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AAPL may increase dividends by 15% and accelerate its stock buyback program – analyst
Apple may be planning to increase its dividend by 15% and increase the funds allocated to its stock buyback program from $30B to $35B. This claim was made in an investment note by RBC analyst Amit Daryanani, seen by Business Insider …
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US Senate votes to overturn Internet privacy rules & block any future ones
The US Senate has voted to overturn Internet privacy rules introduced last year by the FCC – and to prevent the FCC from passing any further such rules in the future.
Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services” (81 Fed. Reg. 87274 (December 2, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
The issue will now face a second vote by the House of Representatives, and will become law if it is approved there …
Filed under: Apple
Dell launches ‘world’s first’ 31.5-inch 8K display, buy it now for a cool $5K
Whilst Apple is touting the LG 5K UltraFine as the best choice for pro Mac owners today, Dell is launching a ‘5K’ display of its own … $5K that is. Leapfrogging the market, the UltraSharp UP3218K is the ‘world’s first’ 8K consumer monitor with an insane 7680×4320 resolution.
With a screen size of 31.5 inches, the IPS panel touts a 279 PPI pixel density easily exceeding the Retina bar for desktop computer displays (the 5K iMac has 217 PPI). Available to order now from Dell.com, it’s an amazing monitor (if you can ignore the hefty price tag).
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How to protect your iCloud account, as some hacked credentials confirmed valid
While the available evidence suggests that hackers have not gained direct access to more than 600 million iCloud accounts, some of the sample login credentials supplied by the group have been found to be valid. ZDNet, for example, used Apple’s password reset function to test 54 logins supplied by the hackers, and found that all of them worked.
Apple has said that there have been no breaches of its own systems, and that the credentials likely came from ‘previously compromised third-party services.’ Most of the account owners contacted by ZDNet lent weight to this claim …
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The Ultimate Social Media Holiday Calendar for 2017 [Resource]
Whether it’s International Cat Day, Pizza Day, or Talk Like a Pirate Day, it seems like almost every day, the internet is celebrating a holiday.
Whenever I log onto Twitter, I quickly scan what’s trending on the left-hand side of the screen. Have you ever had this experience — when you see an obscure holiday or observance day trending, and you think to yourself “Yup, I’m celebrating that”?
Some of these holidays might be simply too silly for your brand to engage with (and we certainly don’t suggest sharing content on social media and then tacking on a completely irrelevant hashtag for the sake of traffic — that’s just plain annoying). But others might not be. You could be missing valuable opportunities to take advantage of trending topics with fun and relevant “holiday” content on social media.
From food to politics to animals and everything in between, there is a plethora of observance days worldwide during which marketers can share content relevant to their industries, get involved in a movement, or simply generate more awareness.
To help you plan for trending holidays, we created a list that you can bookmark, as well as a downloadable calendar so you can get automatic reminders. The list isn’t exhaustive (there are a lot of food-specific holidays out there) and these dates and hashtags may still be subject to change. But this is a great starting point for social media marketers who want to learn more about what’s trending and how they can plan their content in a way that will be fun and engaging on Twitter and other social platforms.
Downloadable Holiday Calendar
National & Global Holiday Calendar: 2017-2018
March 2017
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August 2017
September 2017
October 2017
November 2017
December 2017
January 2018
February 2018
1: National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day #PeanutButterLoversDay
2: National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica & #DrSeuss
3: National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging
4: National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay
6: National Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay
7: National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
8: International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange
National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
9: Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay
10: National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NWGHAAD
11: National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay
12: National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay
Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings
13: National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
14: Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
Pi Day #PiDay
15: World Consumer Rights Day #WCRD2017
16: National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
17: St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
18: Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
19: National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay
20: International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination #RacialDiscriminationDay
World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
22: World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
23: National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
24: Red Nose Day #RedNoseDay
25: Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay
26: National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
Purple Day #PurpleDay
28: American Diabetes Association Alert Day #AmericanDiabetesAssociationAlertDay
30: Doctor’s Day #NationalDoctorsDay
National Take a Walk in the Park Day #NationalWalkInTheParkDay
31: World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay
Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV
1: April Fools Day #AprilFools
2: World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
3: Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
4: Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson
5: National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
7: World Health Day #LetsTalk
10: National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
Encourage a Young Writer Day #EncourageAYoungWriterDay
11: National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
12: International Day of Human Space Flight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight
14: Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
16: National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
17: Haiku Poetry Day #HaikuPoetryDay
18: National Columnist Day #NationalColumnistDay
National Tax Day #TaxDay
20: National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
National High-Five Day #NH5D
22: Earth Day #EarthDay2017
23: National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
World Book Day #WorldBookDay
25: National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay
World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood
26: National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
27: National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #COUNTONME
Denim Day #DenimDay
28: Arbor Day #ArborDay
29: International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
30: National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay
International Jazz Day #JazzDay
1: May Day #MayDay
International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
2: Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher
World Asthma Day #WorldAsthmaDay
3: World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2017 #PressFreedom
4: World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay
International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
5: Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
Space Day #SpaceDay
6: National Nurses Day #NursesDay
7: National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
9: Europe Day #EuropeDay
10: National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay
12: National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay
14: Mother’s Day #MothersDay
15: International Day of Families #FamilyDay
16: Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
17: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT2017
19: National Bike to Work Day #BTWD
Endangered Species Day #EndangeredSpeciesDay
21: National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
