Last year at CES, IK Multimedia unveiled its iRig Stomp as a foot switch controller for wrangling the outfit’s Amplitube software for iOS. Here at NAMM though, the company has cast off the wired connection for the Bluetooth-sporting iRig BlueBoard MIDI foot pedal. In addition to managing presets sans cables, the device can access four … Continued
Numark NS7 II Serato DJ controller hands-on (video)
Like buttons? Numark at NAMM evidently thinks they are this season’s DJ must have. The latest bit of kit to get the manual-input makeover? Its NS7 II Serato DJ controller. The second iteration of its motorized-platter DJ tool lands augmented with 16 “MPC-style” pads. Of course, when you are part of the same corporation that … Continued
Apogee One for iOS and Mac (hands-on)
Apogee strolled into NAMM with a trio of wares newly outfitted for both iOS and Mac. While the Duet and Quartet are certainly formidable pieces of kit, the more compact Apogee One caught our eye for its dual capture ability without adding too much heft to the ol’ backpack. The unit accepts input from a … Continued
3 Analytic Tools to Improve Your Social Media Performance
By Ian ClearyPublished January 9, 2013 Do you want to improve the results of your social media marketing? Measuring your social media performance is key to getting great results. You need the right tools to measure those results. In this article, we’ll go through 3 analytic tools to help improve your results on social media. … Continued
How Schools Communicate With Parents During a Crisis
What’s This? Kate Freeman 2012-12-14 17:34:55 -0600 In the nightmare situation of Friday’s shooting in Newtown, Conn., how did parents communicate? How did the school inform parents about what was happening, if their children were safe and what they can do? Local police received a call from the school in Newtown around 9:30 a.m. ET … Continued
A Third of Young Adults Use Social Media in the Bathroom
What’s This? Zoe Fox 2012-12-04 01:44:40 UTC The Nielsen company’s latest report shows that social networking has become ubiquitous while watching TV and while using the bathroom. The report says that one-third of Twitter users in June tweeted about TV shows — a 27% increase from five months earlier. “Twitter has become the second screen … Continued
Phishing Scams and Spam Reportedly Down in October
Phishing scams on social networks have shrunk considerably in October, and spam in general has decreased too, according to a report by Internet security giant Kaspersky Lab released last Friday. Compared to September, phishing attacks — emails that trick users into sharing private or financial information with hackers that can then steal their money — … Continued
ZTE to report net loss due to third-quarter slump, share price drops
A week after the U.S. Congress slapped ZTE with a ‘do not trust’ allegation, the Chinese company gets another bitter dose of bad news. It’s about to report a net loss of between 1.65 billion and 1.75 billion yuan (US $263 million to $279 million) for the first nine months of 2012, which pales in … Continued









