10 Richest Bloggers in the World

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Blogging has always been not more than a fun and part-time activity for these guys, but who knows where the luck will bring to us. These persons, who are now considered ten richest bloggers in the world, started their writing career just like you and me, but it was their luck which turned their part-time activity into a full-time job. Now all of them are earning hundreds of thousands per month.

1.Pete Cashmore:

Born on September, 1985, Pete is the founder and CEO of the world famous blog Mashable.com. For those who are looking for social media, tech, business, entertainment, lifestyle and various other gossips and hot news always make mashable their prior choice. According to an estimate, Pete’s monthly earning from his own blog and his weekly column (which he writes for CNN) is about $560,000.

2.Michael Arrington:

Michael Arrington can be named the second richest blogger in the world. He was born in March, 1970 and is the founder of TechCrunch.com. Tech Crunch is one stop destination for tech news and article lovers. You can keep yourself updated with the latest hot news of tech world and get influenced all the time by subscribing the blog. Born in California, Michael’s monthly earning is around $500,000.

3.Perez Hilton:

Perez Hilton, a famous American blogger and TV personality, graduated in 1996. He is nowadays named to be one of the most promising and richest bloggers in the world. He is writing news articles and features about entertainment and photography. Perez’s monthly earning is said to be round about $400,000.

4.Vitaly Friedman:

Vitaly Friedman, forth richest blogger in the world earns $150,000 to $190,000 monthly from his blogging career. His own blog, SmashingMagazine.com is ranked among the top notch blogs in the world for web design and development articles. Vitaly has been an inspiration for those who had have planned to initiate their own tips and tutorial blogs in web niche.

5.Timothy Sykes:

Timothy Sykes, another famous American blogger and stock expert. He is the owner of top ranked finance blog, TimothySykes.com. Timothy makes around two million dollars per month from his stock operation business and around $180,000 monthly from his blog. You can find every hot news and inspiring article about stock, investment and finance at this blog.

6.Jake Dobki:

Jake Dobkin runs the famous blog . His total monthly earning from the blog is estimated to be around $110,000. Gothamist is a blog with more than 50,336  facebook likes and it covers the news / articles related to food, arts and events. If you have a plan to visit some other country and want to know about its cuisines, then get the information from Gothamist Network.

7.Collis Taeed:

Collis Taeed is named to be the seventh richest blogger in the world. He is not only a contributor to a number of famous blogs but also the owners of TutsPlus.com. At TutsPlus, you can find plenty of lectures, tutorials and useful information about designing tools and application software. Collis’s total earning per month is almost $120,000.

8.Gina Trapani:

Gina Trapani yet another blogger, enlisted in the ten richest bloggers in the world. She is the CEO and founder of the popular blog Lifehacker.com. She is not only a famous and one of the richest bloggers in the world with a total monthly earning around $110,000 but also an active social media participant and a member of different social media communities / groups.

9.Matt Marshall:

Matt is yet another popular blogger in the world and the owner of . At VentureBeat, you can find plenty of tech, money and finance articles as well as know about the different business techniques to earn a lot from your investments. His per month earning is round about $50,000 to $100,000.

10.Ewdison Then:

Ewdison is the executive editor and co-founder of SlashGear.com. His blog is dedicated to consumer electronic and tech news. He is also a media publisher of his blog and the CEO of R3 Media LLC. His estimated monthly earning is about $50,000.

Set Time Location Based Reminders With Yet Another Reminder [Review]

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Well, have you ever forgot to pick vegetables while coming home? Have you ever forgotten to get cash from ATM while going to a really important work? Or are you too busy, that you forget what things you need to buy? If your answer to any one of the above question is in positive then this Yet Another Reminder (Y.A.R.) is for you.
Yet another Reminder

What’s so special?