24: National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
26: Heat Awareness Day #NoFryDay
27: National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
28: Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
29: Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
31: World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
1: Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay
2: Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
4: Civic Day of Hacking #HackForChange
National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2017
5: World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
6: Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
8: World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
14: World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
National Flag Day #FlagDay
18: Father’s Day #FathersDay
20: World Refugee Day #WithRefugees
21: National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
First Day of Summer
23: Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
27: National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
29: National Handshake Day #HandshakeDay
30: Social Media Day #SMDay
1: National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
2: World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
4: Independence Day
7: World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
11: Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
12: Malala Day #MalalaDay
15: Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
17: World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
18: Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
20: Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
Moon Day #MoonDay
28: Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay
30: International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
1: Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
2: National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
8: International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
9: National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
10: National Lazy Day #LazyDay
11: National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
12: International Youth Day #YouthDay
World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
13: International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
15: National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
16: National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
19: World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
20: National Radio Day #NationalRadioDay
23: National Hug Your Boss Day #HugYourBossDay
26: National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
4: Labor Day #LaborDay
National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
5: International Day of Charity #CharityDay
6: Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
8: Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye
International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
10: National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
11: National Day of Service #911Day
12: National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
19: Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
21: International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
Miniature Golf Day #MiniGolfDay
22: Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay
Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
First Day of Fall
25: Family Day #FamilyDay
26: European Day of Languages #EDL2017
27: World Tourism Day #WTD2017
National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
28: World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay
National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
30: International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
1: International Day of Older Persons #UNDOP
International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
2: International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay
3: National Techies Day #TechiesDay
4: World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
5: World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
6: World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
10: World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
11: International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
12: World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
13: National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay
14: National Dessert Day #DessertDay
15: Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
16: World Food Day #FoodDay
Bosses Day #BossesDay
Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day #CleanYourVirtualDesktopDay
17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty
19: Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
20: World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay
21: Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay
24: United Nations Day #UNDay
25: Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
29: Internet Day #InternetDay
30: National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay
Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
31: Halloween #Halloween
1: World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay
3: National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
4: Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
5: Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
8: National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
11: Veterans Day #VeteransDay
13: World Kindness Day #WKD
14: World Diabetes Day #WDD
15: Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
16: International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
17: International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
19: International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
20: Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
21: World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
23: Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
24: National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
25: Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
26: National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
27: Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
28: National Day of Giving #GivingTuesday
29: Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay
30: Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
1: World AIDS Day #WAD2017
National Pie Day #PieDay
3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
4: National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
5: World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
6: Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay
8: Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
10: Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
11: International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
21: Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
First Day of Winter
29: No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year #NoInterruptionsDay
31: New Year’s Eve #NYE
2: Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
4: National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
5: National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
8: Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
11: Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
13: National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
18: Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
20: Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
24: National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
25: Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD
Opposite Day #OppositeDay
28: Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
2: Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
4: World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
Super Bowl Sunday #SB52
5: National Weatherperson’s Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay
7: National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
8: National Boy Scouts Day #BoyScoutsDay
9: National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
11: Inventors Day #InventorsDay
13: Mardi Gras #MardiGras
World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
14: Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
16: Chinese New Year #YearOfTheDog
17: Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
18: National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay
19: Presidents Day #PresidentsDay
20: Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
21: International Mother Language Day #IMLD
Sources: National Day Calendar, Sprout Social, TrackMaven, Holiday Insights, Brownielocks, National Peace Corps Association, Sparkflow
Which national holidays does your organization acknowledge on social media? Share with us in the comments below.
