By Anna Steely, Carousel 30
Could this be the end of the keyboard and mouse? The unveiling of The Leap earlier this week by Leap Motion could signal the beginning of a new and more hands-on approach to computing. The technology synthesizes the movement of the human hand onto a computer and is especially useful for creating 3D projects. Mashable has the full story on this gadget – plus a video to check out.
Employee and company tweets are part of any social media plan, but getting your CEO involved could be more valuable than you think. According to Social Media Today, one tweet from a CEO is worth more than 100 tweets from other staff members. They may be dragging their feet, but learn how to convince your CEO that the impact is worth their while.
On Tuesday, Topsy unveiled the future of analytics with Topsy Pro Analytics, a powerful measurement tool that can pull from two years’ worth of Twitter data. The system features sentiment analysis, the ability to overlay topics to compare trends, and will identify the most influential tweets about a topic. Dive deeper into Topsy Pro Analytics on Wired.
This hilarious iPhone 5 commercial parody is inspired by something we’re all guilty of. Check out Gizmodo for the video that has us laughing (and scrolling through our recent Instagram photos.)