tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78375334627949383432024-03-13T07:05:56.397-04:00Veshal Edward - Digital Marketing New York CitySearch Engine Optimization & Social Media MarketingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837533462794938343.post-47514415406866823922012-06-11T00:50:00.002-04:002012-06-13T08:06:03.683-04:00Prometheus Review - The Alien Connection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I saw <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/">Prometheus</a> yesterday and as a big fan of the <b>Alien</b> series I went in with high expectations. Overall I was very pleased and entertained by Prometheus but felt it could have been so much more if the connections between it and Alien were more detailed and clear. Some questions were answer such as the origin and purpose of the <b>Space Jockey</b> from the 1979 Alien film but there was no clear answer to the Xenomorph creation and how the ship with Alien eggs ended up on the planet LV426.<br />
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There is an appearance of a somewhat <b>Xenomorph</b> or the early mutation stage of it at the very end of Prometheus but many Alien fans where looking for the actual Xenomorph that appeared in the Alien movies. Most of the movie focused on the Space Jockeys or "The Engineers" and what their purpose was, the Prometheus scientists discover that the Space Jockeys were doing bio chemical and weapons of mass destruction development and testing on the planet. This planet is not the same planet that <b>Ellen Ripley</b> and the crew of the <b>Nostromo</b> land on in Alien.<br />
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The weapon is a black ooze that causes mutations, deformities, and sometimes the breakdown of biological life matter. The black ooze looked like the symbiote from the Spiderman Comics which takes over Spiderman then Eddie Brock who becomes Venom. It is made to seem that the black ooze is the eventual cause for the creation of the Xenomorph either by accident or scientific engineering.<br />
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The events of <b>Prometheus</b> take place 30 years before the Alien story which means the early stage Xenomorph at the end of the movie could eventually mutate into the Xenomorph from the Alien movies. But this is not explained or made clear in Prometheus and we don't know if Xenomorph's existed prior to the events in the movie.<br />
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I believe if <b>Ridley Scott</b> made the connections more clear the movie would have been perfect. Other than the failed connections the movie was great, lots of sci-fi mesmerizing detailed story telling that keeps you interested. I enjoyed Prometheus and hope there is a sequel to fill in the missing connections to Alien.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837533462794938343.post-8280402481055997052012-05-30T18:06:00.000-04:002012-05-30T18:08:00.674-04:00Facebook Commerce And Shopping Scares ConsumersA recent article published by <a href="http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1009080">e-Marketer</a> showed that the majority of Facebook users do not want to shop or take part in any <b>e-commerce transactions on Facebook</b>. An Associated Press (AP) and CNBC
poll of US consumers conducted in May 2012 found that 54% of
respondents did not feel safe buying products or services through
Facebook. Only 8% said they felt extremely or very safe making purchases
through Facebook. <i>see graph below</i>..<br />
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Although many small and big businesses have setup shop on Facebook they are unable to go to the next level by having sales directly on their fan pages. Businesses have been met with a road block and many have pulled down their e-commerce apps and tabs from their fan pages. Marketers speculate that the roadblock may be privacy concerns among users who feel their information is not safe within Facebook. Privacy issues have plagued Facebook since it's inception and has lead to criticisms and outrage among users.<br />
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Another possible reason for lack of <b>shopping on Facebook</b> is users simply don't want to shop on Facebook because they are there for other reasons. When someone logs onto Facebook the majority of the time they are thinking about communicating with friends and family, viewing and sharing pictures, and of course stalking. So it's hard to get someone to make a purchase when there are so many distractions around.<br />
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Businesses can still however utilize <a href="http://www.fbmovie.com/">Facebook</a> status updates, offers, and Ads to drive users offsite to make purchases. But once the user is within Facebook they most likely won't take their credit card out to make purchases. Once Facebook is able to banish it's privacy follies and reputation this should open the doors for e-commerce on the social network.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837533462794938343.post-90791858535949122072011-08-25T10:51:00.005-04:002011-08-25T11:28:01.650-04:00Steve Jobs Resigns As CEO Of Apple<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9K_J-8knGJs-zQ6Knhey-f7V9kgCPE4lyakthtPxsWROO329_0aQfPyotVEArF2LbEh35pcji3OItyyu0kTYrNBzb2PzNXyYGuS30sCuYB6RL3lXniDbxmA7AZ3ahLYb6o2hJEsgJo80/s1600/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo-of-apple.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 446px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9K_J-8knGJs-zQ6Knhey-f7V9kgCPE4lyakthtPxsWROO329_0aQfPyotVEArF2LbEh35pcji3OItyyu0kTYrNBzb2PzNXyYGuS30sCuYB6RL3lXniDbxmA7AZ3ahLYb6o2hJEsgJo80/s400/steve-jobs-resigns-as-ceo-of-apple.jpg" alt="steve jobs retires as ceo of apple inc" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644813000799037618" border="0" /></a>Say it ain't so Steve... that is the sentiment of many as they heard the news that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple Inc</span>. It's hard to picture Apple Inc. without Steve as he is the core of the company, the man who helped build the tech giant from nothing to one of the world's most successful and largest companies in the world. Steve's can be likened to Thomas Edison as he a great innovator and inventor of our time, he has created amazing products that have changed our lives.