January 2018
Elgato’s Stream Deck gives gamers and YouTubers a TV studio style controller for $150
If you’re a YouTube creator or a gamer who likes to livestream your play, Elgato has an interesting-looking gadget on the way. It provides a hardware keypad much like the ones used in broadcast TV studios, allowing you to instantly call up anything from starting or stopping a Twitch stream to dropping in intro and outro graphics …
Filed under: Apple
Touch ID and Siri enabled 4-year-old boy to call emergency services to save mum’s life [Audio]
A four year old boy was able to call the emergency services after his mother lost consciousness, thanks to a combination of Touch ID and Siri.
Police report that the boy from just outside London first used his mother’s thumbprint to unlock her iPhone, then asked Siri to call 999 – the British equivalent of 911. Releasing a recording of the emergency call (below), they said that the boy’s actions enabled life-saving action to be taken …
Filed under: Apple
Facebook Messenger Marketing: What Marketers Need to Know
Do you want to communicate with your customers via Facebook Messenger? Wondering how Facebook Messenger bots and Messenger ads can help? To explore this topic, I interview Molly Pittman. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an on-demand talk radio show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to help busy marketers and […]
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What Can Your Business Learn From Restaurant Marketing? [Infographic]
In February 2016, the U.S. magazine Bon Appétit released its inaugural culture-themed issue, in which it explored — among other topics — just how we became so obsessed with food.
Some believe it began with food permeating popular culture — for example, with televised cooking and restaurant exploration shows. Whatever it is, this obsession has left marketers from several other industries wondering, “Can I do that?”
Actually, you can. There’s a lot of advice out there about restaurant marketing — how chefs and owners of these establishments can not only brand themselves to reach celebrity status, but also how they can, you know, grow these businesses in the first place. The following infographic from our friends at Oddle is just one example.
But as it turns out, many principles of restaurant marketing can be applied to other industries — including those within the B2B sector. After all, we want to accomplish the same things, like establishing a strong digital presence, creating a great experience (online and off) for customers, and gaining word-of-mouth traction. So which restaurant marketing best practices can be applied to your business? Read on to find out.
Apple Store is down, (RED) iPhone and $329 iPad on sale from 8.01 PDT
The Apple Store is down today, although it’s still several hours before the new products go on sale. The teaser message from Apple has actually been tweaked with new fonts and new text.
It notes to look out for the 8.01 AM PDT time, when the PRODUCT(RED) iPhone 7 and the new cheaper iPad go on sale.
Filed under: Apple
Twitter gauging interest in potential subscription tier w/ deeper analytic information, more
Twitter is reportedly mulling the possibility of offering a premium version of Tweetdeck. According to a report from Reuters, Twitter recently started surveying users regarding the possibility of collecting subscription fees from users in exchange for additional features and analytics.
Filed under: Apple
What feature would you most like to see included in iOS 11 this year? [Poll]
As we near the release of iOS 10.3, attention is slowly turning towards iOS 11 and what features Apple has in store for the update. Apple will likely preview the next major iOS release at WWDC in June, subsequently releasing developer betas and later making it available to the public.
What feature do you most want to see come with iOS 11?
Filed under: Apple
Here are the 69 new emoji coming with Unicode 10 this summer, eventually headed to iOS
Back in November, the Unicode Consortium previewed 51 emoji that are planned for release as part of Unicode 10 later this year. Now, the organization has released the full list of 69 new emoji coming with the update, which is expected to be released this June, though likely won’t come to iOS until later…
Filed under: Apple
Instagram rolling out two-factor authentication for everyone, tools for a ‘safer & kinder community’
In a post on its official blog this afternoon, Instagram announced that two-factor authentication is now live for all users. The update was part of a wide-ranging announcement from the company, which focused on “fostering a safer, kinder community.”
Filed under: Apple
Facebook rolls out iMessage-like emoji Reactions & Mentions in Messenger
Facebook today introduced two new features for Messenger called Message Reactions and Mentions.
Filed under: Apple
Apple now selling refurbished 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
As we noted earlier this month, the first 2016 MacBook Pro to become available on Apple’s refurbished website was the 13-inch model without Touch Bar. Apple’s website now offers refurbished models of the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar with savings ranging from $360-650, depending on the configuration.
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Comment: Apple’s latest iPad’s killer new feature is its price
Apple’s latest iPad is a curious product. It’s not a flagship device and doesn’t introduce any new technologies. It has an unremarkable name: just iPad, no qualifiers like Pro or a version number.
It doesn’t do anything my year-old 9.7-inch iPad Pro can’t already do because it’s not as advanced. For that reason alone, I have no plans on buying the new iPad. There’s no successor to the 9.7-inch iPad Pro at this point.
Still, the new iPad does have one feature that intrigues me: its $329 price. Cheaper is obviously better for your bank account, but there’s more to it than that.
Filed under: Apple