Apple LED Cinema Display unveiled

Apple is on a roll today with a brand new LED Cinema Display to tempt your wallets even in these harsh economic times. This stunning 24″ LED backlit widescreen display comes with an integrated iSight video camera, microphone and speakers – and Apple engineers and designers managed to cram all of the above into an elegant, thin aluminum and glass enclosure. Nice to see Apple continue to place product design a class above the rest, even if that means the ordinary consumer has to fork out much more money. Targeting the newly released MacBook family, this Apple LED Cinema Display comes with a built-in MagSafe charger, three USB 2.0 ports and the new Mini DisplayPort that makes it a snap for MacBook users to hook up in an instant, powering not only their notebooks but favorite peripherals as well.

This 24″ glossy, widescreen display as a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 pixels, making it suitable for you to view all your videos in full High Definition. Thanks to LED backlit technology, you will be able to enjoy instant full screen brightness without having to cough up a bundle at the end of the month for your power bill. Power efficiency is definitely a positive point here, compared to older displays that depend on LCD technology. The LED Cinema Display is suspended by an aluminum stand with an adjustable hinge for almost effortless tilting. Thanks to the integrated iSight video camera, microphone and speakers, one is able to kick off video conferencing via iChat in an instant. I also like the idea of the built-in universal MagSafe charger that makes it much more convenient for users to leave their notebook’s MagSafe power adapter in the travel bag.

You will be able to pick up the new LED Cinema Display this November via the usual channels, including the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. So far the LED Cinema Display comes with a recommended retail price of $899 – granted, there are many other 24″ LCD monitors out there which do not cost that much, but none of them are able to compare to the sheer beauty of the LED Cinema Display. Just make sure you have a spanking new MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro with the new Mini DisplayPort or else it would be pretty much useless.

source: http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/

Wirelessly download pictures from a Samsung camera to your computer? Maybe Nabee

I believe we have previously reported on devices that can help users wirelessly download images from a camera directly to the PC. One of the most famous is the Eye-Fi, a memory card that allows such a transfer, and now there is the Nabee.

The Nabee is designed by Samsung Techwin and Alereon, and designed specifically for wireless connectivity with Samsung brand cameras. All the user has to do is plug one end into the camera, and plug the other into the PC with a USB key. The transfer is fast, and efficient up to 10 meters.

The Nabee is powered by Alereon’s AL5000 worldwide wireless USB chipset, and the company claims it is the easiest way to connect the camera into the PC. It receives WiMedia band groups, which can span frequencies 3.1 to 10.6 GHz.

Something tells me that both the Nabee and Eye-Fi are not going to be the last products that can download wirelessly to a PC. Personally, I don’t like connecting the cable from the camera to the PC. I don’t know why, either, it doesn’t take that much time. Perhaps it is just laziness, or that whole downloading process. I suppose wireless transfers could simplify it.

You should be able to find the Nabee on its release in December 2008. I don’t have any word on a price as yet.

sopurce: http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/

iKey Bluetooth industrial keyboard

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iKey has rolled out its latest industrial keyboard, the BT-87-TP that comes with an integrated touchpad.

The new BT-87-TP keyboard is specially sealed to be dust proof and submersible. It features an integrated touchpad and 87 keys, including 12 function keys. The compact case design and internal Bluetooth module make the BT-87-TP highly portable. It can be easily mounted or carried and can connect to any Bluetooth-enabled computer. This makes the new mobile keyboard an ideal fit for material handling, medical, food/beverage processing, and other environments where rugged flexibility is important. Measuring roughly 12″ x 7.75″ x 2″, the BT-87-TP is designed for mobility. The industrial keyboard features a rugged ABS polycarbonate case with an easy-to-clean silicon rubber key overlay, and is built to withstand harsh, dirty, dusty, wet, and corrosive environments.

The iKey BT-87-TP is powered by a couple of AA batteries. There is no word on pricing as at press time.

Press Release and Product Page.

source:http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/

Are you an Effective Link Builder?

