Google’s changes to its algorithm have become notorious for impacting the position of websites who rely on it6 heavily for traffic. In recent months the various incarnations of the Panda Update have caused several big-name websites to lose as much as 80% of their traffic. And now Google seems to be at it again, this [...]
November 8th, 2011 by Anthony West
When it comes to mobile access for great images, we’ve sadly had to put up with the semi-pro photo sites on the web like Flickr and the like. The big sites like Shutterstock have for some time ignored the potential of mobile but that is all set to change. Shutterstock made the official announcement recently [...]
November 8th, 2011 by Anthony West
The internet has become such a fixture in our lives that most of us take it for granted. Few people for instance, take the time to consider the component parts of the internet and what makes it ‘work’. Thankfully though, there are people like Michael of Vsauce, who take what most of considers trivia and [...]
November 7th, 2011 by Anthony West
When you are capable of commanding a user base in the millions, a mini-revolt can be a headache. And this is exactly what search giant Google is finding out. Google has reportedly received a signed petition with over 10,000 signatories asking for a roll-back of the popular Google Reader to its original state. The revolt [...]
November 5th, 2011 by Anthony West
You’d probably never guessed it, but based on figures released by Facebook, a whopping 600,000 logins are compromised every single day. The figure was part of an infographic released by Facebook which sought to highlight some of the security challenges faced by the social networking giant as well as the steps being taken to combat [...]
November 3rd, 2011 by Anthony West
When it comes to user security, Facebook unlike other social media platforms (think Twitter) doesn’t let up against spammers and hackers. According to recent report released by the social networking giant, over 650,000 user actions are checked every second to ensure that user accounts remain safe from hacks and spam. Dubbed the Facebook Immunity System [...]
November 2nd, 2011 by Anthony West
When you are the world’s biggest social network and have billions at your disposal, any building project taken on is going to be massive. This is how experts are describing Facebook’s latest building project. The social networking giant is reported to be drafting plans for a $72.3 million a year data center in the Swedish [...]
November 1st, 2011 by Anthony West
Pastebin is not the sort of service you subscribe to unless you are deep into the world of IRC chats and massive data sharing, but for those inclined, Pastebin has been doing well for around 10 years now. But its journey has been a mixed and odd one. It took Pastebin over 8 years to [...]
November 1st, 2011 by Anthony West
SoundHound is an online music search and discovery web site where people can look up and download all different types of music of all various genres; from country to rap and blue grass to jazz. SoundHound has recently released the numbers and statistics regarding how many users and how much traffic the web site gets [...]
November 1st, 2011 by Daniel Renfro
The Indian economy has been booming over the last few years but many have felt that the burgeoning tech sectors in India haven’t lived up to its potential. While that may be true on some levels, it clearly isn’t true on all. If theirs is any gauge for growth it’s surely to be found in [...]
October 29th, 2011 by Anthony West
Along with the various features and applications that the Google company offers its users, their webmail service is extremely popular and has many members, in fact somewhere around 350 million users worldwide actually use the Gmail web server. Along with the various other social networks that are making changes to their websites and features that [...]
October 29th, 2011 by Daniel Renfro
When it comes to Content Management Systems, there are lots of pretenders to the throne. But few can really stand up to scrutiny and ultimate proof of dominance is always seen in the number of users on a platform. In real terms there are only two real platforms via for dominance and so far the [...]
October 28th, 2011 by Anthony West
For most of us, using Microsoft Office to handle all our documentation tasks is almost second nature. That mindshare of course was challenged in 2006 after Google acquired Writely and unleashed Google Docs onto the world. In the 4+ years since, Google Docs has become a mainstay for most individuals and businesses as it relates [...]
October 28th, 2011 by Anthony West
If Microsoft’s YouTube page gets hacked, is it an attack on Microsoft or an attack on YouTube? The question might seem like a Zen koan, but is an important one to ask in light of news that Microsoft’s YouTube page has indeed been hacked. News of the hacking broke after many of the software giant’s [...]
October 28th, 2011 by Anthony West
The race for mobile Apps dominance is an intense one at the top and although Apple long ago got a head start, many are predicting that the Android apps store will eventually overtake Apple’s. At present the Apple Apps store has just over 600,000 registered applications while the Android Apps store has just over 500,000. [...]
October 26th, 2011 by Anthony West
Ever since Bit.ly proved that heavy branding is achievable on the .LY extension, new companies have been using it as an alternative to paying through the nose for a .Com. One such company is Visual.ly a spin-off company from Mint’s Infographics. The young startup has reportedly managed to raise $2 million in seed money to [...]
October 25th, 2011 by Anthony West
Registering a $10 a domain and installing a search engine script can sometimes pay big dividends. This is what the owners of popular image search engine, CompFight.com have discovered to their glee. The website was recently sold on Flippa.com for a whopping $50,000 and represents a nice payday for something that probably took a couple [...]
October 20th, 2011 by Anthony West
Bit.ly seems to have joined the fortune-telling business. At least that’s what tech experts have been saying with the announcement by Bit.ly of its new enterprise reputation tracking system. Built on Bit.ly’s search platform, the tracking system will allow for the prediction of which pages will eventually become popular, thus giving its customers the insights [...]
October 19th, 2011 by Anthony West
