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Salem MA iPhone app

By Forrest on 1 Comment
Categories: technology, tourism

Did you know there is a Salem, MA iPhone app?  Neither did I until about a month ago. So I loaded it up and have been testing it out. From the iTunes app store: Description This App is the Official Guide to Salem, Massachusetts. It features information on events, accommodations, museums, attractions, tours, dining, and [...]

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Salem MA on Facebook

By Glen Hughes on 1 Comment
Categories: community, technology

Everybody is on Facebook these days, heck my grandmother is trying to send me growing flowers, drinks and updates on her black sheep in Farmville.  So it makes perfect sense that Salem Mass would find its way on to Facebook. As is the case with most social media, the City of Salem is not in [...]

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Audio walking tours of Salem Massachusetts

By Glen Hughes on Be the first to comment
Categories: technology, tourism, travel

Recently a new website has been promoting itself here in Salem.  Iseesalem.com claims to offer “free walking tour podcasts”  which allow you to “enjoy learning about Salem’s history at your pace”. The Salem start-up isn’t the only walking tour available, Untravel Media a Boston based company offers a variety of tours one of them being [...]

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Your website and You: part 2

By Glen Hughes on 1 Comment
Categories: business, technology

If you read our post yesterday entitled “Your website and You“  then you understand a few of the reasons many small businesses have craptastic web sites.  You also should be able to read that and diagnose some problems that might arise with your own site. Today we introduce you to some people who can help [...]

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Your website and you

By Glen Hughes on 2 Comments
Categories: business, technology

I look at a lot of websites. Too many. If you have a business in Salem, I’ve probably seen your website. I’ve probably looked you up while researching a blog post or to find when your shop is open or to see when your band is playing out. One thing I’ve learned is that most [...]

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Attention web geeks

By Glen Hughes on 1 Comment
Categories: community, events, technology

Salem has a diverse mix of like-minded people and is abundant with societies, social clubs, groups and organizations. Now we can add one more to the mix, the Build Guild a collection of interweb workers. From their site: Created by two Salem web geeks, Marc Amos & Angelo Simeoni, the Build Guild is a monthly [...]

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Free Wi-Fi in Salem

By Glen Hughes on 5 Comments
Categories: business, community, technology

Free wireless internet access is a must for those of us on the go. Many local shops have, or say they have free wi-fi, but do you know who really does? With yesterday’s big news that Starbucks is dumping their internet provider T-mobile, partnering with AT&T and offering free wi-fi , it seemed appropriate that [...]

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