It could be argued that we, as humans, learn best from our past mistakes. It could also be argued that the only way to truly live life is to sprint everywhere as fast as you can with your tie knotted around your head like it’s midnight at an open-bar wedding, yelling, “On your left! LEFT!!! I’m not even required to wear a tie for work!” …
web
Gmail Now Helps Eliminate Sending Emails to the Wrong Person
Starting yesterday, another one of Gmail’s Labs features snuck their way into the email service permanently. Did you mean to send the email to Andy or Andrew? The new feature helps eliminate accidental boo-boos.
In addition, it’ll also suggest other recipients that you commonly email in conjunction with whoever you’re sending it …
How Technology Influences the New American Family
A new Nielson report takes a look at how multicultural families across America are adapting to today’s digital landscape. This new report — pieced together with data from the U.S. Census Bureau, The Pew Research Center, and numerous other studies conducted by the global leader in data compilation — paints a revealing and colorful …
US Online Ad Revenue Hits New Record
Advertising skeptics might be surprised to read this: Online ad revenue topped a record $26 billion in 2010.
This figure represents a 15% increase from 2009, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers and Interactive Advertising Bureau report released Wednesday. The previous record was in 2008, when revenue reached $23.4 …
Should Twitter Beware an UberMedia Rival?
Tell folks to stop making Twitter clients (as Twitter just did) and what do they do? How about build a better Twitter.
CNN reports UberMedia may be planning to. Well, is planning to at least build a social network. And according to sources: One that’s ostensibly designed to go toe-to-toe (or tweet-to-tweet) with Twitter.
How do you …
Kerry-McCain Online Privacy Bill: Too Weak or Too Strong?
Senators John McCain and John Kerry have introduced an online privacy bill that would require companies to inform consumers when their personal data is being collected for marketing purposes and how it’s being shared.
“The bill, if it becomes law, would require companies to tell consumers why data was being
…
Who Needs Internet Explorer 9 When You Can Download IE10?
You’ve just downloaded Internet Explorer 9, gotten acquainted with its page pins and streamlined tabs and search-in-the-address-bar simplification, but lo and behold: Microsoft’s already teasing Internet Explorer 10!
“Explore a more beautiful web,” writes Microsoft, inviting you to take IE10 for a spin not next year or next …
Surprise, E-mail Signature Disclaimers are Legally Meaningless
Somewhere, the e-mail gods just smiled upon us all. Those annoyingly long e-mail signatures companies often use as a disclaimer don’t mean anything in court. In fact, they don’t mean anything at all, except for the fact that someone really wants to aggravate you with a “legal notice” that takes up two lengthy paragraphs.
Part …
New Facebook Scam Preys On Innocent Twilight Fans
The latest scam making its way around Facebook sinks its fangs into a new group of itchy-fingered Internet browsers: Twilight fans.
As first reported on the Sophos blog (with a hat tip to CNET) the rabid fanbase of the bestselling vampire romance novels has been the target of a fake Breaking Dawn game that tricks users into granting …
AOL, Huff Post Sued For $105 Million By Ex-Blogger
Be careful who you fire as you’re handing over your company, they just might sue you for $105 million. In fact that’s just what former Huffington Post blogger Jonathan Tasini’s asking from AOL and HuffPost in a lawsuit with possible class-action status, claiming he and other bloggers weren’t paid for their work.
Those other …
Adobe Confirms Flash Zero-Day Bug: Here’s What to Look Out For
If you use Adobe Flash Player, Reader or Acrobat, your system might be susceptible to the Flash Zero-Day bug — a malicious code that hackers are using to target Adobe users.
A security bulletin put out by the software company on Monday details the following:
This vulnerability (CVE-2011-0611) could cause a crash and potentially
…
3 of 10 U.S. Web Searches Powered by Bing
Microsoft has hit a milestone in its slow search ascent, with Bing powering 30 percent of searches in the United States.
That’s only if you include both Bing and Yahoo, which is powered by Microsoft’s search engine. Separately, Bing is still in third place with 14.32 percent of the market in March, according to Hitwise. Yahoo has …