The Digital Conglomerate Magazine - February 2014 Issue

Cover Feature: Radio Personality Meko Williams Entertainment Focus on People Business Marketing Advertisements Ecommerce Solutions Technology Reviews

February 2014

Table of Contents Pg. 4 – Editors Notes Pg. 6 – Genealogy Pg. 8 - WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU??

Pg. 14 – Fashion Insight Bringing Winter Faves into Spring

Pg. 17 – Impact Publishing Advertisement Pgs. 18-19 Advertisements Pg. 20 – Cover Feature Radio Personality Meko Williams Pgs. 24-25 Advertisements Pg. 26 – QT Jazz Review Enter-Active Advertisement Pg. 28 Alex D. Banks Enter-Active Advertisement Pg. 30 – JAVA TALK Pgs. 32-35 – Technology Reviews Pgs. 36-39 - Advertisements

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For this issue of the Digital Conglomerate Magazine we have put together articles which focus on entertainment, fashion, as well as high technology marketing. It is always amazing to see how each issue comes together in ways that are delightful.

Although this February issue is considered the late winter issue we are looking forward to having a great spring and summer of 2014. This issue puts everything in motion to blossom and be productive throughout the year. It is often hard to come to terms with the fact that the magazine audience is growing along with the marketing and communications agency, but growing in positive ways are never bad.

In this month of February 2014 our magazine focuses mainly on people. The people who are dear to us as well as the people that we admire continue to be main topics which surround our publication. Everyone has a story to tell and a vision to share, even a top notch technology company has to focus on the people which purchase their products. Our publication is no different and we want to once again thank our viewers for continuing to support our publication and business.

We continue to expand and leap over hurdles that may temporarily stand in our way, so every issue presents a new challenge. Without a challenge to conquer our publication simple would not exist, because our staff would not be driven to do anything. We will always accept the challenge to continue to provide better articles, present more resources for the public to take advantage of, and of course stimulate our readers through entertaining features.

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Genealogy

By Garland L McLaughlin

Figuring out family genealogy by going to genealogy websites is the fastest way to get results and find out exactly where a family name is from. First some people have to have the understanding of what genealogy is, so they ask themselves what is genealogy? The most simplistic definition of genealogy is would be the study of family history.

Complex genealogical studies have found that some families have originated from half way across the world. Family genealogy and family history genealogy can often be found as a result of past family members keeping good records. Often records of a genealogy tree for a family will be able to turn up stories of deep family values or historical importance.

Family tree genealogy sometimes can dig up a past that families do not like to discuss to others in great detail. Family secrets are quite common and by using research and family search genealogy techniques many people have been able to uncover hidden secrets about their family’s past.

Even if a family does not like to talk openly about their secrets that doesn’t mean that these secrets don’t exist. The secrets will become obvious in time when future generations of family members do a little investigating about their family history.

DNA tests are commonly used in the technology age to determine how people are connected by genealogy. People are finding out all of the time that they may be related to races of people who are not commonly associated with the family name that they have. Do to the advancements in medicine people are very surprised to find out sometimes that they may have an eastern European heritage, but their ancestry can be tracked back to the genealogy of Western Australia .

Being able to claim the genealogy western Australia family tree sure makes for an interesting conversation when your family is known for being Ukrainian.

It really isn’t much of a debate anymore that everyone making up the population of this planet is connected through genealogy.

The signs of families and individuals being connect is not quite so obvious on the surface and science, research of family tree genealogy, and progressive thinking have been able to change individuals views of the subject of genealogy. Being able to prove where ones ancestry comes from has always been a big deal for establishing how one family may be more unique or more interesting than another.

Talking about genealogy makes for interesting conversation and bragging rights. Genealogy sites can help people identify what is in their family’s past and can connect them with their past family history.

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WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU?

By Yasmine Jameson You ever hear the saying surround yourself with like? Well I think most of us do and some don’t. For the few whose friends aren’t like you how does that work out? If you are a male or a female how does that work out? What kind of man or what kind of woman are you? All of these answered in a fashion here.

