Facebook is said to be looking at ways to turn its “like” button into a multi-million dollar bonanza. The feature, which is currently used simply for giving a thumbs up to user content such as status update, could be the key to breaking through in the contextual advertising market. The company wants to make it […]
Opera has become the first rival browser to Safari to appear on the iPhone and iPod touch. The app was approved last night and is already available for download. It’s something of a surprise that Apple would give the thumbs up to Opera. While the iTunes App Store approval process has often seemed close to […]
It could already be said the Internet is multi-dimensional given how hyperlinks replacing linear text made up the heart of the World Wide Web. But now an Intel representative is predicting a 3D internet within five years. The comments come from Sean Koehl, a man with the somewhat awesome job title of “technology evangelist” for […]
One lucky cameraman happened to catch an unusual aquatic daredevil. What you’re about to see is a Channel News exclusive. His name is Nutty the Squirrel, and he’s three years old. How ’bout that? That squirrel can water-ski. – Man, that’s hilarious. – Yeah, that’s good. –Anchorman The world of the Internet is one where […]
As you’ll know from my recent review of Gina Trapani’s Lifehacker book, the subject of productivity tweaks has been on my mind lately. I thought I’d share some of the ideas I’ve tried and how they are working out, and then ask you for your own experiences. (Before starting, I should acknowledge that most of […]
My Mom’s on Facebook: A hair metal anthem for anyone whose mom is ruining Facebook! Music and lyrics by Blood of TigerCat.
It turns out some users really were open to the ideas of trying browsers other than Internet Explorer: they just needed a nudge in the right direction. Opera reports that downloads of its browser have more than doubled since the introduction of a “ballot screen” in Europe which prompts IE users to consider installing a […]
You may have noticed that Facebook isn’t exactly my favorite social media network. There are 100 reasons not to like Facebook, but now I have another one. According to the Financial Times, Facebook traffic has just surpassed Google. Over the last year the company has seen phenomenal growth, especially among the baby boomer crowd. But […]
A secret document has revealed US government officials have so many programs of agents working undercover on social networking sites that they have had to create a coordination program. The Electronic Frontier Foundation obtained the document under freedom of information laws. The document, “Obtaining and Using Evidence from Social Networking Sites” is authored by the […]
The Internet grew 20% more hateful in the past year according to new figures. That’s not in terms of losers nitpicking on forum flame wars, but rather racist and other hurtful material, plus terrorist propaganda. The report comes from the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Tolerance, named after a Jewish holocaust survivor who later pursued those […]