Archive for June, 2011

Google is getting more social, and its web analytics tools are no exception; Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools have added new tools for tracking the impact of tweets, likes, +1s & more on your website’s traffic. Google Webmaster Tools now has a “+1 Metrics” section, which provides reports on the impact of the +1 [...]

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Today, we learned MySpace had been sold for $35 million to an advertising network called Specific Media. Now, the company says singer Justin Timberlake will take an ownership stake in MySpace and play a role in its future. According to MySpace, we should know more about Specific Media’s and Timberlake’s vision for the company later this summer. [...]

The day that the web has been buzzing about has finally come: MySpace has been sold, to an advertising network called Specific Media for a mere $35 million. CEO Mike Jones will be leaving the company, and it seems that so will a good portion of the staff. Says Jones in an email: “In conjunction [...]

Google took its biggest leap yet onto Facebook’s turf on Tuesday, introducing a social networking service called the Google+ project — which happens to look very much like Facebook. Google+ emphasizes sharing with specific groups of people. Google+ users can drag and drop Gmail contacts into different groups, or circles. The service, which will initially be available only to [...]

Microsoft as today cut the ribbon on the official release of its cloud-based productivity suite, Office 365. Aimed at businesses rather than individuals, the service comprises Exchange Online (for email and calendars), SharePoint Online (for online collaboration), Lync Online (for text, audio and video messaging and conferencing), plus browser-based versions of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint in addition [...]

Been itching to see Transformers: Dark of the Moon? Well now you and your friends can buy tickets to the third installment of the nostalgia-drenched series via Facebook. Paramount and social shopping company 8thBridge teamed up to create the promotion, which is activated when you “Like”Transformers: Dark of the Moon on Facebook. From there, users will be able to [...]

One common solution for a misbehaving iPhone is to downgrade to the previous version of iOS. But the iPhone Dev-Team has found hints in iOS 5′s latest release that Apple may be planning to block downgrades. That’s bad news for people who incorrectly install a jailbreak and want to downgrade their phone to start over. There’s a [...]

George Hotz, the hacker behind the first iPhone unlock in 2007, and the guy Anonymous claimed to be defending when they attacked Sony, just got hired by Facebook as a software engineer, the iPhone Download Blog reports. It is confirmed that he’s been working for Facebook since May 9. Add one more notch to our list of hackers hired by big tech companies. Hotz gained notoriety as [...]

Early hours of June 28th I saw this when googling. Reports on Twitter confirm it’s not just a browser glitch. Apparently Google is testing this out. We hope it’s temporary, because it seems a bit odd, and not just because it’s new.