Online Media Insiders

OMInsiders is a online site with intentions to create internet content for technology, social media, MMO, pop culture: all from the consumer point of view. [email protected] Subscribe to Online Media Insiders by Email

[ominsiders]

Make Money Online | Follow up Tips for Sponsoredtweets Pro account

You might have read our review for the Sponsorship platform that goes by the name Sponsoredtweets on our list of favorite earner sites. You will have to read our review to understand what this site is all about. However, consumers that use this platform have been asking for advice how to get more offers from publishers on Sponsoredtweets Pro account. We here at ominsiders want to show you how to be an effective advertiser for our best knowledge of Sponsoredtweets!

Tips & Tricks:

Clickwatch is a feature designed to provide a level of protection for advertisers who engage Tweeters in the Sponsoredtweets marketplace. When a Tweeter participating in ClickWatch makes a sponsored tweet the system checks the click performance of that tweet after 48 hours.

Sponsoredtweets ratio: a percentage of your recent tweets that have come from SponsoredTweets versus the tweets that you have sent out that are not Sponsored.

Advertisers are looking for Tweeters that tweet original content and interact with their followers in addition to sending out SponsoredTweets. A good ratio to strive for is 3 non-sponsored tweets for every Sponsored Tweet you send out – this would be a 25% ratio. This still keeps you very engaged with your followers, without overwhelming them with Sponsored content.

If you ever notice your ratio climb above the 50% mark is sure to spend more time interacting with your audience by tweeting non-sponsored content. Not only will the Advertiser enjoy this, but so will your followers!Sign up for a Klout account. Klout Score is a numerical representation of the size and strength of your sphere of influence on Twitter. The size of your sphere of influence is calculated by measuring true reach (engaged followers and friends vs. spambots, dead accounts, etc). The scores range from 1-100 with higher scores representing a wider and stronger sphere of influence.

Experience counts: you'll need to have 5,000 followers or more to have your charge-per-tweet (CPT) to be around $4.00 or $5.00 or more, switching to pro-account you can change your Charge-per-tweet (CPT) for better pay on your account settings. Not so great for those that have an engaging community of 1000 followers but still receive less offers.

Tags

Successful tags are those which match most often with new Opportunities. For example, if a toy company created an opposition, they might tag it, ‘family,’ ‘games,’ ‘children,’ ‘entertainment,’ ‘Mom’, etc. and match with Tweeters who use those tags. If a software company created an Opposition, tags might appear as, ‘technology,’ ‘male,’ ‘business,’ ‘finance,’ etc." These are my list of worst and least, most, best tags to receive new offers.

10 Worst tags that won't get you much work on Sponsoredtweets?

1. Blogging

2. Internet

3. Social media

4. Twitter

5. Blog

6. Bright girl

7. Social media marketing

8. Online

9. SEO

10. Advertising

10 Least helpful Sponsoredtweets tags?

1. Your Twitter Handle

2. Blog/Blogger/Blogging

3. Multiple Iterations of ANY Tag (see #2)

4. Twitter

5. Social Media

6. Advertising

7. Internet

8. EXTREME Long tail Tags (example: Homeschooling in Nebraska)

9. Reviews/Product Sampling/Giveaways

10. Brand Names (example: iPhone, Nintendo, Nike)

10 Most helpful Sponsoredtweet tags?

1. General

2. Family

3. Entertainment

4. Technology

5. Female (Or Male)

6. Business/Finance

7. Food

8. Fashion

9. Mom

10. Health

10 best Sponsoredtweets tags

1. General

2. Family

3. Entertainment

4. Technology

5. Food

6. Mom

7. Health

8. Marketing

9. Advertising

10. Travel

[ominsiders]

What's your expectations for make money online, social media, technology, in 2014?

[ominsiders]

Make Money Online | Beso affiliate program!

I’ve been introduced to a site that’s devoted to fashion, much more. That could pay-off on any Holiday gift budget or personal spending. It’s called Beso a lifestyle-centric, shopping ideas, style inspiration site. That is part of a portfolio of shopping sites operated by Shopzilla, Inc, and owned by Symphony Technology Group. Therefore, you can shop ten million of the products from thousands of stores and brands. Beso doesn’t sell anything, they help brands get leads. Whereas, brands share the earnings to Beso. They just organize it all in one place so that you can share, buy, compare pieces and prices. Editors do this process by selecting the very best items. Beso is an international sponsorship site based in three territories, UK, France, Germany, and has been around for a long-time generating influence from customers worldwide.

