My Thoughts on Amazon Purchasing Twitch for $970 Million.

As of this writing Amazon has purchased Twitch for a reported $970 million in a move that I honestly never saw coming. It was reported back in July that Google was the front runner in buying Twitch which, to be quite honest, made a lot of sense. With YouTube and Twitch combining forces I honestly didn’t know what to expect. However, a lot of Twitch users, myself included, were a bit afraid of  Google buying … Read more

Dragon Cast Episode #17: The Internet has Changed Everything

Welcome back to another fresh episode of Dragon Cast. This time Victor, Brian and Iggy all talk about the Internet and just how silly some people can be online. The gang discusses Internet bullying and ways in which people can prevent themselves from being bullyed and also answer the question “Should be people held accountable for their actions online?” Not to mention how the Internet has changed the way we interact with everyone and everything. … Read more

Retro Video Game Rewind: Super Mario Bros. (NES)

I’ve been gaming now for quite sometime. Matter of fact I’ve been playing video games now for well over 20 years. Sure seems like a long time and we sure have came a long way since the old days of Nintendo and Sega, but it’s still these old games that I hold very dear to my heart. Having said that I thought of a great way to be able to share my opinion on all … Read more

Dragon Blogger Back Up and Stable?

The past two weeks have been tough for DragonBlogger.com as the site had been dealing with  intermittent 502 errors and problems that cut visitors by 40% and left many unable to join giveaways and admins unable to login to write any new articles or do any editing.  I hadn’t had a single problem in 10 months of being on Synthesis web hosting and all of a sudden I had these 502 error issues rampant over … Read more

ThemeFuse WordPress Theme Giveaway

The talented team over at ThemeFuse wants to share something really special with you. Are you ready for this? They are getting ready to give away not one, but three premium WordPress themes to our readers! Have you wanted a new, premium theme for your WordPress site or blog? Well, ThemeFuse can give you just that, whether you’re building an eCommerce site, a fashion blog, or anything in-between. Best of all, if you’re one of … Read more

Windows Live Writer Tips: Deleting Drafts and Blog Templates

Some tips for those who still use Windows Live Writer which is still my top offline blog post editor for sites like WordPress even though it doesn’t have native Featured Image support and there are no new extensions and Microsoft won’t be updating the software anymore. Live Writer Delete Blog Templates Some of the things I often have to do are clear out template files to download new templates, and while this can be done … Read more

BloggerJet Strip the Blog Tool: Now With Pinterest

I had written a post about the BloggerJet Strip the Blog tool previously and though it worth noting and sharing the recent update to the tool which includes adding Pinterest and number of comments into the report that displays when you search for the most popular articles on a blog. This tool is ideal for seeing the most popular posts on sites so that you can get article ideas or help create a reference or … Read more

Gleam Giveaway Platform Now Has Referral Program

The Gleam sweepstakes platform now has a pretty fantastic referral program that bloggers can take advantage of right away.  Now if you refer anyone to sign up and use Glean.io to run their next or future giveaways you will receive either credit which can be applied as discounts to your own subscription or cash. Just log into Gleam.io and go under your account settings, there you can get your affiliate URL for Gleam.io and start … Read more

Tmart Looking for Bloggers to Review Products

So many peer bloggers ask me how to find advertisers to offer products for them to review and this is a great opportunity that Tmart approached me with that both helps them find bloggers as well as bloggers find products that they can get to review and help jump start their product review goals.  Tmart offers a wide variety of gadgets and accessories and is willing to offer free products to bloggers in exchange for … Read more