Y.A.R is basically a reminder application. But then what’s different in this another reminder app from other tonnes of similar applications in the market. Minimalist look of the app is the first reason. Also, it is light on RAM of your device and hence consumes less power. Lastly, you have the ability to set location based reminders which is kind of awesome. Imagine yourself passing by the supermarket and your phone buzzes up to remind you of buying salt.

How do reminders work in Y.A.R.?

Y.A.R. is developed by an Indian Android App developer named Rakshak Raghavan. If you want to see his other apps then you can follow this  it will take you to Play Store straight, where you will find Yet Another Notepad which we reviewed recently. Coming to the topic in Indian Slang we also call friends as “Yaar”. This app also acts as a companion for you.

When you will first open the app you will see a blank off white screen where at its bottom there are two buttons which say “New Timed Reminder” and “New Location Reminder” and it is pretty obvious that if you want to set a simple timed alarm then click on first but if you want to set a real location based alarm then click on second one.

Setting up Timed Reminder

After clicking on first option you will see the window like at left side. Write the topic for which you want to set the reminder, select the time and click on next. Now you will see two options one is “Set Reminder” if you click on that Reminder will be activated simple as that. While if you click on other option which is “Persistence for reminders” it will turn off reminder every day at that time.

Yet another Reminder

Setting up location based Reminder

Now if you have clicked on second option then you are going to set up a location based reminder such as:

  • Wake you up when you reach your bus stop or train station in case you fall asleep on you way back home from work (or if you are too engrossed in your book)
  • Reminder to collect cash from the ATM when you walk or drive past it.
  • Reminder to take your umbrella or coat when you leave the restaurant.
  • Reminder to take important documents when you leave for a meeting.

Here also you will see a similar type of screen. Write the motive of your reminder then choose the location where you want it to set it. Click on next then there you will see the same option “Set Reminder” and “Persistence for reminders” and you know well what to do with them.

Yet another Reminder

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Download the app from . This apps costs about $1 and is totally worth for it

What did I like:

Since it is a review we will surely tell what we like and what we don’t.

  • Minimalist look
  • No settings or extra things
  • Location based  reminders are great

What did I didn’t like:

  • You can’t always believe location tracking
  • Sometimes I wasn’t able to get location

What I want in next update:

  • If we could sync our Google calendar or even stock reminder then it would have been a lot easy.

Now it’s your time to tell what you feel about the app? Do tell us in comments below.

Suggested Read: Want to control your phone with Gestures? check this review out!

Best Black Friday, Cyber Monday Deal for Bloggers In 2013

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Black Friday Cyber Monday deals for Bloggers

This is the best time of the years for netizens. Black Friday and Cyber Monday brings so many outrageously money saving deals that one cannot just resist. If you are a blogger, trust me, this is the best time to invest some money in super saving deals in hosting, themes, plugins. If you keep on looking for discount coupons through out the year, look no more. You would rarely get better discount than Black Friday and Cyber Monday coupons.

If you are tired of looking at places searching for Black Friday discount coupons for WordPress themes and plugins, I have collected some of the best Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals for Bloggers.

Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deal for Bloggers

I have categorized the super saving Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals in 3 categories: Hosting, WordPress themes and WordPress premium plugins. Check them out and by your favourites with heavy discount:

Discount coupons and deals for hosting services:

Wordpress hosting black friday deals

4 months free with WP Engine:

WP Engine, the best and fastest manged hosting for WordPress, is offering 4 months of free hosting on their yearly pre-paid plan. Which means you are basically getting 33% off on the usual price. All you have to is to use cyberhostingspecial13 coupon while checking out.

Get 33% off on WP Engine.

Up to 75% off on Hostgator:

has several deals starting from Black Friday 29th Nov to Cyber Monday 2 Dec. The whole Black Friday to Cyber Monday weekend will be 60% OFF Hosting (Starting at $1.98/month) and $4.50 domains. Apart from that limited time flash sales will be running each day for 75% OFF the hosting and domain. All you have to do is to go to  website on this weekend. No discount coupon needed.