You can find great deals on the latest styles and trends from your favorite brands and stores. Therefore, we take the time here to analyze the assortments of content from this site to introduce Beso rewards, that’s  an affiliate program that influence bloggers, content creators, celebrities, and you. Beso wants you to create your own style profile to find anything you like and get financially rewarded and share the shopping ideas and inspiration to influence your friend’s purchase from your discoveries with their taste. Beso has a blog that post style content.

This site is a very unique site for the growing content creators online that like to market as well as write to make them become their own CEO. Also gives them an idea to create small businesses of their own for different markets that needs growth through social network. Lastly at the time of this post, Beso have made important changes sighted below.

“We are sad to announce that on November 1st, we are going to suspend the Beso Rewards program. To begin the transition, we are closing the program to new members as of September 9th. Existing Beso Rewards members can continue to use the program until November 1st, when we will fully sunset the program.”

“The long and the short of it is that it takes a lot of manpower to keep Beso Rewards going, and those are resources we've decided we'd rather plow into our just-launched Shopping Feed, which celebrates the best shopping on the web, all personalized to your style. We think it's pretty great, and hope you do too! Check it out on the home page of Beso.com.”

Pros

Beso is free to sign up through form or Facebook access to allow Beso’s permission to facilitate your sign up; they will not post on your wall on your behalf.

Also you get entered daily each time you log in to Beso, just like buying raffle tickets at a theme park or corner store on Beso for a chance to win $250 Cash Shopping Spree.

I personally like that you can personalize your shopping feed to enable you to create your own collection of Beso styles. And you’ll earn $1 when someone checks out your style collection.

You can find products that fit your taste. For example, you can choose tags like, grooming, athletic, street, surfer, professional, preppy, if you like, there’s a few you can pick from as well. You can edit your style profile anytime.

For what I know, they’ve done a great job organizing the products to compare the pieces, listing brands, and prices to help you select the very best items to add to your favorites, or add to your style collections.

I personally received an average amount of $10.00 from people checking out my links. Take a look at the proof of payment from this site. I haven’t been using Beso and it has much to offer you, but there’s a chance that you can make a lot of money from this site by sharing links. Only if you're an influencer on social media sites such as, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, when friends check out your links you’ll earn cash.

Beso rewards you when you share your discoveries with your friends through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, Email.

The style profile consist of selecting the very best products you like, which can be on your shopping feed as well as you as can favor them.

You can explore beso’s own blog offering style content - http://affiliates.beso.com/

Cons

Beso process payments, approximately every 2 weeks or less, pays you via PayPal sighted on their site. But takes more than 2 weeks to get on your account.

OMI Ratings: 9.5/10

[ominsiders]

Technology | Watch Gorgeous iOS 7 concept video shows what’s possible in Apple’s next iPhone software

iOS 7 that includes everything you wanted on the IPhone from Quick settings from the lock screen, widgets that let you make changes in running apps without opening them, multitasking in which you can see and flip through all open apps, multiple desktops, the ability to download files and store them locally in a user-accessible location, and much more.

[ominsiders]

Make Money Online | Fiverr: For the Virtual Seller (Older Version)

If you want a personalized way to make money online, Fiverr®  is just the right destination for all that and more. With their new V2 update, you will be able make $5 and/or more for whatever gig you can offer. This article will focus on the older version of Fiverr, since the newer one is currently just a beta test for current users. I will cover the V2 update in a separate post.

Fiverr is an online services marketplace that offers its community of skilled sellers (of any kind) a platform to market and sell whatever it is they do for as little as $5. It allows you to get as creative as you want and on top of that brings a personalized touch to each creation. The Fiverr network caters to buyers and sellers alike in order to promote both parties ventures and receive a successful result. Sellers are ranked in levels, receive ratings from a rounded previous gigs, and communicate with potential buyers easily. For sellers: post a gig (text or video), a buyer will buy your gig, you deliver (on or offline), and you get paid. It is super easy and safe for both buyer and seller - win, win.

Pros:

Post any type of gig: write an article, review your resume, do your homework, design logo, and so much more.

Depending on your level, you can add “Gig Extras” - multiple gigs and services for the individual gigs. For example: if you can deliver the gig in 1 day, double the gig, or maybe even increase visibility - you can customize it to your liking.

