In a previous posting I talked about a new and coming  WordPress Amazon Store Plugin – I had the chance to test it out and it works like a charm but it was not available to the public yet. I just heard from the developer and found out that they have just released version 1.0 and made it available to the public. The Amazon Niche Store includes several amazing features. Not only does this Wordpress Plugin allow you to create an Amazon store within minutes using your own theme, or you can also use the theme that comes with it. The shopping cart has more features

WordPress Plugin - Amazon Niche Store

It’s here!!!  http://OnlineVelocity.com

Let me know what you think of it!

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It seems that with so many people continuously losing their job as shown via unemployment numbers on the rise, that buying music online may be put in the luxury category.

Rather than buy music, many may just listen to live streaming radio online at places like Pandora and Lala. When the going gets real tough, it may be easier to see oneself just listening to what they already have or just flipping the radio on. The statistics will be interesting to see as the online world unfolds.

You could think of cloud computing as your laptop or desktop logging in to your Yahoo or Google email which is somewhere located on many different servers. You could think of it as a cloud of servers or the Internet that is able to be overhead and within reach whenever you need it.

Just by simply logging in to any account you may have online where you store electronic files such as pictures, videos, audio and so on and so forth. Any of these things are stored and able to be accessed from anywhere that you are in the world, all you have to do is log in to the corresponding website and there you have everything.

Interesting number that were tracked and talked about this time around were that in 2008 just over 115,000 new albums were released in the US. Only 110 of these sold more than 250,000 copies, 1500 of those released albums reached the sales number of around 10,000 copies sold and less than 6,000 albums were able to break through the 1000 number ceiling.

These stats are most likely no surprise to what music industry followers already have known for quite some time now. It’s interesting to see if and how these numbers continue to change based on where the Internet and all of its technology continues to take us all.

This has reconfirmed that the selling of the cds at a store or online are not where the money making focus is heading anytime soon. Instead these album releases are to be treated as a way to market and advertise image and sound to others to in turn make the money at the live performances, commercials, video games, ring tones, licensing to movies and all of the things of that nature.

It’s safe to say that this money making number will be increased be the live streaming acts that popular bands are beginning to test out online at YouTube and the like, to draw in others through paid advertisement or paying to watch live performances online. There could be a great door inching its way open here that continues to put the focus on the live performances channeled to the public in person or online that will be attractive enough for others to want to either pay for it or entice others such as big advertisers to pony up the cash for millions of viewers looking at their goods.

There are so many places that the future of mobile phones are heading. For many this may be hard to believe that these inventors can keep coming up with more and more ideas for the mobile phone than has already been brought to the surface. The greatest thing a while back was the widespread use of the Internet on a cell phone and all of the various types of screens that you could see live streaming shows and web pages on.

Some of the things to be on the lookout for in the not too distant future is being able to pay for items that you pick up at the stores that you frequent. You may even soon be able to use your car without the need for any keys to bring along. Some analysts have said that they could see the mobile phones being able to have access to various functions for your everyday life like accessing subways, opening doors, making electronic payments, clipping coupons and providing forms of identification.

This is all very exciting and well and good, but some have wondered how secure the electronical Internet system really is and if they need to be worried about their credit card information and identity being compromised. There really isn’t too much to be worried about, the entire banking world is run on private secured Internet access lines that is of the same secured caliber as the Internet that you and I use when we use credit cards online at reputable places.

You’re no more subject to somebody getting access to your numbers than you were when you were giving the numbers to a human over the telephone. Unfortunately, there will always be criminals trying to figure out a way that they can steal someone’s information. A great tip for protecting your money online is to open up and use a bank account that is only for your Internet purchases.

This way when you know that there’s something you want to purchase, you can deposit the general round numbered amount into the appropriate account and bingo you have only the amount needed to pay for your purchase. If an identity thief ever got access to your information, there wouldn’t be any money there in the first place for them to withdraw.

In reality, as long as you stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to, you’ll be fine. What is meant by this is only use websites that you know are very reputable or recommended by people that you trust like Clark Howard. These will be the websites that will always have the best security that you could ever ask for. There is usually so much encryption taking place that you really will have nothing to worry about.

What they have done is come out with the launching of something that they call the “payphrase”. What this does is it makes your purchases at Amazon or their participating websites much faster and to the point. When prompted by the website as you’re trying to purchase something, all you will have to do is enter your previously setup passphrase which is something unique that you would have chosen.

Then after that, you enter a 4 digit PIN which is linked to your Amazon account. Your shipping address and payment information is stored at your Amazon account and this payphrase will instantly have access to that information, which makes it much easier for you to pay for what you want to buy.

This will most likely be viewed as a great way to bypass the process of having to sometimes enter all of your numbers and information in from time to time just as you might do with a paypal account. It will be nice to see if this is something that the consumer will enjoy or not.

By helping others understand certain items in laymen’s terms will help them to start browsing online knowing that they are going to be all right with using their credit card online. Most of the fears that older people may have can usually be cleared up by helping them to gain the necessary knowledge needed to move forward in this online world.

Usually when you don’t understand something, it’s not a good idea to try and pretend that you do. If most others took this approach to life, they would eventually find themselves falling into a hole all of the time. It’s just a matter of people wanting to protect their credit, identity and their cash investments and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

There really is an electronic cigarette that is being made and sold online. It hasn’t quite gone main stream yet, but we all could guess that it’s just a matter of time before the FDA approval process will give its blessing and I see this thing becoming extremely popular. You’ll one day find yourself at you favorite corner pub reminiscing with you drinking buddy about the good ‘ole days when you used to smoke a real cigarette with real tobacco.

An electronic cigarette is a battery powered device that allows you to inhale doses of flavored nicotine via heating a nicotine chemical solution into a vapor. So you be able to inhale the nicotine and exhale its leftover vapor which is just as harmless as a flower in July. Isn’t that just something else?

If you think about it, it really is a great idea as far as the second hand smoke goes. I wonder down the road if you will be able to smoke wherever you darn well please? There’s no toxic smoke anymore with these e-cigarettes, so why not? I’m not a smoker and I don’t think I would mind if the person a few feet away from me was puffing this vaporized nicotine.

I got to believe that there’s virtually no smell at all. Of course there will be the lingering of the flavored juice that is vaporized coming from the pie hole area, but that may be better than the bad breath I sometimes have to endure in tightly packed trains and planes.

Just as with everything, you will need to come up with a plan that will help you to come up with the best way to hone and sharpen your talents. It would be real hard to build almost any size building from as small as a shed to as large as a skyscraper without any sort of plans.

Now of course along the way you will think of new or different ideas and want to change the plan up a little or point it in a certain direction based on what the future brings you. This is just fine. Don’t let the idea of having a plan keep your mind locked up inside a proverbial box. Just know that you can do anything you want, just make sure you find the right people who can help you come up with a plan for it.