Discount coupons and deals for WordPress themes:

Premium WordPress themes in Black Friday deals

40% off on Magazine3 premium themes:

40% off on all the Magazine3 premium WordPress themes. Magazine3 has several premium WordPress themes for all sort of bloggers be it technology blog, news website, food blog or parent blog. Matt Kaludi of Magazine3 has announced 40% off on all the themes from 29th November till the Cyber Monday i.e. 2 December. All you have to do is to use DISCOUNTMADNESS2013 coupon while checking out.

$240 worth of 4 e-Commerce theme in $20 at Envato

Envato, the parent organization of projects like Theme Forest and Code Canyon is giving 4 of the best e-Commerce theme in $20. Just visit this link to get the amazing offer. And this is not it, there are several other offers as well. No need of a discount coupon, just visit Theme Forest.

50% off on ThemeFurnace premium themes

Several beautiful WordPress themes at ThemeFurnace are available at 50% flat discount. Just use Happy13 coupon code while buying the themes.

91% off on MyThemeShop memebership

MyThemeShop is offering a whooping 91% off on over 60+ premium WordPress themes. The offer is valid only till Black Friday i.e. 29 Nov. You’ll get over 60+ themes when you signup for the memebrship of the theme club. The usual price is $99 but you will have to pay just $8.95. There is a monthly fee of $9, but if you cancel it, you will still own all the themes (without updates).

Discount coupons and deals for premium WordPress plugins:

wordpress plugins in black Friday deals

Get 35% off on OptinMonster

OptinMonster is a premium WordPress plugin for lead generation. At present, this is highly praised email subscriber pop up plugin. You can get 35% off all the plans using BF2013 coupon code.

List is not over just yet. There are many more Black Friday and Cyber Monday discount deals for bloggers. I’ll keep the post updated with new discount offers. If you know some nice Black Friday deals for bloggers, do share it with us. Save money. Enjoy :)

NVIDIA’s Tegra Note 7: A Great Gaming Device For $200

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NVIDIA Tegra Note 7

NVIDIA has recently surprised us by unveiling its very own tablet with Tegra 4 inside. Finding a good tablet is nothing difficult nowadays but finding an affordable one with good specs can be difficult. Google’s Nexus 7 has been doing a good job as a $200 tablet so far but now NVIDIA is ready to compete with the $200 tablet with its Tegra Note 7.  We saw Tegra 4 in a handheld gaming console called “Shield” before but now it’s time to see how NVIDIA presented the Tegra 4 in its own device.

Nexus 7 alternative

Hardware

The Tegra Note 7 doesn’t look attractive comparing to the Google Nexus 7. The front looks too plain while the back looks busy because of its three-segmented look. There are total 6 open places, microSD card slot, 3.5mm headphone jack, micro-HDMI port, micro-USB port, a holder for optional smart cover and the stylus holder.  The colors look washed out when you compare it with the sharp display of Google’s 7-inch tablet.

7-inch tablets are currently ruling the market and NVIDIA is now ready to be a part of this market with its 7-inch Tegra Note 7 that features 1280×800 IPS LCD Display. The tablet includes a quad-core Tegra 4 chipset as mentioned before blocked at a single core clock of 1.8GHz. The tablet took advantage of the latest NVIDIA tech called DirectStylus and comes with a Stylus unlike the Google Nexus 7. Moreover, the tablet weighs 320g which is huge comparing to other 7-inch tablets. The Tegra Note 7 is wider and thicker than the Nexus and is heavy too. However, NVIDIA wanted to focus more on the gaming part so let’s see if they managed to do so by making it less elegant or not.

Nexus 7 alternative

Software

The NVIDIA tablet comes with Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 out-of-the-box and also promises to release Android 4.3 update next month. When users take out the Stylus, they will see two new apps, a drawing app or a note-taking app. The best part of this stylus mode is its human touch disabling feature. You can disable human touch when drawing so that your touch doesn’t ruin your drawings.

