Tech Week in Review 7-31-09
by rahsheen
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
by Barry Cooper
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 7-24-09
by rahsheen
Google just announced a new Gmail feature which makes it simple to unsubscribe from trusted mailing lists. Sometimes, we subscribe to things and later decide it’s too much or not valuable. Rather than hunting around for that tiny unsubscribe link, Gmail let’s unsubscribe by hitting Report Spam. Even if it’s not really spam, you can access the same option in the Details menu. This only works on certain trusted mailing lists and requires participation from the owner of the list.
Read MoreYahoo Takes Music Back To Its’ Roots
by rahsheen
Yahoo’s new artist pages take the site back to it’s roots as a directory of content rather than a home for the content. Instead of hosting video, photos, and audio directly at Yahoo!, the content for each artist is aggregated from a host of other social media sites.
You have the option to play full-length tracks [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review: NameChk, Yahoo Image Search, Meeting24.tv, Nomee, and Hunch
by rahsheen
Namechk
Ever wanted to check if your favorite username was available on over 80 different social services all at once? Well, now you can with Namechk. I was actually surprised by the results. I thought I pretty much had my brand on lock. I’ll need to sign up on a few services with the correct name [...]
