Google has recently introduced a module that makes the web run faster. The mod_pagespeed for the Apache HTTP Server is made to perform numerous speed optimizations automatically. The mod_pagespeed is a follow up of the Page Speed which was introduced last year to give developers suggestions on how to speed up web pages. Trials have [...]
The HTML 5 Compatibility tests results released by W3C standards body bore an unexpected surprise. The results put Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) 9 browser ahead of its counterparts Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The IE 9 had a perfect score in all the seven tests conducted while Google Chrome had four perfect scores, Firefox and [...]
Microsoft owned search engine Bing handles 28 percent of all internet searches in the US. This is reason enough why any internet marketer should treat the search engine seriously. Microsoft offers Bing Webmaster Tools which help users to track information on the performance of a website. The tools give information on the number of clicks, [...]
A survey conducted by the Pew Internet Project on the use of location- based services(LBS), found that 7 percent of mobile internet users use LBS. Of all the adults that use the internet, 4 percent use services such as Foursquare to share information on their location with their friends. The survey which was conducted in [...]
When Google created the Great Google Algorithm it was intended to categorize the internet and help users get to the site that had the information they were looking for. Overtime, the same feature has come to dictate internet content. Site owners now create content following the rules of the algorithm rather than paying attention to [...]
Central America is experiencing an international conflict caused by an error on Google Maps. Eden Pastora, a Nicaraguan military commander moved his troops to an area near the San Juan Lake located along the border of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. They proceeded to set up camp taking a Costa Rican flag down and hoisting theirs. [...]
Google has confirmed that its new feature, Google Instant, is now available on iPhone and Android. The feature works by flipping the user to the search results while the user is still typing on the search box. On the iPhone, for example, there is an ‘Instant’ button at the bottom of the screen that is [...]
The Facebook has laid out a strategic plan that it hopes will make it rise to dominance in mobiles as it is in social networks. It seeks to achieve this by offering mobile phone users shopping discounts and making the phone use a more social experience. Facebook plans for a single sign-on that will enable [...]
Burma is experiencing a major cyber attack just days to its national elections. The elections slated for November 7 will be the first in twenty years. According to the ruling generals the elections are meant to mark a transition to democratic civilian rule. The internet attack known as the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack [...]
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the country’s intellectual property laws will be reviewed to make them suitable for the internet age. The review seeks to permit more use of copyright material without prior permission from the owner. The announcement though welcomed by many internet campaigners may be met with stiff resistance from [...]
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