Gone in 6 seconds
April 17th, 2012
Job seekers asked for Facebook account access
March 31st, 2012
Resume, references, & Facebook account passwords
Another reason to think twice before posting something online – it could cost you your job or the prospect of getting a new job. Employers have long been checking into candidates lives online on sites like Myspace and Facebook but some are starting to go beyond that. some companies are not just glancing at a person’s social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around. Sources say employers are increasingly asking candidates to give up their social media account passwords during interviews Read the rest of this entry »
Chrome Takes the lead over IE for Market Share
March 30th, 2012
A milestone for browser wars
- Internet Explorer has been top browser since 1999
- Chrome use peaks weekends when users are home and can use their browser of choice
- Chrome was first for just one day
Google made history and finally achieved what no other browser has been able to do in the past 13 years – if only for a day. Chrome surpassed IE for the first time in market share. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple releases new third generation iPad
March 12th, 2012
Apple executives revealed the new iPad late last week at the launch event in San Francisco.
The new third generation iPad arrived amidst much excitement and the usual “media hype”. There was exciting talk of iPad 3, iPad HD, an updated iOS5, and a host of other feature upgrades and enhancements. Read the rest of this entry »
Twitter selling old tweets for marketing data
March 7th, 2012
According to a recent report by CNN Tech, Twitter is opening up its archive of old tweets to companies for valuable marketing data.
For years, companies have been mining tweets in an effort to get information Read the rest of this entry »
New Google Seaview to map the Great Barrier Reef
February 29th, 2012
Google’s map of the Earth could hardly be complete without a map of the oceans. Google’s newest edition to the world map is being described as “Streetview” for the sea – imagine Streetview but as a 3D virtual tour of the sea. Read the rest of this entry »
Olympus to be indicted as corporation
February 20th, 2012
According to a Kyodo news agency report on Sunday, Japanese prosecutors are considering indicting Olympus Corp as a company. Last Monday the company, who is allegedly involved in a $1.7 billion scandal to falsify its financial reports to conceal huge investment losses, forecast a $410 million full-year loss due largely to its ailing camera operations. Read the rest of this entry »
Facebook set for biggest internet IPO in history
February 15th, 2012
Recent news of Facebook’s much-talked-about initial public offering has everyone speculating and digging into the details. The eight-year-old social networking giant intends to raise $5 billion in initial funding which would be the largest internet IPO in history. Read the rest of this entry »
Web Economy Predicted to Double by 2016
January 29th, 2012
According a recent study by Boston Consulting Group and web giant Google, the web economy of the G20 should double by 2016.
That means the current $2.3tn will likely hit $4.2tn in a few years time and due mostly to the rapid rise of mobile internet access.
Some statistics from the study:
- in four years 3 billion people will be using the internet, (nearly 50% of the world’s population).
- every year about 200 million people go online for the very first time
- traditional internet access via a desktop PC will seriously decline
- by 2016 about 80% of all internet users will access the web using a mobile phone (due to cheaper smartphones)
iPhones subsidy hits Verizon in Q4 2011
January 26th, 2012
According to some of the numbers coming out of fourth quarter last year, it might look like telecommunications giant Verizon has hit some hard times. The largest wireless provider in the US reported a $2.02 billion loss in Q4 2011. However, Verizon attributes slumping margins to discounted iPhone sales and is staking its earnings on data services and a long term strategy. Read the rest of this entry »