They offer 50 free Fiverr business cards (excl. shipping).

You can view “buyer requests” - a section where buyers can post what exactly they are looking for and you can message them (submit offers, V2).

Connects to Paypal.

Cons:

The buyers pays $5, Fiverr takes $1, and in the end (after Paypal insertion fee) you are paid $3.92. A hefty decrease.

Ghost buyers (as I like to call them) - buy your gig but never submit information, so that you can complete it and get paid. It’s so unnecessary and annoying to see in the “my gigs” tab. Fiverr should allow a one or two week expiration date for the buyer to submit information. If we receive one, why can’t they - right?

Fiverr does not allow the sellers to post links and emails. This can be a good and bad thing, mostly good. But the buyer can post their own links and emails - so this is much of a con.

  OMI ratings: 8.5 out of 10

[ominsiders]

Make Money Online: Instantbucks

For those that enjoy earning free rewards towards virtual bucks from clipping coupons, doing research surveys, shopping online, watching videos, and much more. Or maybe just those that are self-employed, work at home or individuals in a situation to make a little pocket change. Instantbucks is a consumer loyalty site that rewards customers with free rewards, scam-free. According to their site, you can redeem for tons of prizes such as gift cards from major retailers and restaurants, cash, air-miles, and more. Here a walk-through of the pros and cons of this site.

Pros

You can signup with your Facebook (and they will not post on your wall without your request); it only needs the basic information stored on Facebook to facilitate your signup process. If required, you can upload photo on your Instantbucks account.

I’ve took home an average amount of 30 bucks by taking surveys, shopping online, and watching videos in approximately 2-3 months - I don’t visit to often.

You earn 50, 30, 60, 75, 80, 90, 125, or more reward points per task. You’ll need 500-1000 points to redeem anything Instantbucks.

The site offers Instantbucks codes throughout the week for points (go to the redemption box and add codes - free points!).

Earn cash and rewards that can be redeem when you reach 500 or 1000 points through PayPal (2-3 business days to be sent to your account)

Earn Instantbucks by clipping coupons.

I enjoy survey taking over the extra offers they provide (see next bullet note).

You can use your Instantbucks points to enter on their program  (Featured Raffle) for a chance to win prizes like, $10 PayPal, $5 Amazon gift card; I honestly haven't enter for prizes.

Instantbucks offers various programs (extra offers): Super rewards, Peanut Lab, Supersonic, Payment wall, and Trial pay. These programs allow you to make more points through subscriptions via other companies or brands. For example: Download a software and receive points for that download.

Instantbucks referral program is great, that you can earn “25 bucks after referral’s 1st credited offer from offer.php. 10% of all earnings from your referal. 25 bucks when your referral’s first prize is approved.”

Cons

Pre-screening questionnaire for every survey. The surveys aren’t interesting or entertaining and you will experience usual disqualifications. Very time consuming!

Surveys take around 15-20 minutes; you might get timed-out but that doesn’t happen too frequently.

You can only take surveys once a day.

I would have liked that customers can receive points each time your referral receives customers on Instantbucks.

OMI Ratings 9/10

Do you want to sign up and be a member? Use this special link: http://www.instantbucks.com/index.php?r=mrkeynesofume

[ominsiders]

Technology | Apple reveal iOS 7 for iPhone and iPad

Apple has made the biggest change for Apple lovers with its user interface on its Apple products with their reveal of its mobile software iOS 7 that will be released to developers and later this fall for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5. This will be the biggest competition over whose operating system is better against Android's operating system, which was adopted by HTC, Samsung.  Apple is on their own of its products. And there’s no comparisons of that Android operating system because companies sometimes layer their own operating system, features on top. This comes down to the consumer’s choice. What’s new with the redesign of the mobile software iOS 7 is sleek, elegant, beautiful, and Apple has top that with new updates and innovative features.

The key features are sharing Apple air drop, a Mac feature to iPhone where you can peer to peer network features that lets iPhone users share pictures, web sites, files, with other iPhone contacts close by. You can get this feature by bumping other friends iPhones who as them. ITunes or we say ITunes radio is a new feature with 200 plus radio stations in multiple music genres. Multitasking has been personally on the Android for the ability to keep apps running, customize the phone the way you want. Apple iOS 7 have some improved multitasking ability.