First, for those few of us whose friends aren’t like us how do that work out for us? Do we have many problems? I think we do because we start out with maybe major differences or not so major differences. For instances most friendships I believe start out with similar interests, grades, backgrounds, dating circumstances, church and political beliefs. Then the split occurs as we get older and we diverge into different lifestyles as we either come out as gays or lesbians, get sex changes, become narcissistic values, concerned with money and what we can obtain. The person’s property and the person’s stature appears to mean more than whom the person is and how they treat you. But as different as we may be there has to be a common ground for the friendship to grow.

If you are a male what types of friends did you have when you were younger?

Who are your friends now? Does the fact that you are a male influence your choices in friends? What kind of man are you? Do you treat your friends well? Do you do things without being told? Do you take care of your responsibilities? Do you care for your friends? Let’s take them one at a time.

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1. If you are a female what types of friends did you have when you were younger? I think it’s the same answer as above but here is a difference: women also keep friends that they don’t like simply because we can use them to help us further our cause. Men too. But with women it’s more of a desire to know about the other side and who we can trust. Other women will never trust or talk to a woman who does them wrong. They will never befriend them, never tell them anything, never offer them anything and in fact they will keep their counsel and maybe spread the other women’s business. It’s up to the woman in question. But the friends that we make when we are younger, for some are the same friends we have kept throughout our lives. I speaking from my own personal experience haven’t managed to keep many friends from my younger years. But I have tried.

2. Who are your friends now? Ah good question. Spring boarding off the above answer- I have managed to keep some friends from my younger years. Although we don’t talk we do keep in touch. As for college I have had many that I no longer talk too. One such girl is a friend that I tried to keep in contact with but we stopped talking due to a disagreement over the appropriateness and the maturity level of a question. So now although we are no longer talking and she is an ex-friend I still think of her as a friend. And I also miss my friends from work.

But they are like me. They have the same issues, the same monetary values, the same desires to get married or not married and they teach me as well.

3. Does the fact that I am a female influence my choices in friends? I believe that it does. My friends reflect a part that I wish to portray, a part that I am or a part that I was. And each showing up in their own way.

4. What kind of woman are you? Do you treat our friends well?

Do you do things without being told? Do you care for your friends? I believe that most women have grown in the shadows of the women who have come before them. In other words, you stand in the shoes of giants. They have birthed you, raised you, beat you, taught you, cried with you, cried for you, fought with you, and have stood by you proud. This all influences us as to the friends we choose. Some choose our mother, some the grandmother, some an aunt. But we treat our friends as well as we can. Some will go out of our way to help our friends.

And we care for our friends very deeply. This is not to say that men don’t they do. It is just a difference in how they handle themselves.

5. Do you take care of your responsibilities? Women can have a baby after their first menses. But are they ready for that responsibility? I think this can best be summed up by looking at a couple of places in a women’s life: her bedroom in her house; her bathroom; her kitchen; her car; and her desk at work. Pay attention to her cell phone that she carries and also pay attention to the money that she has to spend. I don’t mind spending money on friends if I have it; but I do mind you asking and I don’t have it. I don’t mind spending money on gas if I have it but I do mind you not putting in.

So in answer to the question what kind of person are you?

I think you have to take a look at who your friends are and who you surround yourself with. This one particular article details how we pick our friends and why some last and some don’t last. It is entitled Friendship the Laws of Attraction Link: http://www.psychologytoday. com/articles/200611/friendsh ip-the-laws-attraction.

Remember when I said, “I believe that the friends you have depend on your upbringing, what you do in your spare time and your overall personality; well the article states that “reciprocity is key.” In other words both give something to the relationship. Once that occurs than other factors are included and some of the friendships stick. But we have to take care of our friendships and ourselves.

To sum up both men and women behave similarly in friendships and who they attract by their own behavior and what they themselves bring to the table.

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Time Never Stands Still

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By Selene Sorto Bringing Winter Faves into Spring

Bringing Winter Faves into Spring… It’s just around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you have to give up your favorite leather jacket or pair of black jeans.

