Wikipedia staged a blackout on Wednesday, 18th January, in protest of the SOPA and PIPA bills that threaten to change the dynamics of a free web. In a show of solidarity, several other websites such as Google (US), Reddit, WordPress, …
“Freedom of speech and expression” was once again under threat on the announcement of SOPA – Stop Online Piracy Act. The bill was first introduced in October 2011 in order to protect corporations from being victims of piracy. Superficially the …
“The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow” – Rupert Murdoch With the advent of information technology, the world has never been changing as fast as it is …
The New E-Piracy directive (to be in effect from 25th May, 2011) by the European commission however requires webmasters to turn the “Opt-Out” system into an “Opt-In” system. In such a system, the website needs to acquire permission from the user to set cookie while explicitly informing him of the reasons. Read more… …
Bing v/s Google! Will Microsoft finally be able to break Google’s monopoly in the world of Search Engines? Whats better and whats not? Read on to find out more… …
A recent Reuters’ article states that “Microsoft Corp is testing a new version of its online search service internally under the code name Kumo.com.” The article also states that “The new service was unveiled in an internal memo sent by …
Or something like it! I remember watching Bill Gates’ interview long back (Dec, 2005), where he was asked about Google’s business model and about free software and he answered, ” I think, when you use a free search engine (like …
Was just chatting the other day with a close friend and her tag line said, “When in doubt Google”. I gave this a decent thought and came to the conclusion that Google actually runs our life. We query Google for …
Google announced its first quarter results a few minutes back and the results were better than street expectations. Google’s Q1 EPS was $4.84 and the revenue was $3.7 billion. Amid fears that the economic slowdown would have a negative result on Google’s …
Google launched a free hosted service on Thursday that helps Web site publishers manage advertising slots on their site. Ad Manager, like similar paid management services, can target ads at specific users. It can deliver ads depending on a user’s …