Powers switches places with that person in midair.
3. Not breathe (you breath through your skin when you freefall)
4. Take a shit
5. Use iPhone to post on ghostrider30
6. Take a picture, send it to everybody before I die.
7. Fly an RC plane
8. kiss in the air

anything that I missed?

Restarting the blog project

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Monetize Your Twitter Profile

1 Post Twitter account for advertisers to purchase
2 Select your duration & price
3 Wait for advertiser to purchase
4 Accept or Deny the proposed ad within 48 hours of purchase
5 If you accept the ad we will use the Twitter API to upload the ad to your Twitter profile
6 1-Tweet Promo Sent
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HP's iPhone App - iPrint Photo Allows you to Print Photos Wirelessly from your iPhone

In case you missed it among the 10,000+ iPhone apps on the App Store, HP has released an iPhone App called iPrint Photo that lets you print borderless 4"x6" (American standard) and 10 x 15cm (European standard) photos from your iPhone to an HP printer on the same Wi-Fi network.

iPhone Apps Allow you to Email Multiple Photos from your iPhone

Have you been in a situation where you want to send multiple photos from your iPhone?

If you use iPhone's camera regularly (like I have started doing even though its very basic) chances are that the answer to that question is "Yes". Unfortunately, you can email only one photo at a time from your iPhone.

iPhone apps SendPhotos & Multi-Photo Email solve this problem by allowing you to email multiple photos from your iPhone.

xGPS will Turn your iPhone into a True GPS device with Turn-By-Turn Voice Navigation

If you have not jumped on to the iPhone hacking bandwagon then xGPS might just be the reason for jailbreaking your iPhone.

Xwaves is planning to release the latest version of xGPS (v1.2) which will turn your iPhone into a True GPS device by bringing turn-by-turn voice navigation.

Checkout the videos of the iPhone app in action (available after the break), its very impressive.

Leaked Photos of New iPhone?

iPod Observer has just posted a photo and are claiming to it be the back cover of the new iPhone about which we have heard quite a few rumors since Macworld 2009.The photo reveals that the new iPhone case would sheds its shiny black finish for a matte look.
Last year, iPod Observer were responsible for posting the first leaked image of Apple's iPhone 3G which had turned out to be spot on.They wrote on their blog about the leaked photos: Apple may be preparing to roll out an updated version of its 16GB iPhone 3G. An image showing a new case back seems to back up rumors that an iPhone update is on the way thanks to its model number, A1303, which previously hasn't appeared on any iPhone model.
The new iPhone case back appears to shed its glossy appearance for a matte black look, and also sports what may be etched markings which indicates the plastic used in the current iPhone 3G model may be dumped in favor of a metal back -- much like the first generation iPhone."

Interestingly,MacRumors has also received additional photos claiming to be that of the new iPhone which appears to be from the same series. They can be seen below:The images of the back cover of the new iPhone have apparently originated from China and is said to be textured for better gripping.

It goes without saying that like any leaked photos, the photos are difficult to authenticate.

So assuming that these are the photos of the new iPhone, what do you think about the matte look? Do you prefer it over the shiny black finish of  iPhone 3G?

Google Releases Optimized version of Google Books for the iPhone

Google had released the optimized version of Google Books for the iPhone thus opening up over 1.5 million public domain books in the US (and over half a million outside the US) for iPhone users to browse.

These books which are already available on Google Book Search have now been optimized so that they can be read on iPhone's small screen.

Adobe Flash Player 10 Coming to Smartphones; But No Mention of Apple's iPhone

At this weeks Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (which started today), Adobe Systems announced that they will be releasing their first full-blown Flash player 10 for smartphones by the end of the year.

As per Adobe, companies like Google, Microsoft, Palm and Nokia are all expected to release platforms or phones next year that will be able to display the same videos and applications just like computers.

However, there was no mention of Apple or Apple's iPhone in Adobe's announcement.