Apple iOS 7 gets to know you and refreshes an app at times, social apps that you check daily. Apple also integrates filters, camera features that let you choose modes for taking pictures such as, still, panorama, instant organizational tools. This is no difference while there are apps to improve your existing camera features. However, iPhone takes the better pictures and easy to use, but every Smartphone as more features to offer. Lastly, this upcoming release of iOS 7 will make Apple lovers find something they like between now, fall or you can try one of the newest android phones.

[ominsiders]

Technology | Xbox one is not always online but restricts selling used games for resale

Several media sites and consumers had their share of comments and negative press and results for the Xbox one debut . And Microsoft was highly offended and “blames gaming media sites for Xbox one consumer respons". Microsoft Xbox one always online have brought concern for gamers to concede for other options in the market. And more restrictive rules on selling used. The company hasn't said, if those publishers will be able to get something from consumers that resell their games. The company is also including features on Xbox one for friends to share their titles with friends.

Microsoft said no fees will be charged when games are transferred to friends. But gamers can only share games to their friend list whom they've been friends with for 30 days. While Microsoft doesn’t require Xbox one to be always online. But gamers can only be able to play offline for 24 hours on their console. And one hour for gamers accessing their library of titles. offline gaming will be disabled until players can reconnect their web connection.

However, Xbox one owners will still be able to watch live TV and play Blu-ray disk and standard DVDs with the device. These two questions were the one that were left unanswered for media sites and gamers about Xbox one on connectivity and game resales. Gamers thought Microsoft would use web connectivity on the console to check if gamers have acquired their disk legitimate. We will have to wait until E3 when these information are clarified. While the restriction on game sales may benefit publishers who don’t want their games to be resold while they get nothing in return for what they have spent millions to produced.

[ominsiders]

Social Media | Yahoo buys Tumblr micro blogging network for 1.1 billion

This was shocking and somewhat a disappointment to Tumblr bloggers out there because Tumblr as agreed to Yahoo’s offer to buy the micro blogging service for 1.1 billion in a move to help the company gain visibility in a environment now dominated by Google, twitter, Facebook, Yahoo’s is investing heavily in social media. The acquisition was announced on Monday at a news conference yahoo presented in New York City where Tumblr is based.

Yahoo promises not to change tumblr’s product despite CEO Marissa Mayer’s remarks “"We promise not to screw it up” that it plans to keep Tumblr independently operated business owned by David karp, Tumblr's 26-year-old founder and CEO. Also the companies will now work together to create advertising opportunities and create large media network. Tumblr has been favored network for artist, celebrities, musicians, has their primary blog/website.

"We're not turning purple," Karp announced on Tumblr's official Tumblr News page. "Our headquarters isn't moving. Our team isn't changing. Our roadmap isn't changing. And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn't changing."

  Will this acquisition change Tumblr as a social network? Was this the right move for Tumblr.

[ominsiders]

Make Money Online | e-Rewards Its been all about making cheap money - or like some people like to say, chicken change - online. Sometimes you just want a site that will offer actual free stuff from Sponsors for doing surveys. Who doesn't love free stuff? Serious question. The other week, I received an email from a major clothing brand, with news that I've been chosen to join a fairly new survey site that offers reward money for completing consumer questionnaires. Simple as 1-2-3 and maybe 4. Every survey, regardless of if you are qualified or not, will gain you some reward money. I say reward money because it is actually money transferred for redemption on the sites towards Sponsored goods: magazine subscriptions, air miles, $25 gift certificates at Restaurant.com and Express, and more. Its so good, I didn't believe it was legitimately surreal. No more wasting of our valuable time on survey sites that just don't work. But I obviously tried it and now I am here to offer you some pros and cons. Here at OMI, we don't play! Pros

Some surveys are under 2 minutes.

If you do not qualify for a survey, the users will be credited for their time; usually under $1 (0.25, 0.75, etc): “Partial credit amount* - receive $0.25 in e-Rewards Currency as a token of our appreciation if your survey answers do not meet the criteria to fully qualify for the study OR if the predetermined number of participants has been reached.”

A drop-down menu in the redemption area of the site. Makes it a lot easier to know what exactly you can get your moneys worth.

Opt-in, I repeat, for the daily emails. If you aren't the one to check on every single site you've bookmarked on wimp, then its best you receive emails every time a survey is made available for your filling pleasures. It makes it a lot easier for days when there'll be a swamp (Hello Grav3yardgirl!) load of surveys.

