The roll out of Facebook Places has yet to come to Philly.  To see FB Places you must have an iPhone or mobile connection via laptop (time for an App Store Update).

Reported features of Facebook Places are limited but expect changes on a regular basis – not surprising for any Facebook user.

Will this be the death of foursquare and Gowalla?  Too soon to tell, but I’d expect a sale of each property to the likes of Yahoo! and Bing.

Do you want to learn more about convergence of geo-location and … Continue Reading

Any site that successfully attracts repeat visitors has to have fresh and constantly updated content. In the world of traditional site building, that means HTML files–and lots of ‘em.

The problem is that, more often than not, the people providing the content for a site are not the same people handling its design; content generation and site design are mutually exclusive.  That plus maintenance of a content-driven site can be a real challenge, resulting in hundreds of files that need to be maintained should you wish to make a fundamental … Continue Reading

Smartphones are starting to change the face of advertising. The next big step to this process is the iAd. This mobile advertising platform gives third party developers the freedom to directly embed advertisements into their own iPhone applications and it’s being launched today , July 1st.

Steve Jobs has put $60 million in for second half of 2010 from the likes of select brand names like Nissan, Sears, JCPenny, GEICO, Target, Best Buy, GE and Unilever, as well as longtime partners Disney and AT&T. Those brands represent 48% of mobile display ad spending the second half of the year.

When a new, … Continue Reading

Automotive dealers! You now have the opportunity to influence consumers at the top of the purchase funnel when using advertising via the mobile web.

As the mobile Web becomes more important to consumers, automotive marketers need to make their advertisements mobile-friendly. The only difference is that the information is on smaller screens and literally in the hands of prospects.

Consumer engagement on automotive mobile advertising has been steadily increasing, so catch the mobile advertising wave while by contacting us today.

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Stream Companies is an award-winning advertising agency located right outside Philadelphia, … Continue Reading

Barnes & Noble and Amazon are in a disagreement due to lowered prices on e-reader devices. Barnes & Noble was the first to drop the Nook 3G price from $259 to $199 as well as add a WiFi-only device for sale at just $149. This led Amazon to drop is price from $259 to $189; that’s $10 less than what Barnes & Noble offers.

Store feud aside, the underlying reason for this price controversy is the iPad, which starts at $499. E-readers such as the Kindle are significantly less expensive than … Continue Reading

A recent study by comScore MobiLens™ shows some rather startling numbers when it comes to the number of folks using Smartphone Apps. According to the study, from April ‘09 to April ‘10, the total number of mobile application users in the United States increased by 28%.

The fastest growing mobile app was for Social Networking/Social Media, which saw an increase of 240% during this time frame.

Among other apps increasing in popularity are weather apps, news apps and online retail, the latter … Continue Reading

I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid and I ripped a hole in my blue jeans or dungarees, (those over 35 will get that reference) my mom would simply sew on or iron on a patch to cover the hole. And before you knew it, I was back playing with my friends…

Nowadays of course, in the computer-driven world in which we live in, the word “patch” takes on a whole new meaning. A patch is a piece of software designed to fix … Continue Reading

On Monday of this week, the Wall Street Journal reported a corporate shake up was about to occur at Microsoft with the changes affecting divisions that focus on video games,  mobile phones and other consumer devices.

Today came word that the shake up had already begun as Microsoft replaced the chief of its division focused on mobile phones, video games and other consumer devices Robbie Bach, who will retire this fall.

The announcement  comes as the Microsoft Windows Phone is being passed by the … Continue Reading

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The White House that is!

Each year a group of Cabrini College seniors are charged with bringing attention to a social justice topic via a multimedia website. This year’s topic was Domestic Violence, specifically the effects it has on children. So the group of seniors aptly named their campaign “The Children as Witness Project.”

In February, 2010, Cabrini came to Stream Companies to help create a website that would both educate elementary school teachers about Domestic Violence, and to give teachers ways … Continue Reading