Google Dumps Optimized version of iGoogle for the iPhone; Redirects to a Standard Mobile version Instead

One of our readers, Jesse, had sent an email late last week to inform us that Google has dumped the optimized version of iGoogle for the iPhone and is redirecting users to a standard mobile version instead.

So if you type www.igoogle.com in your iPhone Safari's address bar, you will now be taken to standard mobile version of iGoogle at www.google.com/m/ig instead of the iPhone version at www.google.com/ig/i. If you try to go to the iPhone version directly, you will get redirected to the mobile version of iGoogle.

This hasn't gone too well with iPhone users who used to love the iPhone version of iGoogle.

VOiPover3G - Hack Allows iPhone Users to Make VOiP Calls over 3G/EDGE/GPRS

One of the limitations of VOiP iPhone apps such as Fring and Truphone that are available on the App Store is that you can make VOiP calls only over Wi-Fi and not over the your iPhone's data connection. This is due to limitation of Apple's iPhone SDK which was most likely enforced on Apple by carriers.

But there is good news, iPhone Hacker, crash-x, has developed a clever little hack aptly called VOiPover3G that tricks iPhone apps into thinking that they are on Wi-Fi even though they are on 3G/EDGE/GPRS. Thus allowing you to make VOiP calls over your iPhone's data connection.

New version of Clippy Brings SMS Copy & Paste; But ℏClipboard Still the Best

Clippy, the impressive jaibreak iPhone app which brought the missing Copy and Paste feature to the iPhone had a few limitations.

It was not possible to copy text from SMS messages and email using Clippy. You could copy only one item at a time using Clippy unlike ℏClipboard which allows you to copy multiple content to the clipboard.

Ryan Petrich, developer of Clippy has released new version of Clippy which addresses some of these limitations.

Warning: Turn Off Airplane Mode before Updating your iPhone with the latest Firmware; Tip to Fix the Problem

Victor Agreda over at TUAW has reported a problem that everyone should be careful about before updating their iPhone with the latest firmware update using iTunes.

His warning message:

"Turn off Airplane Mode before updating your iPhone firmware"
It looks like Victor is not the only one who puts his iPhone in Airplane mode before upgrading, one of readers, Mario had also reported an issue few days back while trying to update his iPhone with iPhone firmware 2.2.1 which was released by Apple last Tuesday. He also has the habit of turning on Airplane mode before upgrading but he hit a problem this time.

iPhone Web App: Google Releases Gmail Tasks for the iPhone

In December 2008, Gmail Labs had released Gmail Tasks, the lightweight to-do list manager which had turned out to be quite popular.

Google has just released an optimized version of Gmail Tasks for the iPhone and other mobile devices.

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Kindle 2 now available

Amazon Kindle 2 , the next generation wireless reading device. With a sleek and thin design that makes Kindle 2 as thin as a typical magazine and lighter than a paperpack, the new Kindle has seven times more storage and now holds over 1,500 books. It has a longer battery life and faster page turns. An advanced display provides even crisper images and clearer text for an improved book-like reading experience. And Kindle 2 even reads to you, with “Read to Me”, our new Text to Speech feature.
With Kindle 2 we kept everything readers love about the original Kindle—the convenience of reading what you want, when you want it, the immediacy of getting a book wirelessly delivered in less than 60 seconds, and Kindle’s ability to “disappear” in your hands so you can get lost in the author’s words. We’re also excited to announce that the Kindle Store has over 230,000 ebooks available.

Kindle 2 is available for pre-order starting today for $359 at amazon.com and will ship later this month .

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Rumor: Apple is Considering Allowing iPhone Apps to Run in the Background

Push Notification Service was supposed to be Apple's solution to allow iPhone apps to run in the background. It is one of most requested features by iPhone users along with copy and paste and support for Adobe's Flash. Apple had announced that it would be available to iPhone users in September 2008.

However, Apple had strangely pulled out the Push Notification Service APIs in fourth beta version of iPhone firmware 2.1 and there has been no further updates from Apple about the feature.

But looks like Apple has not forgotten about it. MacRumors is hearing that Apple is considering allowing real background processes instead.