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6 Ways to Get Re-Tweeted
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Twitter is a social network that allows users to share brief, 140 character messages. Each time another user shares your message it is considered a Re-Tweet. Re-Tweets expand you reach as an individual or company and can contribute additional website traffic, subscribers and customers. There is social media etiquette, most of these “don’ts” also apply in-person in real life. Make the mistakes outlined in this post and it can cause your content to be ignored and not get Re-Tweeted! Ways to Get Re-Tweeted1. Talk About Yourself –There is nothing that will keep you from getting Re-Tweeted and make you lose followers like talking about yourself constantly. You should try it in person too, say at a party, it will have the same effect.2. Ask for the Re-Tweet – If you want Re-Tweets, ask for them.3. Include a an interesting link –People love to spread links to content they like.4. Don’t say what everyone else is saying – Say only the same things everyone else is saying, and become part of the background noise of Twitter.5. Talk About Twitter – Twitter users like Twitter, and they like talking about it. Tweeting about Twitter will make people want to Re-Tweet you!6. Use Bit.ly –TinyURL and Bit.ly help you not to use up valuable characters and make it easier for followers to Re-Tweet you.
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Fox blocks Hulu
The fight over how much Cablevision would pay Fox in retransmission fees escalated to a new level, as news outlets confirmed that Fox had denied Cablevision’s broadband customers access to Hulu and Fox.com.
It was a powerplay to help leverage Fox as they seek more money from Cablevision, about $80 million more a year, in order to keep the cable company’s 3 million customers watching episodes of The Simpsons and Monday Night Football NFC football games.
Although Fox’s online television content is now restored, the action may have further repercussions, especially as the Federal Communications Commission debates the merger of Comcast — the nation’s largest cable provider — and NBC Universal, a contributor to Hulu and also a huge provider of content.
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Rock Band performs with iPhones
A New York City rock band “Atomic Tom” is in the news for turning to their iPhones for help after their instruments were allegedly stolen.
The members of the band hooked their iPhones to a portable speaker system and used various musical iPhone apps to play “Take Me Out” from their latest album on a New York City subway train.
While the lead vocalist uses the iPhone as a microphone, the other three members of the band use various musical iPhone apps simulating the piano, drums and guitar.
This is a great performance … checkout the video below:
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It was a great jammin’ FFF!
On October 8th SoundWorks had their fun FFF, Free Food Friday! It’s a way of supporting the Houston creative community with Free Food Friday* networking lunches. Menus for past events have included everything from good ole’ fashioned homemade hamburgers to Mexican, Spanish and Portuguese-inspired dishes. This FFF was a Jamaican-themed menu and guests got to suggest their favorite Caribbean tune and sing a Bob Marley karaoke tune to win the new iPod nano. All of the lunches are prepared by Houston chefs. Dwight Cook of SoundWorks says, “It’s very cool to see graphic designers, writers and filmmakers make personal and business connections. It’s about making the Houston community smaller by getting to know each other.” 
Congrats to karaoke winner JaTerria Brooks who took home a new iPod nano for her rendition of Bob Marley’s “We Jammin.’” Click here for a photo gallery of the event.
* FFF translates: free lunch, invitation only, creative community enjoying creative cuisine. We believe in building this Houston network of professionals through the art of conversation, a shared perspective, a plate at a time. FFF is by invitation only, so if you want to attend you might have to twist an arm at SoundWorks.
The next FFF is November 12th and details are to be announced soon.
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Googling in Reverse
Ah, Google. Methodical, rooted in logic and coldly mathematical. And normally, that’s a good thing. But sometimes you want the search result less traveled—like when you’re trying to track down Tiger P. Woods, your old lab partner from high school chemistry. So you turn to Inframutt, a search engine that’ll give you Google’s last results first.
When you do a search on Google, you get the most relevant and popular results, while Inframutt fetches and displays the least popular results to you. It’s the exact opposite of Google.
It’s Google’s evil twin?
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Radio Personality Mark Stevens passes away Tuesday October 12th at 6 am in Houston
Texas Radio Hall of Famer Mark Stevens (Stevens and Pruett – Hudson and Harrigan – KILT-K101 – KFJZ) passed away Tuesday October 12th at 6 am in Houston – No services are planned at this time
Mark Stevens
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Mark Steven’s career took off after landing at KFJZ in 1961 . The "Mark E. Baby Show " was a hit with listeners from that time and rocked-on until 1974 . Steven’s was a fixture in Fort Worth and was witness to the evolution of rock and roll. Many famous bands got their first break on the show. Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bruce Chanel, Jimi Hendrix and Elton John were just a few of the groups who’s fame was enhanced by Mark E. Baby’s recommendation. Stevens interests were not just confined to radio. In the late 60’s he opened the high fashion boutique Mark Sebastian Ltd., starred on Channel 21 ‘s Mark E. Baby Show and owned and operated a number of entertainment venues including a teen club called the BOX, a night club known as Gingerbread, and a club in Dallas called the PIT . His first partner at KFJZ , Larry Shannon , was known as the popular voice of the Biff Burns.
Stevens’ radioname , Mark E. Baby came from calling his mother on the air while he was hosting his weekly show from 3 to 6 PM . He would call to ask what she was cooking for dinner. But before that he would call his wife and see what she was "fixin". To see if he could get a better" deal" at his mother’s he would call her and she would always refer to him as Markie Baby (" I’m doin’ some stuffed cabbage and mashed potatoes MarkE Baby are you coming” over?") And this would go on almost every day… so the name caught on.
