On Monday, vzillion, the social utility, added former Yo! MTV Raps co-host Ed Lover (born James Roberts) to their Relationship Design Team, according to PR Newswire. Lover, well-known for his catch-phrase “c’mon, son!,” began a career in entertainment over 20 …

It’s been close to a year since a monstrous 9.0-magnitude earthquake nearly disappeared Japan off the map. While the country has recovered some over the past year, the haunting reminders of the earthquake’s wrath are still evident along the eastern …

On Sunday night many of us were glued to the screen, munching on snacks and gathering with friends for the 84th annual Academy Awards. It was only a year ago that we saw “The Social Network” rake in the acknowledgements, and a year later Facebook is still growing and driving a marketing movement from traditional [...]Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

In the past series of articles, we focused on determining what keywords were already generating business for a web site and then optimizing your existing pages to improve organic results for those keywords. In this and some future articles, we’ll cover adding new content to a website as well... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Brightcove has announced an update to their App Cloud development platform at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today. The update adds cloud services, push messaging, and content-level analytics that should make it easier for app owners to engage their …

This weeks Mobile World Congress was plagued by reports of bad return on investment (ROI) for mobile data by heavy hitters mobile industry. Their primary complaint is that they generate too little revenue in return for offering data from providers …

Bing has announced three new features for Bing Webmaster Tools but the biggest new feature to me is the new Bing Webmaster Tools API. Markup Validation Tool. This feature allows webmasters to enter any URL and see what the markup looks like on the page, within the code. Keyword research tool. This... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Universal Pictures is using Facebook to create buzz and drive ticket sales for a number of its new films, including Big Miracle, Safe House, and The Lorax, and is utilizing social media management platform Friend2Friend for some social commerce efforts. …

Millions of business owners are unprepared for retirement. So what are they waiting for? According to the latest research from The American College, the majority of small business owners are concerned but not planning for retirement yet. The American College …

Have you been on the fence about getting an Xbox 360 with Kinect or did you just not like the color scheme? Well, Microsoft has a deal fo you. Major Nelson announced today on his blog that a special edition …

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced an update to their HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension. The update adds a “Decentralized SSL Observatory” feature that looks for weaknesses in the encryption of sites that users are visiting. When it detects a security …

I was thinking the other day about all things I have learned after dealing with clients for the last 7 years. Some things can only be learned by dealing with real life experiences. How you run your business and the rules you put in place for your clients is often, unfortunately, learned from bad experiences [...]Follow SEJ on Twitter @sejournal

I’m just as tired of all the Linsanity jokes as I’m sure you are, in fact, I’m more tired of the Jeremy Lin jokes than I am of the hype that surrounds him. I don’t care that ESPN spends the …

Yahoo’s had a rough go of it so far in 2012 and the company could certainly stand to take a more active role instead of reacting to how the tech world changes around them. So what better way to get …

Scientists have recently confirmed finding genetic fragments of the flu virus in bats, according to the CDC. The research was posted online Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The flu is common in humans, birds …

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved The Integrity Children’s Privacy Compliance Program, designed by Aristotle International, as a “safe harbor” program under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) on Friday. The COPPA rule grants websites that target viewers ages …

On February 29th viewers should tune in to http://bornthiswayfoundation.org/live between 4:00-5:30pm EST to see Lady Gaga and her mom, Cynthia Germanotta present a live conference from Harvard University on the exploration of ways to reach youth and create a new …

A little while ago we brought you a report that the iPad 3 was launching on March 7th in New York City. Jim Dalrymple, who’s nearly always right on all things Apple, confirmed the date but not the place. Now …

It looks as though Sony’s 50 million dollar marketing campaign is working. Despite a few launch problems, Sony announced that the sales figures were better than what they expected. With over 1.2 million units being sold worldwide and over 2 …

There was a teaser last week that pointed to Jet Set Radio being the next HD Dreamcast classics release coming out. Turns out we were right! Sega announced today on their blog that an HD version of Jet Set Radio …