Internet News
Google Is Working On A Tablet
Apr 18th
It’s been confirmed by Google that they working on a tablet to compete with the Apple iPad. This new tablet will be running on the popular Android Operating System. They have already announced plans for an e-book store to launch within the next few months.
We are also expecting later this year that the Chrome OS will be released on several netbooks.
TweetiBookstore Launched by Apple
Apr 2nd
The e-doors are open. Apple has just launched an online store full of digital iBooks made for use on the iPad. Users can browse, preview, and download a wide variety of books, but only iPad users will be able to use iBooks. A complimentary digital version of A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh is being offered to celebrate the grand opening. Watch your back Amazon.
TweetGoogle Launches Predictive Search
Mar 31st
Google has been monitoring the web and what you do for the last 12 years. Recently Google announced they will be integrating Predictive Search. Google believes they know what you are going to search before you even search for the keyword.
Later today when you visit Google, you will just be presented with a simple “Go” button. No search box. No Google Search button. No I’m Feeling Lucky button. Just GO.
Take a look below at what Google has said about this project.
Most people have predictable surfing habits. The average user will start the day checking their Facebook inbox. At lunchtime, they’ll update their Facebook status and send messages to friends. They’ll then play FarmVille or Mafia Wars in the evening. On Facebook.
TweetOur system has a 98.4% accuracy rate. We know who you are, where you are, what you’re doing, what you want, and when you want it.
New Twitter Homepage
Mar 30th
Steve Jobs On His Liver Transplant
Mar 21st
Steve Jobs talks about his life saving liver transplant at around the 13:00 minute mark.
TweetWhat Type of Sites Get The Most Traffic?
Mar 16th
To get a rough estimate of how the Internet is actually being used, the BBC charted the top 100 sites by unique users in January 2010. The study involved the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Brazil, U.S., and Australia.
Among the Top 100 sites, here’s what’s getting the traffic…
And among the Social Networking sites…
And for the Shopping Sites…
Office 2010 Coming May 12. iPad Available April 3.
Mar 6th
A couple of product launch news items for you…
Microsoft Office 2010 Available May 12
Business users will be able to get Office 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010: May 12. Consumers will have to wait until June to buy the product online and at retail, Microsoft officials said on March 5, via a post to the Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering blog. Microsoft also began offering users who are purchasing Office 2007 a free upgrade to Office 2010, as of today, March 5.
iPad Available April 3
Apple officially set the release date early Friday, after months of speculation about when the device would become available to the public.
Wi-Fi models will be available in the U.S. on April 3 and models with Wi-Fi and 3G will be available in late April.
Customers can pre-order any iPad, for a starting price of $499, from Apple’s online store beginning March 12, and an iBooks application for the iPad will be available as a free download on April 3, according to a company statement.
TweetConfused About Google Voice?
Feb 18th
If you are like many, new products and features can be confusing. However, at the very same time it can improve your lifestyle immensely. Here are videos on the top 10 features Google Voice has to offer and also a brief introduction.
What Is Google Voice?
Google Voice Features:
Voicemail Transcription
One Number
Personalized Greetings
International Calling
SMS To Email
Share Voicemails
Block Callers
Screen Callers
Mobile App
Conference Calls
Facebook Is The Top Spot To Spend Time
Feb 17th
According to new figures released yesterday by Nielsen, Facebook is the web’s top place to spend time. The average U.S. Internet user spends more time on Facebook than on Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Microsoft, Wikipedia, and Amazon combined.
Not only is it the top spot, the numbers are jumping upward from just six months ago. In June 2009, Nielsen estimated that the average U.S. user spent 4 hours and 39 minutes on Facebook per month. That’s about 9.3 minutes per day in a 30 day month. In August, that number rose to 5 hours and 46 minutes, or 11.5 minutes per day. In January 2010 however, the amount of time the average person spent on Facebook jumped to over 7 hours. Each American Facebook user spent an average of 421 minutes on Facebook per month, which amounts to over 14 minutes per day. Even if you lump together the time spent on Google (1:23), Yahoo (2:09), YouTube (1:02), Microsoft/Bing (1:35) Wikipedia (0:15), and Amazon (0:22), it still doesn’t beat Facebook. Maybe it’s YOU making this happen.
Declining MySpace Loses CEO
Feb 11th
First, the audience it stole from Friendster left for Facebook. Now, Owen Van Natta, the former Facebook executive Rupert Murdoch hired less than a year ago to reverse the site’s declining fortunes, has also left, MySpace announced late Wednesday night.
The bell has been tolling for MySpace for years, with users leaving the site pretty much as they found it: as a place to hear what a band sounds like and see what they look like in a matter of seconds, rather than as a place where they establish an online identity and communicate with friends.
After signing on last April, Van Natta wisely acknowledged this change in how people were using MySpace — as a media site rather than as a social network — by doubling down on the ad-supported MySpace Music service. However, the company was not able to fix problems with the service including poor integration with existing band pages, which left many users confused or uninterested in the service.
According to an Ad Age source, Van Natta bailed on MySpace because he was frustrated by the company’s “slow pace of change” and “entrenched culture.” A dearth of fast, competent, loyal software engineers in the Los Angeles area reportedly slowed things down even further. MySpace is headquartered in Beverly Hills, in southern California. Facebook, which evolves its design and feature set so often that some users can’t keep up with the changes, is located in the more technology-oriented Palo Alto, California.
VIA: wired.com
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