The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Windows 8.1 Available Now”. Peter Pachal says, “Today is the day: Windows 8.1 is now available as a free download for all Windows 8 users. The update includes several new and enhanced features, and notably — perhaps infamously — marks the return of the Start button to the Windows desktop environment.To receive the new version, all existing Windows 8 users need to do is launch the Store app in the modern UI. The Windows 8.1 upgrade will appear as the first large tile on the left; clicking or tapping on it starts the upgrade process“. ... [...]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “Responsive email design: five case studies and an infographic on how it improves engagement”. David Moth says, “Mobile email is a major challenge for businesses as studies have shown that as much as 50% of marketing messages are opened on mobile devices. Obviously the precise figure varies drastically from company to company, so the need to optimise for mobile will be less important for some businesses. But even so, it’s an issue that all businesses will have to deal with at some point in the next year or so”. ... [...]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “‘Using Pinterest Ads in Your Ecommerce Marketing”. Jennifer Barry says, “Compelling statistics show us Pinterest, is the little social media platform that could. Still often dismissed out of hand as a place to gather recipes and get ideas for bathroom redecoration, Pinterest is changing the game one pin at a time. With over 70 million users, half a million of which are businesses, Pinterest is actually a pretty heavy hitter in the ecommerce department. In fact, this infographic from Gigyashows that Pinterest enjoys 41% of... [...]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled “Facebook’s Ad Exchange Partners Are Making Up To $150 Million A Year In Revenues”. Jim Edwards says, “Facebook’s FBX partners – the companies who buy ads based on tracking cookies inside Facebook’s ad exchange – are making as much as $150 million a year in revenue, according to Karsten Weide, VP-digital media and entertainment at research firm IDC. Until recently, we’ve had very little visibility into just how big Facebook’s ad exchange is. On Facebook’s Q2 2013 earnings call,... [...]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled “5 Steps To Becoming A ‘Highly Recommended’ Brand On Social Media”. Jenna Goudreau says, “More than 90% of consumers report that a word-of-mouth recommendation is the top reason they buy a product or service, according to Nielsen. It’s partly why Angie’s List, an online aggregator of consumer reviews, now has a market cap near $1 billion – because consumers want and use reviews they can trust. That’s the central theme of digital marketer Paul Rand’s new book “Highly Recommended:... [...]

Handoko Tantra and his partner Ridwan Arifandi are announcing at 10 AM EDT, their newest theme creation, the Amuse Reservation WordPress Theme. Thousands of local businesses work using a reservation system. People make appointments that typically are recorded on paper in a book. Restaurants, hair salons, dog groomers, and dozens of other kinds of businesses use this process. This traditional process is inefficient and prone to errors. It could be done with less effort if potential customers could go to the business website and see the options you have available, select when they would like the... [...]

The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Google Not Provided: Goodbye Organic Keyword Data, Hello Onsite Behaviour Tracking”. Jonathan Rose says, “Just when SEOs were settling into their latest entente cordiale with Google, the tech giant has gone and changed the terms of engagement once again. This time, a move by Google to redirect organic search traffic through an encrypted ‘Secure Search’ has meant that many users are finding well over 50% of their overall analytics data for organic search is being returned to them as “Not Provided”. Although Google... [...]

The latest article on Mark Ling’s ‘Affilorama’ blog is titled “3 “Untapped” Niches You Can Steal Today”. Samuel Frost says, “Niche research is one of my favorite aspects of affiliate marketing. Ever since I made my first foray into the affiliate world (selling Xbox 360 repair guides) I have never ceased to enjoy hunting down profitable niches. However, I know that plenty of other affiliates struggle with keyword research, and find it a frustrating process that is fraught with difficulty and boredom. This is especially the case when trying to find lucrative niches that are... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “R.I.P. EdgeRank: How To Optimize For Facebook’s News Feed Algorithm”. Jordan Kasteler says, “As you may have heard, Facebook EdgeRank is no more. A Facebook insider confirmed that the term [EdgeRank] is no longer being used internally (and hasn’t been for over two years) and noted that there are currently over 100,000 factors that go into what a user sees on their News Feed when users log into Facebook. While Facebook has not explicitly told us what these factors are, they have shed some light on  the process... [...]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “12 Insightful Marketing Insiders You Should Follow on Twitter”. Matthew Bushery says, “While you can undoubtedly learn a thing or two (okay, a lot more than that) just by reading up about all-things inbound in our marketing section, there’s lots more to learn from the many, many great marketing minds that share their knowledge with everyone online — particularly on Twitter. From prolific bloggers, to social media strategists, to revered marketing publications, there are a lot of distinct voices discussing the latest... [...]