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Fri, 18 May 2012 19:06:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.communispace.com/align/online-retail-growing-in-australia/ http://blog.communispace.com/align/online-retail-growing-in-australia/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:20:32 +0000 Raela R. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=6307 recent news that Australia Post is planning major changes to its service to support this growing demand including 24 hour pick-up lockers, international product tracking and an increased focus on small to medium businesses.MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/align/online-retail-growing-in-australia/feed/ 0 http://blog.communispace.com/align/netflix-price-increases-social-media-firestorm-customer-listening/ http://blog.communispace.com/align/netflix-price-increases-social-media-firestorm-customer-listening/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:09:18 +0000 Chris O. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=5835 Netflix announced price changes and a change in the structure of their DVD-by-mail and movie streaming plans. For all intents and purposes, the “changes” were increases – separating the delivery methods and making customers pay almost as much for each as they were previously paying to get both. Right afterwards, the universe exploded.MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/align/netflix-price-increases-social-media-firestorm-customer-listening/feed/ 7 http://blog.communispace.com/connect/can-better-privacy-help-google-take-down-facebook/ http://blog.communispace.com/connect/can-better-privacy-help-google-take-down-facebook/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:54:14 +0000 Lou T. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=5772 what I’ve read about it, it’s everything you love about Facebook, minus everything you hate.MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/connect/can-better-privacy-help-google-take-down-facebook/feed/ 0 http://blog.communispace.com/connect/what-does-facebooks-new-photo-sharing-app-mean-for-the-facebook-community/ http://blog.communispace.com/connect/what-does-facebooks-new-photo-sharing-app-mean-for-the-facebook-community/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:28:37 +0000 Lou T. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=5683 release a photo sharing app for iOS. The app is being described as a mix of just about every photo sharing app out there. But why will the app be successful? Not because it will be better than any of the apps currently available (Instagram, Hipstamatic, etc.), but simply because it’s a Facebook creation … a Facebook photo creation.MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/connect/what-does-facebooks-new-photo-sharing-app-mean-for-the-facebook-community/feed/ 0 http://blog.communispace.com/align/worlds-most-innovative-companies-2011/ http://blog.communispace.com/align/worlds-most-innovative-companies-2011/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:26:46 +0000 Chris O. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=4998 This month, Fast Company published their list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, as well as their top ten most innovative companies by industry. If you work at one of the awesome organizations on the list, congratulations. We were thrilled and excited to see a number of Communispace clients recognized as innovation leaders. Here’s a small selection from our customers that made the list:MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/align/worlds-most-innovative-companies-2011/feed/ 0 http://blog.communispace.com/connect/shed-a-little-light-remembering-martin-luther-king-jr/ http://blog.communispace.com/connect/shed-a-little-light-remembering-martin-luther-king-jr/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:35:31 +0000 Nora T. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=4136 Shed a Little Light” on this day every year. (I even brought in my dad’s cassette tape to play the song for show-and-tell in my Kindergarten class. Yup, I was that cool.) As a child I was struck by the lyrics, even if I didn’t grasp the full meaning at the time. To me, Martin Luther King Day represented a time for coming together to recognize and embrace the differences between us.MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/connect/shed-a-little-light-remembering-martin-luther-king-jr/feed/ 0 http://blog.communispace.com/enjoy/the-end-of-a-decade/ http://blog.communispace.com/enjoy/the-end-of-a-decade/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:20:45 +0000 Elisa C. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=4008 Coco and Betty White stealing everyone’s hearts to the BP oil spill and a more recent leak that set the world abuzz. But what about all that’s happened in the last decade? Some say the decade ended last year (2000-2009 being ten years) but my kindergarten teacher didn’t teach me to count starting with zero, so in my mind the decade ends this year.MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/enjoy/the-end-of-a-decade/feed/ 0 http://blog.communispace.com/connect/home-for-the-holidays/ http://blog.communispace.com/connect/home-for-the-holidays/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:31:07 +0000 Nora T. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=3839 Travel + Leisure magazine’s recent ranking of 35 of America’s favorite cities, my old hometown isn’t doing so hot. According to a survey conducted by the magazine over the past year, we rank 33rd in friendliness, 30th in intelligence and 33rd in attractiveness (ouch!)MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/connect/home-for-the-holidays/feed/ 2 http://blog.communispace.com/connect/smart-shoppers-use-smartphones/ http://blog.communispace.com/connect/smart-shoppers-use-smartphones/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:15:02 +0000 Amanda F. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=3758 Bloomberg predicts that by the year 2015, mobile commerce will grow into a $119 billion global industry, so why not get ahead of the curve and see what’s available to us now …MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/connect/smart-shoppers-use-smartphones/feed/ 3 http://blog.communispace.com/align/money-vs-effort/ http://blog.communispace.com/align/money-vs-effort/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:41:31 +0000 Bill A. http://blog.communispace.com/?p=3695 Abraham Lincoln said, “Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government ...”
And herein lies the power of interest groups … to influence public opinion and thereby the government. On a whole, interest groups get a bad rap, but on some level they can be valuable contributors to the voice of the people and issues that otherwise wouldn’t get the attention and protection from our government they deserve ...MORE…]]> http://blog.communispace.com/align/money-vs-effort/feed/ 1