They're linked to a cool amount of Sponsors that offer some awesome prizes.

A FAQ section that answers most of the questions that you may have.

There’s no cost for participation and nothing to purchase.

Take as few or as many surveys as you like.

I received my Vogue (12 issues) via Vogue and not e-Rewards; nothing was made less with the fact that it was free - great since some companies usually jack things up when their free.

Cons

The sites can be a bit complex at first look. Especially, when you need to figure out how to redeem your e-Rewards.

Hello e-Rewards! Please offer better prizes on levels $20-50 (a $5 Express Gift cards, sounds like a good idea?)

Cool prize levels usually start from $10 level and up. The e-Rewards prizes are set at levels and the gift cards come in later on - especially the Express gift cards are in the $75 & $145 level.

Every couple of visit, you'll have fill out the some old questionnaire. Irrespective of the fact the you get credited for it, it gets a bit tedious. I am 19 for the gazillionth time, thank you!

Membership is by invitation only. Pay attention to newsletters from Express, American Airlines, Hertz, and so on - that's how I received my invitation (as seen above).

I ordered my Vogue (12 issues) on March 18, 2013 and received them on May 10, 2013. It takes quite a while (so annoying) but it is well worth it.

Ominsiders Rating: 8/10

Signup Link: none, invitation only.

[ominsiders]

Technology | E3 Press Conference schedule

Sony and Microsoft have just announced their E3 2013 press conference schedule. Below contains those conferences and any other conferences happening around E3. If you're a blogger in areas of gaming, technology, that visits E3 and knows the industry. You maybe excited because Sony and Microsoft will reveal their newest system, games. Sony has taking a head start over Microsoft on March 21 PS4 announcement in NY with their mini unveil on PS4 specs, Dualshock 4 controller, games. Therefore, Microsoft will reveal their rumored Xbox 720 and illumiroom a device that’s touted to change gaming in your living room. While these companies have different things to show to hardcore gamers, casual gamers, woman at E3, much more. We will have to watch Microsoft and Sony conferences for information, can't wait.

For those who don't know what E3 is about its the electronic entertainment expo that happens every June 10. Gamers get their hands on the newest video games and consoles from manufacturers and publishers and developers that showcase them. While Nintendo another video game manufacturer will cancel their E3 press conference to do there own announcement elsewhere specifically for the North American consumer; This is the first time Nintendo has forgone E3.

In comments made on a financial results briefing, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said

"We decided not to host a large-scale presentation targeted at everyone in the international audience where we announce new information as we did in the past. Instead, at the E3 show this year, we are planning to host a few smaller events that are specifically focused on our software lineup for the U.S. market. There will be one closed event for American distributors, and we will hold another closed hands-on experience event, for mainly the Western gaming media."

  Company Time

Microsoft Monday, June 10th @ 9:30AM PT

EA Monday, June 10th @ 1PM PT

Ubisoft Monday, June 10th @ 3PM PT

Sony Monday, June 10th @ 6PM PT

Nintendo Canceled

[ominsiders]

Technology | Google adds chat, collaboration features on Google Drive

Google adds features to it's cloud storage Google drive targeted to consumers and business users, students. The latest update is to push the communication and collaboration on Google plus, such as to be able to add profile pictures and contacts to the circles on Google drive and to scan who else is in the file. Therefore, you can start a new group chat with one click without leaving Google plus. Simply select the new chat button at the top right and a chat box will appear, making it easy for you to quickly message everyone in the file. This will help boost Google drive other than cloud storage to a file-sharing and collaboration platform for work, school. And it has worked well for me to store files without ever having to save every moment I write on word document and to offer somewhere else to store files for free. While other platforms continue to compete with each other to add collaborative features to it's service. Example, Dropbox recently purchased Mailbox a well known IOS client have added a new service to that platform. Evernote is continuing to build different file clipping and memory saving apps.

Screenshot via The Google Drive Blog

[ominsiders]

#WWW - Is It Iced Coffee Weather?

According to "Is It Iced Coffee Weather?", it wasn't the perfect temperature to go grab a iced coffee two days ago but things would be looking better in a couple of hours. Totally fine! Note: I don't even drink coffee or like the concept of ice mixed in with hot drinks. Refer back to a most recent event: Me and my sister had a long conversation on the subways about iced coffee after laying eyes on a Dunkin Donuts advertisement; I won and she lost. So I guess it was another ironic situation for my books.

