Original source: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/court-rules-that-yelp-must-unmask-the-identities-of-seven-anonymous-reviewers/282959/ Whether it’s a case of dirty carpets, or dirty tactics, Yelp is in the legal spotlight thanks to a lawsuit by Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, of Alexandria, Virginia (consider yourself forewarned – their website will make your eyes bleed: ... »
Yahoo! was thrust into the limelight the last holiday season – unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. Their services were hacked. According to this Yahoo! post providing specific details, users accessing the site between December 27, 2013 and January 3, 2014 may have been infected with malware. The actual infection was a result of the Yahoo! ad service’s Java based code being exploit... »
The concept of copyright isn’t anything new, but the digital age has brought some difficulties to light concerning those rights that weren’t so obvious before things went all digital. Chief among them are the rights, or more importantly, the copyrights surrounding works. Few people today realize it, but the modern library isn’t really that old, and it isn’t something that b... »
Few would dispute that Wikipedia has been the world leader in user generated free global knowledge over the last decade, but Google has been strangling traffic to the site for more than a year. According to Wikipedia, their English search results declined 21% over the last year, despite increasing every other year. In other words, either Wikipedia has become a lot less popular, or something else i... »
Whether you’re starting your own business, or just want to add a little more professionalism to your online persona. Whatever your reasons for registering a domain name, you’re making the right choice. Here are 5 reasons to register your own domain name and truly establish your presence in that crazy virtual world, we call the Internet. Credibility Nothing bugs me more when I’m d... »
Imagine being in the longest line in a store and the frustration you feel when all you want to do is pay and leave. When you transfer that to an eCommerce store, you’re talking about not just one frustrated, unhappy shopper, but hundreds, maybe thousands. Google states that increased page load times could mean as much as 20 percent less revenue, according marketing consulting firm MakeThemCl... »
A good friend of mine recently asked me for some help and advice with his new blog, he is very new to blogging, and was making a lot of mistakes that many new bloggers make. So, I stepped in and helped him out. During our discussions, I set up an RSS feed on his blog, and showed him how to use it. But the first question he asked was “What is RSS?”. It then occurred to me that this ext... »
Whether your a Firefox, Chrome, or even an IE fan, they are all great in their own way (well, maybe not so much when it comes to IE). But which is the best browser overall? Well, today’s infographic (created by the guys over at CenturyLinkDeals) pitches some of the most popular web browsers against each other. Do you agree with the results? »