Typo Squatting or sometimes called URL Hijacking relies on typo errors of internet users when entering a website’s url address. Yes I know you would argue that people use bookmarks and toolbars nowadays but there are still some who would still type URLs manually and with mistakes like “Googlea.com” users would end up in a phony link farm or worst, some dangerous Trojan dropping website. This is why Google’s recent victory against a single owner of a slew of these typo-squatting URLs is a noteworthy victory. Read more
Music Smasher Scours Streaming Music Services In One Shot
February 17, 2012
In a world where multiple music streaming services exist and confuse music lovers on an endless pissing contest of who has the best library, web apps like Music Smasher come in handy. With Music Smasher, you can search across Rdio, Spotify, Grooveshark, Soundcloud, Mog and Bandcamp for that Lana del Rey tune you always hear on the train or the even the most obscure titles you could think of. With the lineup of these different service, it is impossible not to find tracks now, especially with Music Smasher.
Facebook to File for $5 Billion IPO Wednesday Says NYT
February 1, 2012
It has been rumored since November of last year, but the New York Times reports that social network giant Facebook will file its initial public offering (IPO) tomorrow and is looking to earn around $5 billion in fresh capital by selling its stocks to an open market for the first time. Initially, Facebook was rumored to gain $10 billion in IPO but things will still change significantly as the IPO process progresses. Read more
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Facebook Bed Lets You Update Your Timeline in Your Sleep, Sort Of
January 19, 2012
If Facebook rules your life, you might as well get yourself this bed. Shaped from the “f” of the social network giant’s logo lying on its side, this bed adds a work area on the head area where you could slip out of REM and post a quick update. Like how awful that Justin Bieber dream is. Or that Apple bought Microsoft in your dream. Well, in your dreams, really. Back to topic, this bed is designer Tomislav Zvonaric’s concept, which may or may not be practical, and may or may not be actualised into a real life bed.
via Dvice
Yahoo Co-Founder and Ex-CEO Jerry Yang Resigns
January 18, 2012
Jerry Yang, who co-founded Yahoo in 1995 and served as CEO from June 2007 to January 2009 has announced his resignation Tuesday, explaining he would no longer be a part of the company in
any way. Read more
Prankster Puts Scotland for Sale on Ebay
January 16, 2012
Scotland may be nearing status of becoming one of the UK’s four constituent countries but a prankster has decided to put it on sale on Ebay. Read more
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China Now Has More Than Half A Billion Internet Users
January 12, 2012
China Internet Network Information Center recently revealed that nearly 40% of its citizens, topping 505 million at the end of Novermber last year, have online access. Read more
[VIDEO] Your Google Search Now Gets Social
January 10, 2012
And when we say social, we mean Google+. From now on, logged-in Google users will see highlighted social network content in search results, by default, in addition to regular web content crawled by Google’s spiders. For example, if you are searching for Robert Patterson and it happens your circles in Google+ can’t help but talk about him all day, Google will show this “Personal Results” by default, which can be also be turned off. Practically it’s just like searching Google+ within the page, this time Google centralising “search” in its whole ecosystem. Watch the demo video after the break: Read more
Google sings ‘let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…’
December 20, 2011

There are parts of the world that are freezing today. Snow everywhere so a White Christmas is expected. But for those who live where snow is a strange occurrence, they can still enjoy “snow” simply by searching “let it snow” on Google. This is the search giant’s latest gimmick that people are finding amusing these days. Read more
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[INFOGRAPHIC] Amazon VS The World
December 19, 2011

It’s clear that Amazon, just like the famous river in South America with the same name, has snaked through all consumer fronts ranging from online retail up to creating it’s own gadgets – and who knows, in the future, it might just sell everything. Literally everything. Here is an inforgraphic that interestingly highlights how the company might just win all fronts it has conquered, after the break: Read more




















