Yesterday I wrote how Google decided to redirect from censured Chinese Google.cn to the Hong Kong version, Google.com.hk. It didn’t take many hours for the Chinese government before censored results were once again censored, but from Google.com.hk. How exactly they’re doing it, I don’t know, but New York Times reports that it’s only results that … Read more →
A few months ago, Facebook popped up on most user’s screens, asking to modify privacy settings according to new settings offered by Facebook. Undoubtedly, many users just clicked through it and adapted the privacy settings suggested by Facebook, probably leaving your profile more open than it was before. No matter what, it’s a good idea … Read more →
I’ve been writing about this several times already and last week Google was 99.9% certain to shut down in China – now it seems they finally made the decision to go ahead and stop the censorship of search results on Chinese Google.cn. For now, Google.cn is being redirected to the Google based in Hong Kong, … Read more →
I don’t watch that many Microsoft TV ads. Maybe because they’re mostly shown in the US or UK? I rarely see them where I watch TV, but every now and then, Microsoft release an ad that’s so bad it’s a must-see. Like the one with Microsoft Songsmith. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can … Read more →
This is a sponsored post, paid for by Sponsored Reviews. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. Still too many webmasters and site owners are not aware of the importance that SEO, Search Engine Optimization, has on how well … Read more →
An organization within Denmark published a study yesterday, made by Dwarf and Userneeds, showing that Facebook is the cause of $2 billion in loss of working hours. In a country with a population of 5,500,000 people, around 55,000 of them spend more than 30 minutes of their work day on Facebook, meaning a loss of … Read more →
I’ve been writing more about Google these past few weeks, than what I usually do. Most of the reason is because of the issues between Google and China, and sometimes I also mention how I’m not totally crazy about the fact that Google is becoming more and more The Internet, if you know what I … Read more →
Most advanced Mac users are used to seeing Microsoft copying many of the thinks that comes out of Apple in Cupertino (like Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista, as shown in this video by David Pogue). Well, it’s no surprise that Microsoft probably is a bit jealous of Apple’s success with iPhone, so they’ve … Read more →
CNNMoney.com reports, based on calculations done by Investor Village, that 120,000 iPads were sold during the first day of iPad pre-orders. They estimate that 69% ordered the Wi-Fi only edition, while the storage capacity was almost equally divided with 33% each (16GB, 32GB, 64GB). Victor Castroll, an analyst with Valcent Financial Group, said: “Apple has … Read more →
The Enterprise Desktop Alliance recently surveyed 260 IT administrators in the United States to learn which computer environment they believe is the cheapest to manage, when it comes to Macintosh vs PC. Their results showed that Mac’s cost less to manage than PC’s, according to 65% of the IT admins, with 19% of them saying … Read more →
This is a sponsored post, paid for by ReviewMe. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. Can you imagine driving around in a car that works only 95% of the time? No, that’s not a very good solution if … Read more →
Recently I wrote that Google apparently didn’t mean business when they threatened to pull out of China and close down their activities in the country. It seems I was wrong, well, 99.9% wrong, according to Financial Times. Due to a hardening in positions from both the Google side and the Chinese government, it now seems … Read more →
Happy Birthday, .Com domain. You’re now 25 years old. On March 15th, 1985, Symbolics registered the first .com domain, Symbolics.com. The 2nd domain name to be registered under .com, was bbn.com, which was registered April 24th – more than a month after Symbolics.com. In 1985, only six domains were registered and 53 domains in 1986. … Read more →
This is a sponsored post, paid for by Ebuzzing. All views expressed in this post are mine and are not influenced by the fact that I have been paid to write this. Most users who have tried online shopping is aware of one or more portals that allows price comparison of a certain product, making … Read more →
Here’s a quick and really neat trick for Mac users who would like to have birthdays listed in iCal. As default, your Mac will easily display birthdays in iCal, based on dates from your Addressbook, but it can’t give you an alarm and there’s no way to modify the events to do so. So, somebody … Read more →
The title of this amazing shortfilm is “REGEN”. At this time, it has around 200,000 views on YouTube, so chances are, you haven’t seen it yet – I hope 🙂 It’s short but it deserves a look, it’s really great work from the people behind it. And speaking of “behind it”, there’s a behind the … Read more →