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Amy Jo Martin, founder of social media consultancy Digital Royalty and author of Renegades Write The Rules, says the best way to build a social media following is through sharing. She provides the following tips on how to provide quality content and build out your network.

Not long ago developers considered browser-rendering differences to be one of the most challenging problems. IE6 probably a nightmare to the online industry, is gone but there are still a lot of issues with browsers that make coding a tough job.

Bed bugs are infesting major cities across the U.S. so if your summer plans include travel, you need...

USA TODAY consulted experts to target germ-laden spots and offer tips to avoid bacteria and viruses that could make you sick.

The à la carte fee menu for everything from aisle seats to bags to lunch has brought the airline industry back to profitability. That's good for the airlines, but passengers feel like they have been nickeled-and-dimed to death.

Simple precautions will help keep you safe and healthy when you're using a ladder to prepare the house for winter or put up holiday decorations, ...

With the release of the new Digg on August 25th, anybody with the ability to understand how a story, which is promoted to the popular section, is composed, has an edge in attaining viral exposure ranging from tens of thousands to millions of pageviews. Diggs users constitute a large proportion of bloggers. Thus stories promoted to their popular section, which was previously their homepage and now the Top News page, can attain anywhere from less than 10 to hundreds of links pointing to their websites.

Ever have that sick-to-your-stomach, "Oh crap!" moment after sending an e-mail?

You can save big bucks by trimming the fat...yourself.

Your new TV is all hooked up, so it’s ready to be enjoyed, right? Not so fast. Follow these steps for setting up your box, and you’ll fully enjoy your new purchase.