The tablet is also preloaded with apps from the maker itself and a special camera app aside from the Stylus apps. The Google KitKat update (4.4) is also on the way so its great news for Android lovers as lots of existing Android devices won’t receive a KitKat upgrade. Other notable features are 5-megapixel rear camera, 0.3 megapixel front camera, 1080p video capture support, 1GB RAM and 16GB internal storage.

Performance

As mentioned earlier, NVIDIA tried to focus more on the gaming part and it really shows when you spend some time with the Tegra Note 7. The high-end Tegra 4 chip with 1.8GHz Cortex-A15 cores manage to handle apps and games faster than the Nexus 7. You will notice the difference when loading apps and performing your usual tasks. Its battery life is also not bad. You can expect to play games for 4-5 hours, watch standard videos for minimum 9 hours and expect to pass 2-3 days without charging if you don’t use your tablet every now and then.

The stereo speakers on top of the device works perfectly when watching movies or playing games. It’s not good enough to give better performance in noisy environments but there are always headphones to help you in such places.

Overall, if you are looking for a good tablet to play games or if you look at the device hardware-wise, it’s good. If you are ready to overlook the cheap build quality, you can give the Tegra Note 7 a try.

5 Bestselling Android Tablets

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It is never too late to shop an Android tablet. You can get one any time whether you are looking for an entertainment source or for web browsing purposes. Making the right choice is the best thing. You should always keep in mind to select an Android tablet after proper checking of the reviews. Be assured that the tablet you are considering has received positive feedback everywhere from the users.

We have covered 5 tablets to look for in 2013 and now we have come up with top 5 bestselling Android tablets.

Android Tablets

1. Archos 80 Titanium:

This stylish and sleek looking Android tablet has always been a prior choice of the users. Due to its bountiful connectivity and high speed task performance, you would not be able to resist this smart tablet. Archos 80 Titanium would cost you only £150. I think getting such a wonderful Android tablet at this cheap rate is something impossible. The enhanced battery life and good quality camera results make it a perfect choice of tablet lovers.

Android Tablets

2. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1:

This budget-friendly Android tablet with its descent 10.1-inch, 1280 x 800 screen can doubtlessly be named to be one of the best selling Android tablets in the world. What makes this tablet so famous? Well, the answer is quite simple. Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 comes as a 16GB option, the inclusion of a microSD card slot on top of it making the users feel pleasure. Also the recent price fall of the device from £299 to under £240 is something which has made this Android tablet a prior choice of people with restricted budget.

Android Tablets

3. ASUS FonePad:

Asus FonePad is somewhat similar to old Nexus 7 when it comes to name its look and overall layout. But still Asus FonePad, with few of its trump cards, has had been one of the best selling Android tablets. The specialties which make this tablet an ideal choice of the users include a great price deal,  microSD slot and 3G connectivity. Both the Jelly Bean interface and amazing layout with Bluetooth headset are what make FonePad a prior choice of stylish tablet lovers. So, if you are a person with limited budget but want an Android tablet with easy to pick specs and variety of apps then Asus FonePad is the one stop destination for you.

Android Tablets

4. Galaxy Note 8.0:

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 isn’t just a widely sold tablet, but an amazing and highly portable device with iPad mini. This beautifully created tablet has competed S Pen and managed to keep its pride of sales high in the worldwide markets. It is not only a light weight and easy to carry tablet but also solidly built. The capabilities of Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 such as expanded memory storage have really enhanced the users’ tablet experience.

Android Tablets

5. Sony Xperia Tablet Z:

Sony Xperia Tablet Z is yet another best selling tablet. There are plenty of reasons for us to choose Xperia Tablet Z as one stop destination and all time favorite device. For example, the charming and beautiful look with simple black rectangle, scratch-resistanct glass, waterproof body (but it does not mean you should throw it into a river to check the capacity) and high profile features. The price of this tablet is also within the range of budget-conscious people.

