Social media websites such as Facebook are becoming an increasingly popular way for businesses to promote their services and connect with clients. With Facebook app development, businesses are able to maintain a presence on Facebook and connect with potential customers. And because Facebook is filled with millions of potential customers, businesses are quickly taking steps to leverage Facebook’s capabilities in order to increase sales. While creating a company Facebook profile is a great first step towards taking advantage of this new medium, businesses that really want to differentiate themselves from their competitors usually choose to have a Facebook app developed for their page.

AES Connect is a highly respected leader in Facebook App Development, and we are willing to take on projects of all sizes. We specialize in developing professional, custom Facebook apps for businesses. These apps allow businesses to maintain a virtual storefront on Facebook, connecting businesses with customers like never before. At AES Connect, their customers are guaranteed to receive outstanding customer service from a team of trained professionals.

Their team of software engineers are some of the best in the field and have worked for such prestigious tech firms such as Google Inc. AES Connect has also worked with several industry giants, such as 2K Games, Sephora, WCG World and NuSkin. Additionally, most clients will find their dedication to personal interaction a welcome change of pace from the way most other Facebook app developers do business. The AES team of designers will work with each client to ensure that every Facebook app is customized to fit that client’s particular needs.

One of their most popular types of Facebook apps are games; some businesses are able to reach millions of customers thanks to Facebook games. AES Connect offers clients several exciting options for developing a Facebook game that can reach their customers. One of the best examples of this is the ability to create a sweepstakes game for a business. Using these sweepstakes games, a business can offer a prize of either cash or store merchandise. Advertisements for the game will then be automatically shown to people browsing Facebook based on their search history. For example, if the business they are developing an app for is a restaurant, they could offer a sweepstakes for a free dinner. The game that they develop would then be displayed to clients who have recently searched for restaurant recommendations in your area.

Another popular type of Facebook app is a gifting app. These applications allow customers to browse a company’s catalog without ever having to leave Facebook. Even better, customers can create a wishlist of products they want from a company’s catalog. This wishlist will then be automatically shared with all of the customer’s Facebook friends, which means it is a great way to advertise a business as well as generate sales.

AES Connect will develop these Facebook apps using high resolution photos that you send them, ensuring that clients who use the app will feel just like they’re actually in the store looking at the items for sale.

In our busy lives, time is becoming more and more a precious commodity. After juggling work, marital responsibilities, kid’s activities, managing a home and hobbies or interests, there is little time left in each day.

So if you are looking to further your education and obtain some kind of college degree, what is the best way to fit that into a busy schedule? The answer is online degrees.

While there are many choices for online degrees and online college courses, one of the best sites I have come across is EarnMyDegree.com. Not only do they have a site that is extremely user friendly and easy to use, they offer a large selection of options to choose from.

Claiming to be the world’s leading free directory of online education, connecting millions of prospective students with online college options, they allow users to search opportunities by subject, by degree level, by school and even by campus location.

Here are just some of the online degree opportunities they offer:

• Bachelors Degrees
• Business Degrees
• Criminal Justice Degrees
• Doctoral Programs
• Masters Degrees
• MBA Degrees
• Nursing Degrees
• Paralegal Degrees
• Psychology Degrees
• Teaching Degrees

Featured schools include AIU Online, Capella University, Kaplan University and University of Phoenix.

They also have a learning center which offers concise information on the benefits of online education, a look at online colleges vs. traditional schools, the growing popularity of online education and so much more.

With all the options available for online learning, EarnMyDegree allows users to easily discover a host of online and distance learning programs in their prospective field of study—from undergraduate to advanced degrees to professional certificates. Thanks to multiple levels of information about each school and its offered programs, you’re able to get an accurate sense of which schools and programs are worth exploring and learning more about.

In Blockbuster’s latest move to try to compete with rival Netflix, they have introduced their own set-top box which will bring movies directly to a user’s TV and provide access to on demand content. The MediaPoint digital media player by broadband device maker 2Wire is available to Blockbuster customers for $99 and includes 25 movies. After the initial 25 rentals, movies are available for $1.99 each to $3.99.

Why is this NOT going to help them in their rivalry with mail-order DVD giant Netflix?

For starters, Netflix’s membership fees are less than Blockbuster’s. I know Blockbuster offers the advantage of being able to drop movies received by mail at their brick-and-mortar locations but doesn’t that really defeat the purpose of getting movies by mail in the first place?

Secondly, Netflix already has their own set-top box, offered at the same price and does not charge “per movie” as Blockbuster will.

Finally, Netflix is already well ahead of the game as far as streaming programming via your television with the relationships they have with TiVo and Xbox. Because many people already have a TiVo and/or Xbox device, streaming movies through a Netflix membership is a no brainer.

It also seems as if Netflix will continue to offer additional opportunities in the future through other relationships.

So, Blockbuster, as usual you are a little late to the game. I’m still cheering on Netflix, whom I liken to David, to beat the mighty Goliath giant Blockbuster in the mail-order and now streaming video business.