Follow High Aspirations, Inc. on Pinterest

Now, they have announced integration with Vimeo!

Pinterest is definitely making an effort to improve their already popular social media service. I wonder what will be next?

You can read more about this on Website Magazine.

Author Lyle Frink says:

Mac computers running the beta version of avast! Free Antivirus for Mac were not infected by the Flashback Trojan.

“We’ve confirmed our app’s detection abilities for Flashback within the test lab and with reports from our beta testers,” says Jiri Sejtko, director of AVAST Virus Lab operations.

You can read the entire article on the avast! blog.

Visit avast! to find more information on and download avast! Free Antivirus for Mac.

There is a defect in an internal component in the power supply which can overheat and pose a fire hazard. Not every M70z and M90z desktop is being recalled so consumers will need to check the serial number on their computer with Lenovo to determine if it is subject to the recall.

Consumers should visit the Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z & M70z All-In-One Desktop PC Recall page to check their serial numbers.

Visit the CPSC (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) web site for the complete recall notice which includes the complete list of recalled models, additional contact information, and a product image.

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You can find more details on what was fixed on the WordPress News blog.

All High Aspirations, Inc. clients on maintenance have already been upgraded.

If you don’t currently have a maintenance agreement with us, don’t hesitate to contact us for one or for a project price to get your site updated and secure.

Anyone tackling the upgrade on their own should make a full backup of your site and database before beginning.

Brands were seeing an increase of:

• 14% in fan engagement
• 46% in content engagement
• 65% in interactive content engagement (which includes videos and photos)

While it’s too late to get a jump start on Facebook’s Timeline layout for your fan page, it’s definitely not too late to start taking advantage of social media and the marketing and site promotion options they offer.

Still need a Timeline Cover Photo? Or, a Facebook Fan Page? Just contact High Aspirations, Inc. and we’ll be happy to help!

Read the article at Website Magazine.

Website Magazine recently reported that SLI Systems, a site search provider, added functionality to ArtBeads.com‘s site search results to include how many times an item has been pinned via Pinterest next to their products.

You can read the entire Website Magazine article at “Putting Pinterest on Site Search Results“.

Pinterest is obviously becoming a popular social media service. Hopefully this means that other software and service developers such as WordPress, WSN, WebAsyst, and more will begin to integrate this kind of functionality into their products.

High Aspirations, Inc. clients just need to contact us and let us know they want to have the Pinterest Pin It buttons added to their web sites and we’ll take care of it!

Lenovo is recalling their ThinkCentre M70z and M90z All-In-One desktop computers due to a defect in an internal component in the power supply which can overheat and pose a fire hazard. Not every M70z and M90z desktop is being recalled so consumers will need to check the serial number on their computer with Lenovo to determine if it is subject to the recall.

Consumers should visit Lenovo’s ThinkCentre M90z & M70z All-In-One Desktop PC Recall page to check their serial numbers.

Visit the CPSC (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) web site for the complete recall notice which includes the complete list of recalled models, additional contact information, and a product image.

At the end of August 2011, Google announced that it was working on offering their Google Apps offline. Yes, you heard me right, offline. Google is already offering Gmail and Calendar offline and Docs has some offline functionality with more coming in the future. To access these, click the gear icon in the top right corner of the web app and choose the offline access option.

To find out more information, read Google’s blog post Using Gmail, Calendar and Docs without an internet connection.

.COM will go up by 7% and .NET by 10%.

The increase will be passed to registrars (like HAI Hosting) and then, unfortunately, to customers.

So, as of January 15, we will be forced to raise prices for both .COM and .NET domain name registrations and renewals.

If you want to avoid this price increase, at least for a while, renew your domain name now for a year or more. But, you have to let us know before the end of the day on Friday, January 13, 2012.

The BBB has issued an urgent scam alert to businesses and consumers. Fraudulent emails are being sent that appear to come from the BBB. The emails have the subject of "Complaint from your customers," return addresses that the BBB does not use (for example: riskmanager@bbb.org), and are signed with the address of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. The email contains a link to a non-BBB web site.

If you receive an email like this, delete it immediately! If you have already clicked on a link in the email, run a full virus scan. You can also report any information received to the BBB via their Report a Scam form.

The BBB is working with law enforcement to determine its source and stop the fraudulent campaign.

Visit the BBB News Center for more information as well as a copy of an example email.