It’s all about knowing how to pair your clothing and accessories.

Do it right, and you’ll be able to wear several of your favorite winter pieces!

Jackets, Blazers & Cardis The winter time is huge on jackets, blazers and cardigans.

Just because it’s spring though, you don’t have to give them up. First of all, keep in mind that the beginning of spring is still a little chilly.

Jackets, blazers and cardis are absolutely perfect for this weather. You can pair a black leather jacket with a flower printed sundress and a pair of booties or even a pair of sandals. It’ll give you a spring time feel but with an edge. If you want something more girly, you can pair a dark blazer with a light colored highwaisted skirt and a blouse made from light weight fabric.

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Scarves I’m a fan of scarves, and I know this is one I won’t be giving up this spring! You might have to give up the thicker wool scarves, but you can definitely pair a lightweight printed scarf with several outfits. You could wear one with a solid short sleeved top, skinny jeans and a pair of solid color Keds. If it’s at the start of spring, when it’s a bit chillier outside, you can even top off the outfit with a brighter cardi.

Leggings > Leggings are big for many of us ladies in the winter.

Nowadays, there are so many options with colors and patterns. Use this to you advantage this spring! Find fun printed leggings, and pair them underneath a solid print skater skirt with a T-shirt, matching print scarf and a pair of flats.

My outfit of choice?

Leopard print leggings underneath a black skater skirt, white tee, lightweight leopard print scarf and brown flats.

Long Sleeves and Turtlenecks Long sleeved tops and turtlenecks are perfectly okay for the start of spring. Just make sure that if you do, they should be a lightweight fabric. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself dying to get out of it mid way through the day. Lighter and brighter colors are always nice for these tops during the spring. If you have button ups, roll up your sleeves and wear them open with a tank top underneath. You can then wear it with a pair of jeans, shorts or high-waisted skirt. You could even wear the button up over a sun dress.

Spring can be a perfect time to experiment with your wardrobe.

Have fun playing with colors and prints. You can definitely mix up some darks with lights to give a lighter spring feel.

Just remember to use it to express your personal style!

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The Model Image Models are often given a bad wrap and reputation due to the work that they choose to take. It isn’t there fault that they have to make a living by showing there flesh, but they do have a say in the choices that they make. It is good to see models that are doing their thing and making their work look sexy at the same time.

Being clever and creative as a model comes natural to most that have been working the industry for awhile. Keeping a creative a positive image is very important if a model plans to be a lasting force within the industry.

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Meko Williams is an entrepreneur with a vision to expand her media empire one step at a time. “My goals are to produce my own internet live show and webisode series. In addition, a reality cable TV show and or series. Expand my publishing enterprise to my media entertainment ventures.” Ms. Williams has her sights set on handling business in a professional manner. Ms. Williams has a perfect balance of her business and personal life. Ms. Williams stated, “My personal life and career are carefully and strategically planned in advance. (EX: My media, entertainment production and collaborative development occurs during business hours Monday – Friday.) In addition I do consider special projects that occur on weekends and possibly weekday evenings.”

I admire the fact that Ms. Williams is very technology savvy and she incorporates it all into the media which she produces.

“Technology is the new frontier and combining my background in IT has made it easier to interface social media with terrestrial and traditional radio formats.” She has developed her craft as a radio and talk show personality and is now receiving a lot of national attention for her efforts. Ms. Williams had a few words of advice for aspiring media specialists.

“As a host and personality on

radio, be passionate about your message, goals and practice your craft.

Network yourself by joining radio communities on and off line. Listen to other radio host and personalities you like.” Ms. Williams certainly is doing a lot of networking in and around the Los Angeles, CA area. “I am launching my internet live stream visual platform of the Meko Williams Show.

In addition, I will be launching two separate calendars.

The first will be a Fashion Calendar and following a Military Wear Calendar. I’m currently in talks with some creative ideas for a webisode series.”