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<br />Steve had the ability to popularize and create demand for products we didn't even know we needed. He never did market research and went on his gut most of the time because he knew people wouldn't know what they would like if they hadn't seen it first. Jobs of course stepped down due to his health, he has been fighting pancreatic cancer and this was very visible as his appearance became very frail over the part year.
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<br />This has sent shock waves in the Tech world as many feel like we are losing a spiritual tech guru. Steve is just an extraordinary figure but he was not without failures, he was fired by Apple in 1985 and he learned a lot from that and became a better executive. The question is now "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Can anyone really replace quite arguably the world's most ingenious inventor of the Internet era</span>". Steve will remain the chairman of Apple's board and Tim Cook will be his successor and take the role of CEO of Apple.
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837533462794938343.post-28133542938477686972011-08-23T23:08:00.004-04:002011-08-23T23:22:48.416-04:00My First Earthquake ExperienceToday I experienced <span style="font-weight: bold;">my first Earthquake</span>! It was not what I expected and I really didn't think much of it. While others were scared and nervous I just stood there thinking "the building is shaking, must be an earthquake". There was no sense of panic in me, but then again it was a small earthquake, only a magnitude 5.9 and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">center of the earthquake was in Virginia</span>, so NYC didn't get hit as hard. I had a sense of wonder and excitement while the room and the things in it shook.
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<br />Some buildings were evacuated here in New York City but for the most part everyone simply brushed it off and went back to their normal routine. New Yorkers are pretty tough and have been through a lot of things so most just shrugged the earthquake off. But I hope that we do not continue to have more earthquakes and larger ones at that.
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<br />Here is something that was floating around on Facebook and Twitter within an hour of the Earthquake. It's Capitalism at it's best....
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<br />"<span style="font-weight: bold;">I Survived The 2011 NYC Earthquake</span>" T-Shirts!
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<br />You can purchase this t-shirt here <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/i_survived_the_2011_nyc_earthquake_tshirt-235878832430292490">http://www.zazzle.com/i_survived_the_2011_nyc_earthquake_tshirt-235878832430292490</a>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7837533462794938343.post-57996582916643418302011-08-21T23:22:00.006-04:002011-08-22T00:16:38.668-04:00Google + (Plus) Is Off To A Good Start<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jThCsOu5fIRhEDAv5dPX-1obHVQl6Q5IkubGbX82I30KEJwad5G-b22iHFAfC6NQeWPuVB7Lb8rborfeiCf8fxu539myjWbCBTCNM-5yxxNNEqtaOP7yQEaA6RMcPRtjJquTSTseVj4/s1600/google-plus-vs-facebook.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-jThCsOu5fIRhEDAv5dPX-1obHVQl6Q5IkubGbX82I30KEJwad5G-b22iHFAfC6NQeWPuVB7Lb8rborfeiCf8fxu539myjWbCBTCNM-5yxxNNEqtaOP7yQEaA6RMcPRtjJquTSTseVj4/s400/google-plus-vs-facebook.jpg" alt="google plus review" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643523213773700690" border="0" /></a>I gave <span style="font-weight: bold;">Google +</span> aka Google Plus a test run and it's pretty good, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Google's new social network</span> is off to a good start. This is of course Google's second attempt at a social network site, the first was Google Buzz which was a major failure with it being tied into Gmail which caused tons of privacy issues for users. Google plus at the moment is join by invite only and the site is still in beta testing stage. G + is very clean, organized, and easy to use, it reminds me of the early Facebook days.
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<br />The current top features on Google Plus are <span style="font-weight: bold;">Circles, Sparks, and Hangouts</span>. Each of these features are top of the line and way better than Facebook's similar features. Google has definitely put Privacy first with G +, with it's Circles feature you can easily categorize your connections into groups and make posts specific to those groups. So I can post something that I only want my family connections to see and my friends, coworkers, and any other groups will not be able to see that post.
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<br />Google is doing things right with the G + project and I'm eagerly awaiting the new functions and features Google Plus will have! Get a <a href="http://www.viralfuture.com/p/resources.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Free Google Plus Invite Here</span></a>.
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