A new report from Symantec’s MessageLabs finds that short URLs in spam have reached a “historical peak”. This type of spam has increased significantly over the past year. Spam containing shortened links hit a one day peak of 18%, or 23.4 billion spam emails, on April 30, 2010, doubling last year’s peak levels when spam [...]
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– July 22, 2010
Google announced today that it has completely updated the Google Maps data on the touchscreens of airplane seats on Virgin America. The maps will show viewers (almost) exactly where they’re at as they fly as usual, but it now features terrain view and new data showing elevation, mountains, etc. “In other words, it more closely [...]
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– July 22, 2010
YouTube has introduced a new way to embed videos. The new style uses an <iframe>. Viewers of videos which use the following embed code style will be able to view the embedded video in one of YouTube’s Flash or HTML5 players, depending on viewing environment and preferences: <iframe class=”youtube-player” type=”text/html” width=”640″ height=”385″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID” frameborder=”0″> </iframe> [...]
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– July 22, 2010
The growth in the use of mobile technology has made U.S. consumers more comfortable with safeguards as fewer are voicing concern about privacy and security on their wireless devices, according to a new global survey by KPMG. KPMG found that 48 percent of the U.S. consumers surveyed on the use of technology (e.g. computers, smart [...]
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– July 22, 2010
Google announced today that it has launched an enhancement for the Google Voice mobile app on Android and BlackBerry devices. The tweak is designed to make placing calls quicker. The feature itself is called “Direct Access Numbers.” “At Google we are obsessed with speed. Our mantra is faster = better,” says Google software engineer Flavio [...]
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– July 22, 2010
Flickr has released an updated version of its iPhone app, specifically targeting new features of the iPhone 4 like multi-tasking and support for HD-video uploads. "The version 1.2 adds multi-tasking and allows users to upload their photos and videos in the background," a representative for Flickr tells WebProNews. "After tapping the ‘Upload’ button, you can [...]
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Flickr Updates iPhone App to Utilize iOS 4 Capabilities, Adds Twitter Sharing
– July 22, 2010
Back in June, our Zurich engineering headquarters welcomed 100 of EMEA’s brightest computer science students to our annual Europe, Middle East and Africa Scholars’ Retreat. Recipients of the Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities joined Anita Borg Memorial Scholars and Finalists for three days of workshops, technical talks, poster sessions, networking events and, of [...]
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2010 EMEA Scholars’ Retreat: top CS students share their impressions
– July 22, 2010
AOL has launched AOL Advertising Politics hub aimed at campaigns, advocacy groups and companies looking to target audiences online. Online display advertising has become a key factor for political campaigns. With the Supreme Court ruling earlier this year lifting the restrictions on political ad spending from corporations, companies can now join campaign and issue advocacy [...]
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– July 22, 2010
YouTube has launched a revamped version of its Music page, following in the footsteps of its shows and movies pages. The new page showcases the most viewed music videos, as well as special promotions, curated playlists, and unsigned talent. Users can also create their on mixes. "For example, in the mood for electronic beats? Just [...]
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– July 22, 2010
This week Facebook surpassed 500 million users, but that’s not the only reason the world’s largest social network is making headlines. This post from O’Reilly Radar breaks down where Facebook’s half a billion users reside by region. Asia appears to be the fastest-rising region for Facebook users, currently sitting at 17% of the social network’s [...]
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Talks Legal Battle, Won’t See "The Social Network"
– July 22, 2010
This week has been a big week for social media as the world’s most popular social network announced that it reached 500 million users. Salesforce.com is just as excited about it as anybody. "Facebook’s stunning growth is pushing the entire IT industry to think social," the company’s Chief Marketing Officer tells WebProNews. "At salesforce.com, Facebook [...]
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Salesforce.com Provides Its Own Example of an Employee Social Media Policy
– July 22, 2010
Barnes & Noble has introduced Nook for Android. This comes in the form of a free app that lets users read eBooks with customizable font styles. The company says this is the first Android eReader app that lets users share eBooks with friends. The company also points out that this is the first eReader software [...]
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– July 22, 2010
The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing Wednesday to discuss regulating Internet gambling in the U.S. and establish safeguards for licensed operators to put in place to protect against underage and problem gambling. "With the recent passage of financial reform legislation, it’s great to see the Financial Services Committee now with the opportunity [...]
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– July 22, 2010
Facebook announced its 500 million user milestone yesterday, and along with that announced some other stats like how it gets over 100 billion hits per day. This was revealed in a post in which the company talked about how it scales with its massive growth. Twitter is also growing rapidly, and the company is also [...]
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– July 22, 2010
Do you ever embed YouTube videos in your web pages? If the answer is yes, you should create an XML Video Sitemap as it will help improve your site’s performance in Google and other search engines. Why Create XML Sitemaps for Video? Video Sitemaps (see sample) are plain text files containing a list of videos [...]
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– July 22, 2010
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