The emergence of social sites and blog forums now offers easy option to webmasters. The forums have wider outreach and this could provide the exact market one needs.
Social networking sites like iborian.com, MySpace, Facebook.com and mashada.com now offer users chance for individuals to create own content and share favourite websites with other forum members. Read more…
VP of Engineering Mike Schroepfer reveals the tricks that keep the world’s biggest social network going.
The challenge of dealing with such a huge number of users has been highlighted by hiccups suffered by some other social-networking sites. Twitter was beleaguered with scaling problems for some time and became infamous for its “Fail Whale”–the image that appears when the microblogging site’s services are unavailable. Read more…
In less than a week, Google announced an operating system to compete with Windows, while Microsoft announced that Office 10 will include free, online versions of its four most popular software programs — a shot at Google’s suite of web-based office applications.
The fight between Microsoft and Google is over who’ll be seen as the world’s most important tech company. Read more…
Landing in stores October, Windows 7 is sparking a surprisingly heated debate (in our forums, at least) on whether or not upgrading from XP is a good idea. If you’re in the “nay” camp, we’re going to lay out seven reasons why you should consider switching your stance to “yay.”
Windows 7 is coming in October. Here are seven reasons to consider switching to Microsoft’s new OS. Read more…
It’s your birthday. And thanks to your Facebook profile, everybody knows that. Your wall fills up with well wishes from hundreds of “friends.”
There are more than 350,000 applications on Facebook. The company says it disables any that violate its terms. Read more…
In the time it takes your computer to boot up, you can probably make some toast or a cup of tea before the thing is ready to use. In the near future, you might only have enough time to take a sip of that tea or check your watch.
Do you get impatient waiting for your computer to start up? Manufacturers say they’re working on that. Read more…
With a few strokes of a giant purple pen, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Yahoo’s Carol Bartz finally signed a deal that will turn Microsoft into the second-largest search company in the world, and turn Yahoo into a media-driven advertising broker.
Yahoo to hand over searching to Microsoft, who will pay Yahoo a percentage of future revenue. Read more…
Facebook’s user base is nearly as large as the U.S. population and, for the first time, the site has turned a profit.
Facebook now has 300 million users — almost as many as the population of the United States. Read more…
Paul Jessup is an avid reader who is increasingly turning to e-books to feed his love of the written form. It’s not just ease of use that draws Jessup to books in a digital form, it’s the potential e-books represent.
E-books, such as Sony’s Readers, are less than 3 percent of the total publishing market, but are catching on fast. Read more…
Say you’re buying a dog. You know the breed you want; you can picture it in your head. But what was the name? A bull terrier? A pit bull? A bull mastiff?
Bing’s “visual search” and Google’s Fast Flip produce search results as images. Read more…
