The fad that will not die is still going strong. Since its launch in December of 2009, mobile video game Angry Birds has now surpassed 500 million downloads, making it one of the most downloaded games in history. The simple game created by Rovio requires users...
Google has announced that it will put its social networking service and controversial Google Buzz to eternal sleep. A faux pas by Google, Buzz wasn’t received well by people in social circles and although Google thought it would be a good alternative to Facebook and...
Google announced today that their Maps service will now include a layer for weather. The weather data, provided by Weather Channel’s weather.com, includes current temperatures and future forecasts. Users can hover over pins for more data and forecasts, and the the maps will display sun and moon...
For web developers Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) has been nothing short of a nightmare. The browser seems to have its own set of rules when it comes to rendering proper validated HTML pages and any coder will tell you this. Now, Microsft seems bent on...
Further validating Bing’s intrusion into their search space, Google has announced that search results will begin displaying box image previews on websites listings on the rankings. Writes Google, “Instant Previews provides a graphic overview of a search result and highlights the most relevant sections, making finding...
Google celebrates its 12th birthday today. The search giant commemorated the day with a Wayne Thiebaud drawing of a birthday cake on the homepage. So mark it down, Google’s official birthday is September 27, 1998. And that also means the company is in its last year...
Love it or hate it, Facebook has come a monster. The oft-controversial social networking site just announced that is has reached the 500 million user mark. “This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world,” said founder Mark...
I guess I’m not the only one. According to the U.K.’s Guardian, users are for the most part ignoring the newfangled real-time search listings available on Google search. The study was carried out by oneupweb which used eye-tracking technology to measure and record the search habits...
The first step in making a presence on the internet is often the most important, and that is choosing the right domain name to suit your needs. For the most part, you will want a “.com” TLD (Top-Level Domain) unless you are redirecting flow from a...
If you are a webmaster or site owner you know among the most important avenues to success on the internet for any website is its ability to acquire and maintain good backlinks. Sure there’s SEO and content, but if there’s no “votes” back to your...