To describe Zynga as a powerful influence on the Facebook developer platform would be an understatement. The company has achieved levels never thought possible. Farmville, the company’s leading application has reached levels that no other developer has ever come close to. In other words, the company is in a league of its own. With over 126 million monthly active users, the company accounts for the sum total of the next three largest developers: Playfish, RockYou, and Causes. So how did the company get to be so large?

The Art Of Chess
If Facebook application development was a chess game, Mark…

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The 802.11n technology, as it is known, was ratified by the IEEE, a body that oversees all wi-fi standards. It was conceived seven years ago and offers speeds at least six times faster than current approved technology. Electronics firms have sold PCs and routers using the standard for many years, labelled “802.11n draft”. But without the IEEE’s approval, there were no guarantees that future networking equipment would be compatible with the devices. The IEEE’s rubber stamp has changed that. All existing draft 802.11n wi-fi products will work with the final standard, according to the Wi-Fi Alliance, a group that tests…

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As most readers know, I typically refrain from promoting conferences on this site (aside from my own Social Ad Summit confernece) but later this month I’ll be heading out to California to attend the Engage! Expo. The event has a large number of social web industry executives speaking and attending which is why I’ve decided to go to this one. September through November is a busy season for conferences, however I try to limit the number I attend as you can spend all year going to events and never get any work done!

With the sheer number of people attending…

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National Geographic has pegged September 2, 2009 as the 40th anniversary of the Internet. They do not cite their source and our source doesn’t make the same claim. But, August 30, 1969 is the date the first Interface Message Processor was delivered to the Arpanet. The IMP is what allowed different computer networks to talk to each other and so it follows that September 2 is probably an acceptable date to celebrate.
To commemorate this glorious day we’re sharing some of our favorite History of the Internet videos. Start with the National Geographic video and then take in the…

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Twitter is a simple and yet famous social networking website, recently I wrote a post about some basic habits every blogger should adopt. Reading that post, one of our readers asked us to share the secret to get hundreds of followers on Twitter. Well, Chankya told ‘ Never ever share your secrets with anybody, it will destroy you ‘. I do not care what Chankya said, I only care about my readers and I love to share my thoughts with them. So here is trick that will help you in getting hundreds of followers.Requirements : * A Twitter account…

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The Unofficial Cisco MARS Blog
Mentioned in my MIPS class this morning, this is a great resource for MARS admins.
(tags: mars networking security cisco cs-mars)

eEye REM Devices in MARS
Add eEye REM devices to MARS.
(tags: mars eeye)

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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Using this to integrate with CUCM?
(tags: ldap authentication administration)

IP blue Software Solutions
softphone products run on Windows PCs and PDAs.
(tags: Cisco voip Networking)

Session Initiation Protocol – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a signaling protocol, widely used for controlling multimedia communication sessions such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol (IP). Other feasible application examples include video conferencing, streaming multimedia distribution, instant messaging, presence information and online games. The protocol can be used for creating, modifying and terminating two-party (unicast) or…

One of the most important habits of any successful individual is the ability to network effectively. I’ve spent years perfecting the art of networking and while I still am not the best, I have come a long way. One of the most important tools to helping me network more effectively is Facebook as it has become my own personal relationship management system (PRM). While I still use a lot of other tools to maintaining my relationships, Facebook is one of the easiest to use relationship management tools. In this guide, I will walk through all the strategies necessary to turn…

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