Android Tablets

Wrapping this up, I must say that there are plenty of tablets which have doubtlessly been all time favorite but the ones I mentioned above have definitely been able to break the sales records in all big markets. If you are looking for rather cheap tablets, check out the best tabs under $200.

8 Best Web Browsers for Android Devices

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Android devices have their own default browser “Internet”, which is no doubt a good browser and many Android users use them for their regular surfing and downloading. But this default browser has some drawbacks like no turbo mode, no add-ons support and many more. These drawbacks resist us from using this “Internet” browser and inspire us to use any other third-party software. There are a lot of third-party web browsers available on Google Play Store, which provide us many amazing and advance features for better browsing and control on different configurations and downloading.

The developers of these browsers keep updating and adding new features in their browsers to attract more and more users. They target on providing best browsing experience to their users by making every possible positive change in their browsers. So there is no surprise that most of the android users use any third-party browsers instead of the default browser “Internet”. Below is the list I made of the “8 Best Web Browsers for Android Devices”.

1. Dolphin Browser:

Dolphin Browser, with over 80,000,000 downloads, is a lightning fast speed browser and makes the browsing very easy. You can browse the way you want with a personalized home screen, voice control, gesture control, customizable settings and sharing features.

Dolphin Browser

Features:

  • Customize Themes and Wallpapers
  • Dolphin’s own Web App Store
  • Customize Home Screen
  • One-Tap Share feature
  • Tabbed Browsing for fast switching between the web pages
  • Dolphin Connect for Sync
  • Voice Control
  • Gesture Control
  • Dolphin Add-Ons

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

The average rating of Dolphin Browser is 4.7 out of 5 with 981,202 “5-Star” ratings.

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2. UC Browser:

UC browser is quite popular and is really fast and smooth. You can adjust the configurations the way you want under different network connections to decrease the data costs and for fast page loading. It has been downloaded over 400 millions time.

UC Browser

Features:

  • Add-Ons Support
  • Quick Reads for Offline Reading
  • Pre-load Pages to save time by having next page pre-loaded with intelligent analysis.
  • Background Downloading
  • Better Secure Browsing
  • Memory Optimization for low WAM devices
  • Different Themes and Wallpapers

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

The average rating of UC Browser on Google Play Store is 4.5 out of 5 with 153,549 “5-Star” ratings.

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3. Firefox Browser:

This official Mozilla Firefox web browser is fast, smart, easy to use and customizable with better and latest security and privacy features. Quick start-up and less page loading time helps you to browse faster and you can customize it with various add-ons like password manager, ad-blocker etc.

Firefox Browser

Features:

  • Awesome Organized Screen
  • Add-Ons Support
  • Awesome Bar remembers your most visited sites and bookmarks, history etc.
  • HTML5 and Web APIs Support
  • Reader Mode for better article reading
  • Better Security
  • Sync Support

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

The average rating of Firefox Browser on Google Play Store is 4.4 out of with 297,606 “5-Star” ratings.

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4. Opera Browser:

The very popular browser, Opera Browser, is a beautiful, fast and full of features. It provides better privacy and let you organize your personal news feed. It also provide better download management.

Opera Browser

Features:

  • Off-Read mode for better connection
  • Built-In Download Manager
  • Private Browsing
  • Speed Dial
  • Beautiful Designed User Interface
  • Smart Scroll Bars with automatic page sizing
  • Better Stability and Compatibility
  • Read Latest News and Magazine articles right in the browser

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

The average rating of Opera Browser is 4.3 out of 5 with 326,402 “5-Star” ratings.

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5. Chrome Browser:

Chrome Browser is no doubt a fast browser with easy to use UI. It provides accelerated page loading, scrolling and zooming and also fast switching between various tabs. You can also Sync tabs, bookmarks etc. by signing in to the Chrome.

