2. Technology
Mashable
. Mashable is a leading global media company that informs, inspires and entertains the
digital generation. Mashable is redefining storytelling by documenting and shaping the digital
revolution in a new voice, new formats and cutting-edge technologies to a uniquely
dedicated audience of 45 million monthly unique visitors and 25 million social followers.
Gizmodo
. Gizmodo is a blog that started since 2002 and the purpose of it was to create different types
of blogs based of technology and science, also posting all types of news and help forums on
many different types of devices and support from different phones.
Gigaom
. Founded in 2006, Gigaom is the leading global voice on emerging technologies. Our news,
research and events humanize technology and provide deep insight on disruptive
companies, people and trends
3.
4. Business/Financial
Ritholtz
. Barry Ritholtz is a Bloomberg View columnist writing about finance, the economy and the
business world. He started the Big Picture blog in 2003 and is the founder of Ritholtz Wealth
Management, an asset management and financial planning firm.
Maxkeiser
. Max Keiser is the CEO, co-founder StartJOIN.com. He is the producer/presenter of Keiser
Report on RT. He is a virtual currency and crowd funding inventor. He is the creator of
HSX.com. He started his career on Wall Street after graduating from NYU.
Angrybearblog
. The Angry Bear angrybearblog is useful for half a dozen professionals, including a tax law
expert, a historian, PhDs in economics, business consultants and financial professionals
provide perspectives on the financial world. Despite their expansive coverage of economic
issues, their articles are as deep as their coverage is extensive. Topics include world trade,
industrial production, U.S. Government programs, and major regulatory issues.
5.
6. Entertainment
Gothamist
. There are incisive reviews and alerts and interviews about all manner of cultural events:
theater, music of all kinds, movies, readings, art shows, and unusual performances.
Brooklynvegan
. Founded in 2004, BrooklynVegan is an independent, NYC-centric, mostly music blog that
focuses on international music news, live show reviews, pictures, tour dates, gossip, tips,
MP3's, streams, videos, and much more. Non-music news finds it's way on to our pages as
well, and every post comes with an open exchange of ideas via the public commenting
system.
Gawker
. The main goal for Gawker 2015 should be to maintain the momentum we've built in the last
two months: high traffic, fast metabolism, good story sense, collective responsibility for the
site, and most importantly (and giving rise to the rest of it) growing confidence in our voices
and abilities.
9. Gmail Key Features
Authentication icon for verified senders
This is a smart way to defend yourself against phishing
attacks. When enabled, this feature will display a special Key
icon next to emails from websites such as eBay, Amazon
and PayPal that phishers often try to use to obtain users’
passwords and credit card information. If you don’t see the
Key icon from an email purportedly from eBay, then it’s not
actually from eBay and is likely a scam.
10. Google Calendar gadget
As you might expect, enabling this option creates a box on
the left-hand column of Gmail that displays your Google
Calendar information. This is an essential feature for people
who use Gmail professionally.
Mark as Read Button
For people who want to have messages un-highlighted in
their inboxes without either reading them or deleting them,
the Mark as Read Button is there to make your wish come
true.
11. Preview Pane
This is a clever feature that’s ripped right from Microsoft’s
classic Outlook format that lets you read previews of emails
while at the same time keeping all your email
conversations in view. This means you can get the gist of an
email without having to fully open it and without having to
block out all your other messages from view.
13. Linkedin features
. Let others recommend and endorse you for your skills and past work.
Get some social proof for your skills and talents. When others
recommend or endorse you, anyone who sees your profile can see
these and it shows you have other experts backing up your claims to
have certain skills. This is very powerful in making connections.
. Access to experts in other areas, when you have a question, it’s best to
find experts in that industry and ask. They helps with consultations and
second opinions as well. In groups you can easily find the best experts
to consult with.
14. . Extensive network to connect with. Being part of a group gives you
access to 3rd party connections who you wouldn’t otherwise have the
option to connect with. Under the members section of each group you
can look at the member list to see who else is there, what they do, and
how to connect it them. This is much like a backdoor access.
. Groups: LinkedIn features hundreds of groups with members joining up
to 50 groups related to industry, location, keywords, and content. Join
a few key groups, to allow development of content and connections
with regular monitoring.