It is obvious that Ms. Williams aspires to do big things through her publishing company. I asked her what are her long term goals and aspirations for the future. Ms. Williams answered, “Expand my Meko Williams Ent LLC enterprise to establish a perfume product line, publishing of my book ventures. My long term goal will be starting my own Meko Williams merchandising clothing line.” I know that will take a lot of hard work and determination, but most likely she will achieve the goals which she is setting out to achieve.

Ms. Williams is very active in the community. Her efforts to battle gun violence came about as a result of her sister falling victim to gun violence. “The Corie Williams Scholarship Fund allows me to be active in developing their very first website.

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In addition, I was involved actively in protesting “Stop The Gun Violence” and placing bench ads throughout the City of Los Angeles. I participated in feeding the homeless through the Corie Williams Scholarship Fund.” It is great to see people in media who are actually doing things in their community to stop violence rather than just reporting on it. “Life has humbled me! Take one day at time, help those who are less fortunate, express the love for family and friends at any given opportunity.”

Toward the end of our conversation Ms. Williams pointed out a few people that she would like to thank in playing a part in helping her along on her journey to success.

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“My dear Mother who has led the way for me saying, “I want you to do better than me and when you put your mind to it, you’re like a pitbull”. My daughter who is my pride and joy.

My grandfather Wavey Williams who always said, “I had a mouth piece and it was going to be needed one day because I like to help people”. My high school principal, Carrie Allen who told me, “one day either you can be like everyone else or make a difference in what you do”. The CEO of MBR Technologies Inc., Joe Brusatto saying, “Meko you could do whatever you put your mind to. It’s how bad do you really want it when it comes to your dreams”. My sister Corie Williams who had in interest in radio, won a chance to spend a day as a host at Power 106 Radio Station. My dear friend Christine McGill who told me, “every day you got to break down the barriers, if I can do it so can you”. Celebrities that have inspired me are; Oprah Winfrey, Wendy Williams, Iyanla Vanzant and Actor Eric Braeden’s Young and the Restless character, Victor Newman.”

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An all around entertainer is not an everyday find in the world of music. We had the opportunity to interview a lovely young lady on the rise to making hearts stop and shopping bags fill up with her unique hip flavor. She is very likeable and has been entertaining crowds since she was a youngster.

Jasmine Robinson also known as QT Jazz started to sing and dance by age three. At such a young age it was very clear that she was a natural born performer, bringing joy to everyone she shared her talents with. It is amazing to see even at a young age she was likable and made an impression on people who saw her perform songs that were common radio tunes from the 1990s.

With her hit single “Heels Bags” getting notice from music heads all across the globe, Ms Jazz is well on her way to being a full on success story. She plans on keeping it real and will continue to pursue her gift as an entertainer, as well as pursue an education to become a marketing master. Smart, pretty and ultra talented puts her right at the top of the list as an industry game changer in the making.

Music isn’t the only thing keeping QT Jazz ahead of the game; she has graduated her high school class with honors and now looks to take a year away from music to pursue a college education. Fans should be on the look out for her first LP which will be available sometime in 2014.

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Alex D. Banks is a remarkable musician with a talent for playing the saxophone. His style is amazing and he plays his horn with a jazzy style that will make anyone want to just listen to his tunes all day. At 17 years old he is making a name for himself and getting the younger generations interested in a musical expressionism that is being reintroduced in a cool manner.

It won’t be long before everyone is hearing his music across the globe and appreciating his talent. For years to come the masses will be listening to tunes composed by Alex D. Banks with a curiosity and wonder.

Everyone will be saying how does this guy make it all look so easy.

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On a day when nothing seems to be going right and the wind blew your raspberry beret off of your fuzzy rainy day hair, sometimes you require a little time for yourself.

Away from all the deadlines, phone calls, meetings and some of hecticness it brings. Though there are many rewards to staying busy and in demand, any one can become overwhelmed and well over due for some R&R. How rewarding it can be to have something hot or cold, fresh and created to soothe the day away, even if just for a little while. Imagine sitting in a booth with soft leather seats, perfect sunlight piercing through the window or if it’s night time, the lighting is just right.

Taking time to devour a book you have been meaning to get to for the past year or so may be a welcomed delight.