Chrome Browser

Features:

  • Sync Support
  • Private browsing under Incognito Tabs
  • Send Pages between your Chrome Desktop browser and Chrome Smartphone browser, even when offline.
  • Clean and easy-to-use User Interface
  • Fast Navigation
  • Open unlimited tabs

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

The average rating of Chrome Browser is 4.2. out of 5 with 372,932 “5-Star” ratings.

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6. Maxthon Android Web Browser:

Maxthon, with over 600 million downloads web browser is a smart, fast and secure browser which is easy to use and provide very fast downloading speed.  The reason behind the fast speed of this browser is that it uses least amount of CPU resources. The developers claim that their Maxthon browser will not drain the mobile’s battery as fast as other browsers.

Maxthon browser

Features:

  • Quick Access for your Favorite Sites on Speed Dial
  • NewBites for your Favorite Media on Speed Dial
  • Gesture Control
  • My Cloud Tabs for sync and remember the sites from where you left off
  • Cloud Push for sending texts, images, URLs and tabs to a device with Maxthon account
  • Sharing
  • Private browsing
  • Reader mode to read articles by adjusting text format and size
  • Add-Ons support
  • RSS Reader
  • Download Manager
  • WWW/WAP Switch

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

The average rating of Maxthon Android Web Browser is 4.7 out of 5 with 96,50 “5-Star” ratings

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7. Next Browser:

This ultra fast web browser gathered 1 million users in just few weeks. This new mini browser is beautiful and easy to use. The developers claim it to be more private and more secure.

Next Browser

Features:

  • Customizable Home Screen
  • Gesture Control
  • Next View for latest news and entertainment
  • Plugin Add-Ons support
  • Import and Sync Bookmarks
  • Secure Browsing under Incognito Tabs

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

The average rating of Next Browser is 4.5 out of 5 with 22,299 “5-Star” ratings

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8. One Browser:

Another Fast, Smart and Advance browser is One Browser which offers fast download speed and most effective file manager. Under all, but especially under 2G networks, it compresses the pictures and website optimization with 85% saving of traffic. Features:

  • HTML5 Support
  • Multi-Window Operation
  • Website View Switcher
  • Better Download Management
  • Download optimization
  • Dual Engine for better page display
  • Page Capture
  • Font Size Customization
  • New User Interface

Average Rating on Google Play Store:

The average rating of One Browser is 4.4 out of 5 with 29,738 “5-Star” ratings.

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So these were 8 best Android browser apps you can use instead of the default browser of your Android device. Do share your views about these browsers in the comments below. Don’t forget to check out the “7 Unknown features of VLC media Player“.

5 Tips To Success In Marketing With Twitter Lead Generation Cards

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Twitter Lead Generation Cards

The popularity of has turned it into a powerful tool for business promotion, capturing leads, gaining sales, and enhancing a brand’s reputation in the market. Now you can go one step further with this social media platform by making use of Twitter’s lead generation cards (popularly known as Twitter Lead Gen Cards). These cards eliminate the need for users to fill in a landing page form. They can just fill in a form placed in an expanded tweet and send it to you. By using this form, users can quickly and easily express their interest in your brand’s offers, which enables you to capture sales leads much faster.

Twitter Lead Geeration Card
The information that users share through Twitter’s lead generation cards is secure. They do not have to leave their Twitter account and go to another site to give the required details. This facility enables you to connect easily to good leads, which will turn into sales figures.  In order to obtain the best benefits from this feature you need to make use of it in the most effective way. Here is a look at the top five tips for successful marketing with Twitter lead generation cards:

1. Create An Attractive Lead Generation Card –

Develop a lead generation card that entices people to look at your offer. It should have an excellent image and compelling content with a strong, impressive call-to-action. Just by looking at the card, people should feel induced to click on it and share their details.

