For some reason, predictive text of Cootek TouchPal keyboard on T-Mobile Pulse (Android mobile phone) stops working after a while, which crashes the keyboard.
This problem has been reported on T-Mobile forums here and here.
However, there is a simple fix for this that I have discovered… Read more
A new snazzy iPhone pouch (fits iPods, too)from EgoorEngland is out – this time, based on vintage Apple logo. It’s a nice addition to already existing Gameboy iPhone pouch and an awesome Union Jack iPhone pouch.
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eads up for everyone travelling extensively by car in the UK – RAC has just launched its new version of traffic information service.
Built on top of Bing maps (the map provider for RAC Route Planner), the RAC traffic information service aggregates almost real-time road traffic information including road incidents around the UK and also includes ferry crossings information. Read more
Should you?
Before jumping on the bandwagon, try to figure out if the bandwagon can get you where you are going (or trying to get to). According to one of more recent researches, ‘the top 10% of prolific Twitter users accounted for over 90% of tweets’. Does that mean Twitter is fast becoming a one-way communication tool?
Well, yes and no. Again, just like with SEO, it’s all about content and relevancy. If you are putting out tweet after tweet but aren’t really seeing any increases in conversions or even significant traffic spikes on your website, you might as well lay it off and not waste your time anymore, as tweeting for the sake of it (or because ‘everyone is doing that, so it must be good’) isn’t going to help much. Read more
Email open rate statistic is widely used as a credible measurable quantifier of success of email marketing campaigns. However, its significance nowadays should be disputed as it represents only a partial outlook on the recipient engagement with an email.
Firstly, email open rate is usually calculated by the amount of requests for a 1×1px transparent GIF image. This means that if a recipient is reading a text version of your email (say, on a Blackberry) or previews the content of the email in an a preview pane of an email client that blocks remote images by default, an open isn’t going to register. There are ways of tracking open rates of text email, but I wouldn’t recommend them.
