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YouTube Switches On Mobile Advertising
Google has rolled-out mobile advertising for YouTube in a bit to raise funds from the popular, but financially-floundering site.
The move follows YouTube’s recent launch of pre-roll ads at the start of its videos. The pre-roll ads are skippable, but that doesn’t mean they’re not annoying.
The new mobile ads seem unobtrusive enough as a screenshot, but [...]
Google Chrome Business to be Released in 2011
If you don’t know already Google will be introducing a business version of their Chrome OS that will hit netbooks from 2011.
Now we all know that business computing is one of Microsoft’s expertise so instead of competing with the likes of Windows XP or Windows 7 Professional Google is expected to roll out its Google [...]
T-Mobile Ditch Yahoo for Google
It’s all fair in love and search engines as T-Mobile have announced that they are ending their one year exclusive deal with Yahoo and replacing it with Google. So what does this mean? Well every time a Blackberry user visits the T-Mobile portal, it will be Google’s search engine showing at the top [...]
Please Rob Me Site Reveals Foursquare Twits
A new website PleaseRobMe.com has highlighted the semi-obvious idea that by Tweeting your whereabouts you’re telling the world you’re not at home to protect your silver cutlery and candlesticks.
Please Rob Me works by searching for updates from the online game Foursquare, which allows users to “check in” to different locations through GPS on their smartphones.
These [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo Partner to Take on Google
Microsoft and Yahoo have received the green light from the US Department of Justice and European Commission to go ahead with their plans for an internet search alliance, pitting them against the world’s current number one search company, Google.
Bing will turn into a better search engine when Microsoft takes over Yahoo search, and will be [...]
Mobile Phone Recycling from O2: Redeem Your Gadget Stash for Cash
I bet everyone of us have got an old mobile phone lying about in our homes which is in almost pristine condition. Rather than letting it gather dust in cupboards, hoping that one day you might be able to auction it off to an antiques fair, why not instead send it off and convert [...]
Gmail, Salesforce.com Drop IE6 Support
Despite Microsoft valiantly committing to support the old and massively buggy IE6 web browser until 2014, other big players in the web world have opted to drop their support.
As of 1 March, Google will no longer support IE6 on its Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs services. This means that many functions in those [...]
Cyber Attacks on Facebook and Twitter Triple
There has been an “alarming” rise in spammers and hackers taking advantage of online social network users over the last year, according to a report by computer security company Sophos.
Incidents of malware and spam attacks on Facebook and Twitter users rose by 70 per cent in 2009 according to Sophros’ “Social Security” report.
“Computer users are [...]
Google Chrome Steals a Share from Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox Usage
Since the release of the browser, Google Chrome has been making headline news for its rapid accelerating growth in the browser market.
First Google Chrome managed to overtake Safari as the third most popular browser and now with data from Net Market Share revealing that Google Chrome is now taking a chunk out of [...]
LinkedIn: Top 10 Tips to get Headhunted
New Year’s resolutions generally focus around losing weight or finding a new job. You may have already cut down on the Jaffa Cakes, but are now faced with the problem of a poor job market as companies still try to recover from the recession by keeping on skeleton staff.
Apart from sending your CV to recruiters, [...]