2. Have A Follow-Up Email Campaign -

Once you have a person’s details and email address, send them an email to follow up on their interest in your products. If you send it to them when they are browsing the content of your site, they will become more interested, so do it quickly. Have a link in the email that users can click to avail a benefit or an offer. This link will enable you to store more details on leads, which can be used for future engagements with them.

3. Listen To Social Signals -

Your marketing automation system must be set up to listen to social signals and people’s interests so that it can pick those who are highly interested in your offer, send their information to your sales team so that they can be converted into sales. By being in touch with the active twitter environment, you can easily contact people interested in your products or services and convert them into actual sales.

4. Sync Data Between Twitter Card And Marketing Automation Platform–

The data collected by your marketing automation platform must sync with what is collected by your Twitter lead generation card. Make sure that fields such as full name, email address, and Twitter username are present in your automation system. This will assist in bringing up such details when you want them to be sent to your CRM, where it will be used for further marketing activities.

5. Set Up A Nurturing Lead Campaign–

Leads sign up your Twitter lead generation card to show their interest. Use this information to create content that is relevant to their interest and send it to them in the future. Customize such content so that when they read it they can sense your personal touch. This induces brand loyalty and opens them up to other products, services, or offers that your brand is offering.

Look into these tips and you can be sure that your marketing efforts with Twitter lead generation card will be very successful. Twitter lead generation cards are good for businesses of all sizes. Since the card is so easy to use, you will find people signing up fast for your offer. Once you have their details, proceed to contact them and covert your leads into sales. Marketing could never have been easier!

Related read on visual marketing: Marketing with Instagram.

[Review] Get A Personalized Browser With MakeMyBrowser

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MakeMyBrowser

What are the browsers that you use most frequently? Let me guess, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari and may be some other. What if you can have a web browser completely personalized to your own test, even with your photo as its logo?

MakeMyBrowser, as the names suggests, is a web tool that lets you create a web browser based on Chromium project for FREE. If you did not know it already, Chromium is an Open Source project on which several popular web browsers have been built, Google Chrome is one of the many. MakeMyBrowser leverages the Chromium project to let you create your very own personalized web browser that is fully capable as any other web browser.

Features of MakeMyBroswer:

Before proceeding to see the features of MakeMyBrowser, let me inform you that MakeMyBrowser is in early phases and many more features will be introduced in near future. At present these are the salient features:

  • Create a web browser with a personalized logo
  • Add bookmarks in it that will be available to anyone who downloads and uses the broswer
  • Select the default skin of the browser
  • Select the homepage of the broswer
  • Edit the browser at any time by logging in to MakeMyBrowser. The last edit will be available for download.
  • Get a personalized URL as the download link for the browser
  • Get embedded code to promote the browser on your website
  • Create as many browsers as you like
  • Based on Chromium so you can sync it with your Google Account

Using MakeMyBroswer to create a browser:

Creating a browser with MakeMyBrowser is really simple and is done in 3 easy steps. Of course you have to create an account and log in so that you can edit the browser later.

Step 1: Select a name and logo

First thing first, name your web browser. You can even edit the name of the browser later on. And then select an image as the logo of the browser. This image will be used as the icon on the desktop. Though there is no restriction on image size and dimension, it will be better to choose a square image. You can also change the logo any time you want.

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Step 2: Select bookmarks

Now, to personalize the browser a little bit more, select your favorite bookmarks here. Some bookmarks are added by default such as Gmail, Facebook, Amazon etc. You can choose to keep them or remove them. You can also choose the default homepage of your browser. By default it is set to . If you are a blogger and run a website, it is an excellent way to increase the traffic by putting your own website as homepage.

Make your own browser with MakeMyBrowser

Step 3: Choose a skin/theme

Apart from the default Chromium theme there are few more skins available for you. You can choose the one you like. Personally, I feel there should be more skins available for users. I have conveyed my concerns to MakeMyBrowser team and they informed me that in near future, more skins will be available. Once you are done click on finish and download to create the browser. Easy no?

