Tech Week in Review 7-31-09
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mentioned to CNN that Twitter is banned on most Whitehouse computers. This is normal for many companies to do, but with the way this admininstration has been using social media as a powerful to reach the people, it seems pretty silly. Later reports showed that there are some computers authorized for Twitter and that group may be expanded. I’m not sure any of this matters as those who intend to use Twitter will just access it via their mobile phones.
Read MoreGoogle No. 1 Website In June, But Watch Out For Bing
Who’s No. 1 in website traffic? No surprise — its that 800-pound gorilla, Google, according to Compete.com. Google, with nearly 146 million unique visits, ranked No. 1 in June in the Compete 250, the company’s monthly ranking of the top 250 websites. Yahoo! was second with 142 million visits and Facebook was third with 122 million.
Read MoreTech Week in Review 7/17/09
The primary motivation for many Firefox users to stick with Firefox is the add-ons. Ubiquity, Feedly, and Firebug just to name a few. Seems that Mozilla realizes how important those developers are. Especially since they’ve been pretty much working for free. So, they have instituted a method for add-on developers to get paid for their work.
Read MoreMicrosoft Socks Google by Offering Free Web-based Software
Microsoft Corp will release a free version of Web-based Office software that users can access online. It looks like the ruler of paid software is competing head-on with rival Google for users and profit.
Read MoreTech Week in Review: Chrome, Facebook Boobs, Big Bing, DandyiD
Google finally released a version of Chrome that works on Mac and Linux. Facebook reversed a decision where they had removed photos posted by a British woman who had a mastectomy. According to ReadWriteWeb, Bing dropped their mobile version just after their new web search became available. The new Pro version of DandyiD sounds quite interesting for those of us deeply involved in social media.
Read MoreIs Bing the Search Engine of the Future?
I’ve avoided talking about Bing because I kinda think web search is boring. Don’t get me wrong. It’s definitely a vital tool, but Google already has that on lock and we’ve already seen new search engines try to step to Google and fail miserably. Then again, I remember when Altavista was my search engine of [...]
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