sept 15th

If you have a product you're really proud of, it should speak for itself. But when it comes down to it, you still need to get customers on your website in the first place - especially if you're running an e-commerce operation.

Google Plus joined Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, among others, and now allows you to embed Google+ content on your blog. You've been able to embed videos on your blog for years. Now, every social network is jumping on the bandwagon and giving you the option to embed your social posts.

Let's face it: tablets have grown to be tremendously popular (to the point where traditional PCs sales are slumping), but typing on them is still sort of a pain. After all, no matter how accustomed you get to typing away on a smooth slate of glass or plastic, it's a poor replacement for..

Business Insider came under fire Monday after the world was alerted to the sexist, misogynistic, homophobic and classist Twitter feed of its chief-technology officer Pax Dickinson. The two sides have parted ways, though there's some debate over the semantics. Dickinson was "forced to resign" on Tuesday, according to a report from New York's Stefan Becket.

"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away," wrote acclaimed French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and, in many ways, he could have been taking about social media, albeit close to a century before its existence.

Lots of people expected more from Apple's announcement yesterday. If you're not excited by the new iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s, and the prospect of upgrading to iOS 7 leaves you cold, we've got you covered. Change is hard, so if you're considering jumping ship to Android, here's your ultimate guide to the best Android handsets on the market right now.

If you think social media marketing is just one more thing to add to your to-do list, you've been looking at it all wrong. Find out how it can simplify your life and improve your business.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, news, favorite websites, Dropbox, Google Drive, Gmail.... are you out of breath yet? This is just a fraction of the services an average user deals with on a daily basis. How do we do it? The hard way. OneFeed attempts to bring all of these together under one roof.

For more than three decades, author and farmer Michael Ableman has been dreaming about turning a vacant lot in Vancouver into an orchard that would provide food to the city and jobs to disadvantaged locals. Now the organization he co-founded, Sole Food Street Farms, has made that dream a reality.

Writing your latest blog post and hitting publish is just the beginning when it comes to growing your subscription base. If you truly want to gain the attention of your target audience (and Google), then you will need to spend time promoting your content in multiple locations.

There is no shortage of different types of content you can create to feed your business blog. Thought leadership-based content, commentary on industry news, data-driven analyses, list-style posts ... the options are numerous. But one type stands out from the rest. It's a business blogging classic. It's ... the how-to post.

Great content that provides value (or amusement from time to time!) is at the essence of social media. A solid social media strategy should involve sharing great content, even if it is not yours. By sharing great content, your social media update will be more varied, and you will attract more friends, fans and followers to your social profiles.