With "Is It Iced Coffee Weather?", you just enter the web address and immediately when you enter the site you will be required to share your location. I was a little iffy about that but its all for the fun and laugh; no biggy. And then it'll tell you whether it's nice enough to grab an ice coffee. Thanks for sharing Stop It Right Now!

[ominsiders]

Technology | Amazon developing TV set-top box for streaming content

Amazon has introduced the kindle line and they’re now planning to join the hardware business according to sources at Bloomberg business week. The Seattle-based company is developing a TV set-top box which is planned to be introduced in the fall, but we are unclear has of this report. Which will be connected to TV, stream content from Amazon's growing library of movies and TV shows: Amazon streaming app is available on Tablet, Smartphone’s. The device will take control of how content is delivered through Amazon and give control to its products over others and stamp Amazon in the growing streaming market that is also controlled by Apple, and Roku, Google, Netflix, Microsoft Xbox, and Sony Playstation 3. Lab126 an Amazon division that has developed Kindle tablets is reportedly working on the set-top box. Note: Amazon is trailing Netflix in the number of titles and E-books. But Netflix has brought more users to its on-demand library of recently released movies and free titles that can be purchased through Amazon prime shipping service members.

[ominsiders]

Social media | Tumblr Introduce first-ever mobile ads

Tumblr launches its mobile ads in bid to gain profitability. Today is the first time for the startup has placed ads that look like regular post on the microblog. The mobile ads is launching with advertisers like GE, Warner Bros, which will debut teasers for the summer movies "The Great Gatsby" and "The Hangover Part III" this week. Pepsi, and ABC Entertainment, ABC Family, are the first to appear in users streams where content use to be posted by people they follow. Just like Facebook sponsored ads that shows on people’s news feed which was the first mobile ads placement to be announced on February 2012. Tumblr’s other ads use to appear on users dashboard as paid promotions and images curated by companies, tumblr staff, spotlight placements of pages. Tumblr’s iOS and Android apps will see up to four ads per day with a dollar-sign icon, just as the existing ad placements.

A Tumblr spokesperson said these ads will ultimately migrate to desktop computers but offered no timetable.

"This mobile advertising opportunity is native to how our consumers experience content on our apps; as a continuous stream," said Tumblr head of sales Lee Brown, in a statement.

It's part of an ongoing about-face for a company that once publicly eschewed advertising, when its founder David Karp told the Los Angeles Times in 2010 that "it really turns our stomachs." He had softened a year ago when he announced Tumblr's first ad -- the "Radar" unit -- at Ad Age's Digital Conference in 2012, but stated that the company was seeking to work with creative brands.

Aside from advertising, the company has experimented with allowing users to pay to expose their posts to a wider audience on Tumblr. Its first major brand advertising campaign was for the 2012 UEFA European Championship with Adidas, which already had a Tumblr page populated with the animated GIFs that the platform is famous for.

Last month, Mr. Brown, said that he expected the company to reach profitability this year and that the average advertising purchase on the platform was "just under six figures."

The decision to roll out ads in mobile stream first also underscores just how quickly the mobile ad market is growing. U.S. mobile advertising will be a $7.29 billion industry in 2013, according to reported issued by eMarketer this month, an upward revision of $100 million from December.

For the sake of comparison, Twitter didn't roll out mobile ads for its native apps until 2012, two years after it introduced advertising. Facebook likewise announced its first mobile ads only in February 2012.

Via Adage

[ominsiders]

Boston Edition: Track the T

I’m not sure what exactly I did before the discovery of this mobile and desktop site: use the generic paper brochure of the bus schedule or just stand around and hope that the bus comes around? Life prior to this, needless to say, was quite unexpected. Track the T, by David Newton, is a MBTA bus/train tracker; providing accurate timing for when and/or where the bus will arrive at your location.

Simple and easy, all you really have to do is provide the bus or train line, where you are going, and position (bus or train stop) and you will know exactly how long you have to wait. Or if you’re in a hurry, alternatives to make you trip a lot more smoother. As all things can’t be perfect in all eyes, the desktop version isn’t all that pleasing to the eyes: stuck on the mobile version. But as one that does enjoy the sleek design (even if they are superficial), I can disregard all the technical stuff and enjoy the fact that commuting has become one of my BFFs. Sorry Sarah!

[ominsiders]

Will online money-making decrease poverty?