Maybe even meeting up with an old friend to catch up life while enjoying a familiar face, smile, laugh or place would be ideal.

Whatever it is that brings you to a space where you aren’t worrying about the everyday occurrences that take place daily go ahead and do it! Simply because you deserve to have peace of mind, tranquility, joy and completeness in your life is plenty reason to take this critical self time.

Over stressing ones self about the small things that don’t really matter at the end of the day only adds unnecessary strain on the brain and body.

Over stressing ones self about the small things that don’t really matter at the end of the day only adds unnecessary strain on the brain and body.

Java talk is the language of loving yourself and taking the time to tap into things you never realized you had inside you.

Making inspiring connections on the web or in real life, while drinking coffee, tea, water whatever you choose, make sure it is the proper fit for you mind, body and spirit.

Keep talking and exploring what the world around you has to offer, despite limitations and the expectations other place on you.

Always be true to yourself and create your own path to success, no can tell you how to get there, it is a self reliant process we all have to go through.

No matter if your family or friends have your best interest in mind, take control of whatever opportunities come your way. Don’t let anyone define you or stand in your way of growing into the person you need to be.

Most people are so caught up in their own way of thinking and doing things they don’t have time for one extra thing on their plate.

Speak words of goodness, be wise and never to anything because some one else wants you to.

Talk with folks you actually share a connection with and who will always have your best interest at heart.

All things work out according to a great plan, so play your part and take your fair share…pure knowledge is the key.

Keep on keepin’ on!

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The Importance of Having Ecommerce for Your Business

By Garland L. McLaughlin

It is essential for any business out there to be able to have efficient ecommerce capabilities. Offline businesses have a greater need for utilizing an ecommerce solution, they will be loosing out on gaining customers if they don’t have the right ecommerce solution in place.

Finding the right solution can be done by finding companies that specialize in helping a business accept payments for their services over the internet. In recent years these paperless types of business transactions have helped businesses cut costs. In most cases businesses traditionally would need to manually ring up orders and have a brick and mortar operation that would scream high overhead costs. With the ecommerce solution all of that is eliminated.

Businesses have found that ecommerce enables them to easily update their products and services online via their website and simply install a payment gateway that allows their customers to make purchases.

The business manager or owner is then notified of the transaction that has been made and he or she can then take the appropriate actions to make sure the customer receives the product or service that they have paid for.

Ecommerce also saves time and is valuable to the customer as well. The customer is able to determine pricing information without having to go to a storefront location or constantly call a business to see how much items or services cost.

Putting ecommerce into practice could take a lot of time if a business has a huge inventory that they must catalog online, but in the long run it is all worth it.

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With the ever changing face of online marketing it has been very hard for marketers to get their hands on a solution that actually works in their favor.

Stream Send has a number of functionalities that give it a distinct advantage over other well known products that are out there today.

One reason why this solution is likeable is the fact that the program allows users to capture self produced videos and send them to recipients. This type of solution has puzzled many programmers in the past and has often been very expensive for users to acquire.

Users can also track the emails that are sent out to recipients. Although this is not a new feature for email marketing programs it complements the added features that go along with the program solution.

The Stream Send solution is not only an email based solution it also can be used to engage participants to view landing pages which can be set up within the system. This makes the system more like a full service online marketing tool which can be accessed by paying a small monthly fee for a world of advantages.

Another marketing feature which is sure to save time is the auto responder feature. Many systems boast that they have come up with the perfect auto responding solution, but in the end the response rates slowly fade over time. Stream Send allows users to access a full force of templates which are designed to keep readers interested in whatever is being marketed through the user. All the user needs to do is put in a little time and effort to find out which templates and designs fully engages users, again this can all be done for a low monthly cost.

Social media has become a key marketing component that marketers a taking full advantage of. Stream Send has a fully integrated process which allows their users to engage individuals using social media right from the Stream Send platform. This has become a common trend for many developers who create applications which do the very same thing, but these developers are leaving out key components. Stream Send covers the gap and includes these key components.

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