Mobile meeting guides, simply put, are hot. They put the conference agenda, session descriptions, and exhibitor listings on attendees’ smartphones, allowing users to create personalized schedules, connect with each other and with social-media sites, and much, much more. Not clear on the concept? Here’s everything you need to know to get started on a mobile guide for your meeting.

While any smartphone app developer could eventually come up with a convention tool, our new directory of mobile meeting guide developers includes just those experienced in the meetings and conventions industry and that at their core provide users with an event agenda, a list of exhibitors (if applicable), and a menu of other features to navigate a meeting. Check out the directory.

With more holiday shopping done through the Web than ever before—not to mention socializing, research, and entertainment all year long—it’s safe to say that we spend more time using our browser than using any other software. Here’s a look at how the browser experience is changing. From custom add-ons to augmented reality, get ready for the browser of the future.

Here are some random tweets showing up on a Twitter filter search for “webinar”:
“Waiting, waiting, waiting for webinar to begin… “
“Shiny objects are distracting me during this webinar… SQUIRREL! BIRD!”
“BS detection mode on. Another webinar…”
“Why didn't they invent a web2.0inar? ‘Webinar’ just sounds sooooooooo one-way. Consumers want conversations :-( "
"'Going' to another webinar today. Turns out these things are pretty informative.”

Are your attendees among the 20 percent writing something positive, or the 80 percent expressing their frustration? Most of the negative tweets could have been avoided by asking yourself four basic questions.

Wrap your mind around this Coca Cola event where the teen attendees were issued radio-frequency identification (RFID) wristbands that allowed them to instantly “like” the various stations throughout the venue on Facebook. Just think about what you could do with this at your events. Don’t miss the video!