Facebook is the stomping ground for celebrities and entertainers, but by no means is climbing to the top of the popularity charts easy. Thanks to a new Facebook page tracking service called SocialMedia-live however, we are able to see who’s growing, how fast and some other juicy data. In the category of fastest growing celebrity [...]
January 27th, 2012 by Anthony West
The growth of the internet and IT on the whole has killed off literally a few professions. But at the same time it has opened new vistas and new opportunities for employment. And while capitalizing on these opportunities take a certain ‘connection’ to all things tech, the future couldn’t be brighter. Take the profession of [...]
January 27th, 2012 by Anthony West
The streaming movie and DVD rental business has proven so successful that every man and his dog it seems now wants a piece of the action. Netflix of course, had first movers advantage, but with top tech and telecoms companies looking on, it has been very hard to maintain that advantage. The first barbarian at [...]
January 27th, 2012 by Anthony West
The growth of mobile Apps are perhaps exemplified by developers who triumph on Apple’s platform. One such developer is Tap Tap Tap who makes the popular photo taking app Camera+. Since launch the App has been doing very well in terms of sale and the company behind it announced recently that they made their its [...]
January 27th, 2012 by Anthony West
Bill Gates is no stranger to achievement, having steered Microsoft to being the biggest software company in the world—all while making our computing lives easier. But he’s also quite giving, and through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he’s given billions to charity. The exact details of his philanthropic effort was compiled and released in [...]
January 27th, 2012 by Anthony West
The internet like most technological marvels of the last 50 years has contributed positively towards our growth. But like most things there’s a downside, and it appears one of the biggest downsides to the internet is its impact (adversely) on our brains—particularly for those prone to addiction. A small study coming out of China is [...]
January 27th, 2012 by Anthony West
Google has been busy defending itself in the last few months against antitrust allegations by the FTC and it seems it is about to be even busier. In June Google was answering questions about its supposed manipulation of search results to accommodate its own products; now it will have to answer questions about Google+ and [...]
January 26th, 2012 by Anthony West
When Ashton Kutcher isn’t busy sorting out his Twitter account or filling in for Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, he’s funding companies. In fact, Kutcher is somewhat of young entrepreneur who took the path to stardom through acting. And to show his love for making money, he’s decided to part-fund Gidsy, a [...]
January 26th, 2012 by Anthony West
Sedo recorded another big-value domain sale recently when it brokered the sale of ICN.com for a massive $60,000. The domain was first registered in 1994, and by the looks of things, wasn’t developed much over the years. In fact, the majority of the three-letter domains being sold recently haven’t had much in terms of development. [...]
January 26th, 2012 by Anthony West
Parents and their children on Facebook is that dichotomy that polarizes many people but the fact is most parents would rather be safe than sorry when it comes to their children and their online behavior. This fact was borne out recently in a study conducted by Lab42 which found that 92% of parents are Facebook [...]
January 26th, 2012 by Anthony West
Social media and the tools that come with it has made job searching a lot less labor intensive than in past years. But this doesn’t mean that the use of social media doesn’t come with its troubles. The biggest difficulty is privacy, and sites like Facebook and Twitter are not very good at masking the [...]
January 26th, 2012 by Anthony West
It’s not easy keeping your listing on NASDAQ and FriendFinder Network is finding out in a rather embarrassing way. The company which runs a network of adult dating websites went public in 2011 with an offering of $10 a share, but since then things have gone from bad to worse. A mix of poor revenue [...]
January 26th, 2012 by Anthony West
Google has never been easy to define in terms of its loyalties to its users or to the people looking to control it, and the rest of us. But with the controversy surrounding the SOPA and PIPA bills and Google’s stance against them, a better sense of where the search giant lies on the divide [...]
January 25th, 2012 by Anthony West
It seems there is hardly a time when new ventures, new ideas are not busting through and finding their way on the internet. Ever since the heady and somewhat reckless days of the early dotcoms, the ‘start-up’ has helped to define an entire generation. Out of that definition emerged Onepager, a platform dedicated to helping [...]
January 25th, 2012 by Anthony West
Another high profile Twitter account has fell victim to the force that is hacking. This time its Ashton Kutcher, the beloved husband of everyone’s favorite Cougar, Demi Moore. Turns out one rather unwise hacker took control of the actors account round about the same time he or she took control of the account of the [...]
January 25th, 2012 by Anthony West
The tablet PC has now found definition through one gadget—the iPad. And this almost cult-like status of the iPad fuels a lot of speculation on Wall Street; analysts it seems are carving out whole niches on the back of predicting the number of iPads that are sold each year. Mind you, they all take their [...]
January 25th, 2012 by Anthony West
How do hackers make off with data from 24 million people on a retail website without leaving with payment data is beyond me, but according to Zappos, this is precisely what happened. The popular online retailer was quick to admit the hack, but news that although 24 million customers were affected, no payment data was [...]
January 25th, 2012 by Anthony West
Fresh off a stellar performance for 2011, Hulu is delivering on its promise to make more and more content available to its users and subscribers. The streaming video content provider unveiled its original programming line-up for the first six months of 2012 at the Television Critics’ Association (TCA) Winter Press Tour held recently. Straight out [...]
January 25th, 2012 by Anthony West