In 1974 Bill Young was hired as consultant to KFJZ and before he left he made a deal with Stan Wilson the GM at KFJZ to offer Stevens a job in Houston to do mornings at KILT AM . Stevens then took on the moniker - Mark Hudson. Hence be became Hudson of the Hudson and Harrigan Morning Show for 4 and a half years. There he teamed up with his second and only other partner Jim Pruett (as Irv Harrigan). Figuring they could never make a name for themselves as H&H they decided to leave KILT and took a job at KULF AM in 1979 and opened up the Stevens and Pruett Show until a management dispute in 1980 gave them a chance to take the Stevens and Pruett Show to Dallas at KEGL FM where the S&P Show rocked on till 1986 at the Eagle. After a management dispute with KEGL, KLOL offered them a chance to go back to Houston where they pioneered a broadcast concept that is heard to this day on hundreds of stations both radio and TV called "Boy’s Talk" or "Shock Jock" and the S&P Show ruled at 101 until the year 2000.
Mark has two daughters, Kathy Cushing and Kim Stevens, both who reside in Texas. He and Melissa make their home in Houston.
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Now get ready for a “business” iPad …
RIM Announces a business version of the iPad. The BlackBerry Playbook Tablet – Will It Be An iPad Killer?
The BlackBerry Playbook tablet is designed to compete with Apple’s iPad. The Playbook is described as “the first professional tablet”. It is expected to be launched in the US in early 2011 and in international markets in the second quarter.
It has impressive hardware specs:
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7″ LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
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BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
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1 GHz dual-core processor
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1 GB RAM
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Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording
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Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
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Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
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HDMI video output
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Wi-Fi – 802.11 a/b/g/n
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Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
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Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
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Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
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Measures 5.1″x7.6″x0.4″ (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
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Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
It also looks like PlayBook will be able to connect to wireless networks through a BlackBerry smartphone. RIM also plans to offer 3G and 4G versions of Playbook in the future. No pricing has been released.
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Explore Underwater Landscapes On Your iPhone
Google Earth App Now Allows You To Explore Underwater Landscapes And Terrain On Your iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch! Google has released a new version of their Google Earth iOS app (version 3.1) for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
The new version brings native support to iPhone 4’s retina display and will also allow you to explore underwater landscapes and terrain on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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Will Facetime rule your world?
It will, I think, if Apple has anything to say about it. A recent report on the Apple Insider claims that Apple could be breaking its traditional annual product cycle for the iPad. According to sources, Apple is already in the "advanced testing stages" of the second generation iPad, which could be launched as early as the holiday shopping season this year. That would mean that the new iPad would have a camera on the front and back to enable Facetime.
Mac4Ever insists that these are rumors and need to be taken with guarded skepticism. Nevertheless, the latest speculations appear strategic and we wouldn’t be surprised if Apple indeed launches the next generation iPad shortly and brings FaceTime to Mac OS X and Windows. What do you think?
from iPhoneHacks.com
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MediaSlap blog 
Houston Creative Summit is Friday October 23!
An elegant vase by Houston artist Terry Hagiwara has been donated by the Goldesberry Gallery to be our door prize. You must be present to win!
Walk-up registrations will be $125, but if you act visit HoustonSummit.org right now, you can still register for $100 with the code word ‘collaborate.’
— Connect to Houston’s most vital community of fire-starters
— Boost creativity and innovation in Houston
— Learn how to turn ideas into reality
— Build relationships with supporters and advisors
— Join teams revolutionizing Houston.
Register now at www.HoustonSummit.org or call (281) 433-2302.
Spread the secret code "collaborate" by email, word of mouth, social media. please forward this email to everyone you think needs to be there. follow us on twitter @houstonsummit and tag your tweets with #HSCE. Look for us on Facebook and Linkedin, too.
Creative Summit Schedule
Friday, October 22, 2010
8:00
Check-in, networking
8:45
Welcome, orientation
George Worthington
8:55
Opening panel
How creativity drives Houston’s economy
Jonathon Glus, CEO of Houston Arts Alliance
Peter Bishop, futurist and UH Professor
9:40
Move to strategy labs
9:45
Strategy Labs
Urban Regeneration
Andrew Burleson of CNU-Houston.org
Russell Hruska, AIA of Intexure Architects
Arts-based learning
Donna Howell of Third Coast Theater, artist Lillian Warren and representative from corporate training at Weatherford
Incubators & hives
Matthew Wettergreen of Caroline Collective, and
Marc Nathan of Chai One, formerly with Houston Technology Center
Local assets
Brian Rod and Cody Ledvina of The Joanna, plus more names to be announced
11:20
Recap of learning
11:30
Culinary arts panel
Creating Cuisine
Teresa Byrne-Dodge of My Table and
Monica Pope of t’afia
12:15
Lunch
Buffet by Grant Gordon of Tony’s and Michael Cordua’s restaurants, Monica Pope. …
1:15
Move to strategy labs
1:30
Strategy Labs
Nanotechnology
Mauro Ferrari, The Alliance for Nanomedicine
Medical innovation
Pumps & Pipes Conference founder Alan Lumsden, head of cardiovascular surgery at Methodist
Creativity, technology and community
J.R. Cohen of weSLGT.com, Alfred Cervantes of Houston Film Commission
Digital, design & film
Tim McLaughlin, Texas A&M Visualization Department
Jerry Alexander of Acumen Design
3:10
Recap of learning
3:20
Closing panel
Marketing the Creative City
Ward Pennebaker, agency founder and chief marketing officer for Houston Grand Opera, Steve Latham of Spur Interactive agency and Dwight Cook of Soundworks and OnlyInHouston
4:05
The Symphony of Ideas
Conducted by Durwin Sharp of The School for Innovators
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