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David Glenn

Amazon Drones: Automated Convenience That’s Energy Efficient?

February 13, 2014 by David Glenn

When Amazon.com announced recently that it was planning to make deliveries by drones by 2015, it created quite a stir. How will it work? How will the drone find my apartment? Will my e-reader get left out in the rain? How much power would it take to carry large packages?

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The details on how drone automated delivery would work are somewhat sketchy right now. The proposed vehicles have a range of 10 miles and can carry weights up to 5 pounds, which includes 86% of Amazon’s packages. But the 10-mile range would no doubt limit deliveries to big cities. And even then, an MIT professor pointed out that the drones don’t have enough battery life to go 10 miles with a 5-pound package. While the idea suggests energy efficiency, the current numbers suggests otherwise. [Read more…] about Amazon Drones: Automated Convenience That’s Energy Efficient?

Filed Under: Internet, Science, Software Tagged With: amazon, automation, online shipping, package, robotics, shipping, warehouse

Protecting Your Privacy: 5 Tips to Securing Your Privacy

January 8, 2014 by David Glenn

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In most countries in the world, including the United States, privacy is generally not a legally protected right. The incidences when an invasion of privacy goes punished are usually when it is in conjunction with another crime, such as breaking and entering or theft. As a result, there are constant risks coming from every angle and an army of different people and corporations who are looking to invade your personal privacy, both physically and online. And since it is both hard to catch and hard to prosecute, it is largely up to us to protect our own privacy. Here are five ways in which you can help secure your privacy every day. [Read more…] about Protecting Your Privacy: 5 Tips to Securing Your Privacy

Filed Under: Internet, Security Tagged With: Edward Snowden, home automation, home security, NSA, online security, personal security, protection, Security

Top 9 Sites from 2013

December 10, 2013 by David Glenn

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The internet is a wonderful medium, one that has allowed us to be smarter, more informed, more involved, and lazier than ever. Billions of people worldwide are able to enjoy the internet on a daily basis, and as such, new sites are sprouting up constantly. Every so often, however, there is a site that will present something so unique and different that millions of people will want to enjoy it, causing it to spread across the web going “viral.” This year there were a number of sites that have caught national attention in the United States, whether for good or bad (we’re looking at you, Obamacare). Here are are 10 of the most popular sites of 2013. [Read more…] about Top 9 Sites from 2013

Filed Under: Internet Tagged With: content marketing, cool websites, Internet

6 Reasons Every Company Should Use Content Marketing

November 22, 2013 by David Glenn

The world of marketing is constantly changing and evolving. Practices that were common place five or ten years ago are now outdated. In the past several years, a trend has emerged that has revolutionized the way companies connect with consumers. A recent survey shows that 78% of Chief Marketing Officers now believe that future of marketing lies in content marketing.

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Content marketing is the creation of valuable content for the purpose of attracting consumers to a product or service. The content may be about the product itself, or related issues that will help the customer catch the vision of the company. Content marketing is most commonly found on company blogs, social media, videos and other mediums. The following are 6 reasons your company should be involved in content marketing. Some of the most common forms of content of content marketing are infographics, video, memes, interactive graphics, and more. [Read more…] about 6 Reasons Every Company Should Use Content Marketing

Filed Under: Internet, Social Networks Tagged With: blogging, business advice, content marketing, inbound marketing, Infographics, social media, social media marketing

What Panda, Penguin, and Hummingbird Mean to You

November 1, 2013 by David Glenn

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If you’ve been keeping your ears open recently regarding the internet community, you may have been hearing some terms that don’t seem to make any sense. Panda, Penguin, Hummingbird—what do these animals have to do with surfing the web, and what is it about them that has some internet marketers so agitated? Well, for the average person who uses the internet for work, shopping, and play, these terms don’t have a whole lot of significance. However, if your curiosity won’t let you leave this one alone, we can help you figure out exactly what this zoo of critters means for the internet, and what it means for users such as yourself. Read on for enlightenment. [Read more…] about What Panda, Penguin, and Hummingbird Mean to You

Filed Under: Internet Tagged With: google, Google Hummingbird, Google Panda, Google Penguin

5 Interesting Sites You Might not Know About

October 23, 2013 by David Glenn

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Searching the web can become an annoying process that you do simply to get your daily news and communicate with the world. Oftentimes there’s no news to report and no need to interact with anyone via social media, so the internet can become useless to you. Every now and then, however, you’ll stumble across a website that you hadn’t heard of before that enhances your internet experience and eliminates the ho hum daily online experience.

Here are five interesting sites that you might not know about: [Read more…] about 5 Interesting Sites You Might not Know About

Filed Under: General, Internet, Media Tagged With: disney, home security, Internet, pixar, sports, websites

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