Introducing Làttia! #SignMeOff Single Release @ Zvino’s Bahamas

Introducing Làttia! A Caribbean recording artist, songwriter, model and choreographer, Làttia is taking her talents to the world. A native of the Bahamas, her sultry sophistication brings passion to her music.

Join Làttia as she launches her first Dance single #SignMeOff on Friday, February 28, 2014 at Zvino’s Mic|Mix Fridays.

Doors open at 7pm and showtime begins att 8pm. First 25 online sales & 10 at the door get a Free Shot & Free ringtone of #SignMeOff. Tickets are $10 and available online. Space is limited.

Performances and interviews will also stream live beginning at 9pm here.

Part proceeds will benefit Seahorse Institute which houses programs for children, adolescents and adults with Autism, Down Syndrome and other developmental delays. Find out more about Seahorse Institute on their website seahorseinstitute.org.

Purchase the single on iTunes, Amazon and wherever good music is sold beginning Friday 3/28/14 on her website at lattiamusic.com. Follow her on social media @lattiamusic on Instagram, Google+, Facebook and Twitter.

@PJSandsDS3 & @diradiocast cover #2013CES using 100% mobile devices

At The DS3 Group and DiRadioCast.com we are always pushing the boundaries and testing the limits of technology.

As Brand Specialists who travel alot to service the needs of our consulting clients, it becomes necessary to travel as light as possible. As baggage fees increase our load has to decrease, so we spent the last several months testing the limits of mobility by shooting and editing all of our videos on mobile devices. Yes- HD video shot on Androids, Tablets, iPads, iPhones, Go Pros and small cameras with mobile tripods, then edited on laptops and iPads.

This January, Africa Allah and PJ Douglas Sands covered the 2013 International CES with mobile devices. Check out our website and the hashtag #2013CES for articles, videos, photos and interviews on the latest products, topics and news launched and introduced by the innovators featured at CES.

HERE’S A TASTE:

@WordPress #Blogging platform unveils new option for #smallbiz owners – @DiradioCast Spotlight

Survey questions:
1) As a small business, what service are you using to build, host and maintain your website?
2) Do you post and update mostly from your desktop or via your mobile device?
3) Do you use an app or your browser to post pictures, videos and articles to your site?

Used by many, premier blogging platform WordPress unveiled a new option recently for small to mid-level businesses, WordPress.com Enterprise.

While large companies such as CNN, UPS and NBC Sports can handle the high price tag on WordPress.com VIP ($3,750 a month – not including setup fees), this service is pricey for smaller companies.

Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is offering WordPress.com Enterprise as an in-between option for small businesses and other customers who need more power than a regular WordPress.com account, but not a full-scale WordPress VIP account. The newest option gives users unlimited traffic, bandwidth and storage for $500 a month. Users also get access to a set of approved WordPress plugins and templates.

Thus far, brands like Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Chef, ESPN’s Digital and Print Products, Soleil Moon Frye’s Moonfrye.com, and The Crosby Press from JackThreads are already using the new platform.

Atlanta based website and mobile app designer DistinctiveImpression MMG uses WordPress for many of their international clients including DiRadioCast New Media Network, International Recording Artist Gia Miran, the Atlanta Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce and Miss Universe Bahamas 2012 Celeste Marshall. In addition to the variety of plugins and templates encouraging 2-way communication via social media, Distinctive Impression feels their clients find WordPress to be user-friendly, easily accessible via mobile devices for posts and maintenance as well as cost effective.

According to Black Enterprise WordPress.com Enterprise may not be an ideal solution for many smaller businesses given that the $500 price point is a lot higher than most web hosts charge for similar service and more freedom and options. While WordPress is highly popular, its hosting services has competition from newer and cheaper options such as Tumblr, Squarespace and BlogDroid—all of which have gained major clients in the last few months.

It turns out that this is just the latest in a series of vertical launches WordPress.com has made to explicitly spur expansion beyond its signature blogging specialty and into building more general websites for all types of businesses. Special WordPress templates for restaurants, weddings, bands, and cities have all been launched in recent months specifically aimed at helping small businesses and brands build clean, useful websites that can be easily accessed from both desktop and mobile devices.

Toni Schneider, the CEO of WordPress.com’s parent company Automattic indicates in his Tech Crunch interview what makes WordPress.com/restaurants in particular much different from the product’s core offering and how this plays into its larger strategy.

When it comes to reach and the competitive landscape, WordPress is in a unique spot. It’s a relative giant when viewed against other web development and content management platforms, but there is still a lot of room to grow. Schneider broke down the numbers for us:

“Overall, if you look at the entire Internet and just go down the list at what all the different sites run… 17.4 percent of all sites on the Internet are powered by WordPress. The next number two platform is Joomla, which is around 3 percent, and Drupal is around 2 something. And then, I believe Blogger is number four with one or 1.5 percent.

If you notice, that doesn’t add up to 100 percent. So actually, the majority of the web is still custom made sites that don’t even use a content management system.”