MakeMyBrowser

You will have a dedicated webpage for your browser on MakeMyBrowser server from where one can download the browser any time. As I mentioned earlier, you can change every aspect of your browser at any time. There are no restrictions on number of edits.

Future improvement and suggestions:

Since MakeMyBrowser is in early phases, it has a lot to grow upon. There are few features which I found missing or I would rather love to have. Since its for free to anyone, I would suggest them to have a premium version and offer few exclusive features in it. These features could be used by organizations, institutes and websites.

  • Add options to include plugins as well in the browser and not just bookmarks.
  • The page from where the browser can be downloaded is very generic. It should be customizable by the client.
  • Ability to provide “on air updates” to the browser. When there are modifications to the browser, users will have to download and install it again. It could be great to have it updated from within the browser itself.
  • Cross platform installation. Currently it can be installed only on Windows. Adding Linux and Mac would be make it a complete browser.

Over all, it is really an innovative tool that with some additional features can be used by blogs, schools, universities, organizations and cyber cafe. This does not mean as an individual you cannot try it. Have some fun with your family and friends and have them amazed by your own web browser.

5 Apps Banned on Apple’s App Store but are available on Android

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Apple has always been serious about the apps and games developers offer in their app store. And also, we always hear about Apple banning apps or games which are not according to their terms and conditions. Apple is totally against to the adult and controversial content, and also to the over violent apps. Apple says that they look for the apps which are different from books and songs. Apple wants to avoid the religious criticism and clearly ask developers to better write a book if they want to explore sociopolitical issues.

5 iOS banned apps avaiable on android

In this article, we’re talking about those apps which were first available in app store but later thrown out due to some controversies. This big giant has over 700,00 apps in app store and about 5,000 apps have been banned or removed due to their negative nature against their guidelines. The developers of some of such apps went to android and other web markets so that others can enjoy their apps. So below is the list of “5 iOS Banned Apps which are available on Android”.

1. Pocket Girlfriend:Pocket Girlfriend

It is an adult app which gives the experience of having a girlfriend in the pocket to the users. This app allows you to have dirty talk with a virtual girl. You can just select one from the number of options and can enjoy the various responses and you can also customize some yourself. SO overall there is a lot of adult content in this app which makes apple to ban it from their app store.

Available on Android:

2. WikiLeaks:WikiLeaks

This app takes you to the WikiLeaks website anywhere you are. This website gives you access to all the leaked classified government documents. According to apple its potential threat to the iPhone users and also does not meet the app store guideline of personal attacks.

Available on Android:

3. Dirty Fingers:Dirty Fingers

This app is just not good. It is live wallpaper in which whenever you touch the screen a girl in bikini named Veronika appears and clean off the screen. Apple finds it totally filthy and banned it.

Available on Android:

4. I am Rich:

I Am Rich

This app is just waste of money. It costs $1000 but it does nothing. It just displays the phrase “I am Rich” with a red diamond on the background. Clearly the idea was to let the rich people download this app because they are rich. Apple banned it without giving any reason. But I guess everyone understands the reason. Only 8 people downloaded this app before it was banned.

Available on Android:

5. S.M.T.H. (Send me to Heaven):

S.M.T.H.

In this app users are asked to through their device as high as they can and of course to catch them on the way back. This app stores the height and stores the result on leader board. Apple banned this app because it encourages the users to risk their device.

Available on Android:

These were the apps which you obviously cannot find on app store, but can download from Google Play Store. There are many others controversial apps which were banned by apple from App Store and never came back – not even on Android like Ghetto Tweets, Me so holy, Obama Trampoline, Scratch, Yoga 4 Dudes, The Manhattan Declaration etc.

Is there any other app or game you know about, which was banned from app store? Do share with us in comments below. Don’t forget to check the “6 best free Android Launchers“.