The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Link Builders

After attending the recent Search Engine Strategies conference and listening to a number of panels discuss the relationship between content and links, I couldn’t help but notice similarities between what was being said and the principles highlighted in Stephen Covey’s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey’s work suggests people can be successful in business and life when they’re effective at doing things that bring about desired results. He wrote the book long before the internet became part of our daily life, but the principles are timeless and certainly apply to people developing links.

We all know there are various types of link building tactics available. They have names like “directory submissions,” “link bait” or “article writing” and follow a fairly cookie-cutter process that does little to lay a foundation for building a business reputation. Used independently, these tactics can certainly produce results, but if you want to get incremental, quality business to come to you instead of having to spend time and money drumming it up, consider turbocharging your link tactics with these seven “habits” of effective link builders.

1. Create an early warning system by finding and listening to key bloggers in your niche. Bloggers spot trends and often react in advance of mainstream media. Be sure to give them a heads up with your news before making it public and offer to write/provide link embedded content to lighten their “load.”

2. Be patient when you’re building links. It’s hard work and doesn’t always go according to plan. Henry Ford once said “nothing is hard if you divide it into small jobs.” Obviously he wasn’t thinking about the tedious task of link building but he did know a thing or two about the assembly process so it’s sage advice. It’s easy to be tempted by the 500 links for $39.95 promotions, but resist!

3. Leverage cross-channel marketing. This may be last year’s buzzword but it’s no passing fad. Do the intuitively obvious and take full advantage of opportunities to cross-promote through all of your channels, even those offline. Add a “link to us” tag in all confirmation emails, in your catalog and autoresponders. Develop a highly visible presence in a space hosting your demographic such as this local barber with 2030 friends on MySpace. This guy also has a five star review on CitySearch.

4. Make content, not war. The easy part of link building is knowing that you need them. The hard part is influencing the right people to give them to you without making it look like you asked. Good content attracts links on it own. Here’s some ideas on components you can develop:

• Don’t send your content away to an article directory, build a library on your site and stock it with your articles.
• Develop a blog and update it at least 3x a week. Invite some of those key bloggers you’re meeting to participate as well and be sure to link to them from the new blog.
• Create a glossary for your industry, promote it with the media when it’s complete
• Design a widget or put together a free promotion using one of your products.
• Take a picture of every item you own and create a photo library on your site to hold them. Allow anyone to use the photo provided they leave the embedded link intact. Look into submitting photos with Creative Commons.

5. Become a high profile editor, not just an editor. If you knew a million people visited a website every day and that website was actively looking for an editor in a category you were expert on, would you be interested? With 99% of journalists using the web to research and verify information, being an editor on a popular news site greatly increases your website’s chances of exposure, links and being asked for an interview.

6. Extend your reach beyond Digg and look for high traffic niche specific sites to host your link bait and press releases. Translate your articles into different languages and submit to the “Digg” clones in other countries. For example in France it’s Scoopeo.com. In Germany, Yigg.de, and Brazil, Linkk.com

7. Use all your assets. If your business hires people on a continual basis, consider developing an on site employment center. Once it’s built, contact the career placement offices at area colleges and Universities and broadcast the resource. Issue a press release and encourage your industry Association, Chamber of Commerce and local employment commission to link to it as a resource. Remember, every component of your business has potential to be content and used accordingly.

It’s common to fall back on what you know or be tempted by easy tactics but the reality is, doing the same thing over and over doesn’t move you forward. Get into the habit of looking at everything as a new opportunity and you’ll become a highly effective link builder!

SOURCE: http://searchengineland.com/070903-073219.php

I’ve got a long way to go.

It’s been  over nine months that I’ve been a link builder agent in EVERSUN SOFTWARE PHILIPPINES CORP.

Within that nine months. I have learned many things about Search Engine Optimization. From directory submission, article submission, comment links, forum posting and niche directories. The importance of having a unique keyword and anchor text for your web site’s. The do’s and don’t s in link building. I thought I am already an expert at this kind of job.

Little did I know that I’ve got a long way to go and I need to so some more reading about SEM.  I’m not half way in being a  great link builder or SEO maybe.

Knowing this. Makes me more eager to learn more and expand my knowledge about the Search Engine Marketing Industry.