Archive for the ‘Online Trends’
SMS the New Way to Fund Charity?
The idea of text fundraising might be quite a new one, but it’s starting to see a massive explosion in its use that could see it overtaking much more established methods of donating to a charity, especially during a crisis situation.
After the devastating earthquakes hit Haiti earlier this month the American Red Cross launched its [...]
How will Google’s Chinese Withdrawal Affect Microsoft and Yahoo?
Following recent cyber attacks on Google.cn, the companies presence in China, Google have recently decided to cease censoring their search results in the country, which will likely lead to a full withdrawal considering such a decision is against the law in China, which heavily censors the internet in a method that has become known as [...]
HP and Microsoft Beat Apple to the Slate Computer Market
A slate computer has been launched into the American markets by Microsoft and HP this month. The device was long rumoured and was finally shown to the public at the first time during last year’s consumer Electronics Show. The device was announced following rumours that Apple was creating a similar tablet computer.
Tablet PCs have yet [...]
Facebook Beats Out Google for Christmas Day Usage
We’re used to seeing Google in the top list of websites for pure usage just about every day of the year, at least in American and the UK. But while our own English sights were kept firmly planted on Google over this Christmas period, the Americans strayed on Christmas Day when Facebook overtook Google as [...]
Google has created place rank with Barcode Stickers – Kingpin SEO Company News
Can you imagine if every store you visited a simple barcode sticker on the window search people out your phone wave it in front of the code and be presented with all sorts of information about that particular business? Phone numbers, photos, and customer reviews all in one simple and easy to use interface.
Starting yesterday [...]
Google Reveals the Years “Most Search”
Google has released its annual list of the most popular search requests this year. Normally it’s not a list that’s too hard to guess if you have a vague idea of pop culture. The list was topped by Boyzone singer Stephen Gately following his death and subsequent media controversy in October. Other celebrities on the [...]
AOL to Rebrand as Online Content Provider
AOL might be a name that many people associate with America, but there was a time when AOL was actually one of the leading internet providers in the UK, too. One of the first to make the move to mass consumption of dial-up services along with competitor CompuServe, AOL was one of the first providers [...]
Bing courts News Corp for exclusive content rights
Bing is trying to gain ground on Google’s dominance in the search arena. What is completely shocking is that Microsoft is actually thinking about a deal to pay News Corp to pull its content from Google.
What? yes you heard correctly. If this deal is accepted Bing would be the ONLY search engine allowed to spider [...]
Browser Market Share Results for October
In the world of online marketing, design and resources one of the key things that just about everyone that runs a website should be aware of – the browser market share. Optimising sites for certain browsers and keeping on top of emerging technology can make the difference between good site and a great one.
Internet Explorer [...]
Surfing the Google Wave – The Latest Social Media Craze
On September 30th Google launched its newest product offering, Google Wave. With only 100,000 initial participants, access was limited to those with connections or a bit of good fortune. Certainly Wave is Google’s most talked about new product release since Gmail launched in 2004.
Google wave is being touted as the future of email. Wave combines [...]