By Ross Kerber Sun May 20, 2012 4:45pm EDT (Reuters) – Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt challenged college graduates on Sunday to take the radical step — at least for their generation — of tearing their eyes away from their smartphones and computer screens. “Take one hour a day and turn that thing off,”...Read More
We’ve blogged before on the subject of WordPress and what plugins work well for running your site. However, since the go live of Penguin and the latest version of Google Panda it is worth looking at this again as there are some plugins we’re now using which can help with the visibility of your website....Read More
Looking to tap Amazon S3 storage for your WordPress blog? The WP2Cloud plugin lets you store all your WordPress data – not just media files – in S3.  Article source: http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2012/05/s3-storage-for-wordpress-blogs.phpRead More
I don’t like trying to package everything that’s happening in our industry into a neat little box, because it’s like trying to describe the cause of the Civil War in two sentences. I’m likely to leave some things out, overstate some factors, and unintentionally offend some people. But I do think that an individual perspective...Read More
On the surface, Google’s Knowledge Graph seems like just another search feature, but connect the dots and it could become the brains behind a Siri-like virtual assistant. In a blog post, Google’s Amit Singhal dropped a strong hint that there’s more to Knowledge Graph than meets the eye: “We’re proud of our first baby step—the...Read More
BY AMIR EFRATI Google Inc. is shifting its strategy for its Android mobile operating system, in a bid to create a united front with smartphone and tablet makers to take on rivals like Apple Inc. and prevent wireless carriers from controlling the devices. Google plans to give multiple mobile-device makers early access to new releases...Read More
The Interior Department said Monday that no competitor had proposed a similar project, allowing Atlantic Wind Connection to move forward knowing it is likely to secure a federal right of way. Construction of the 380-mile line could begin as soon as 2014. When completed, the Atlantic Wind project could eventually provide power to about 2...Read More
Where does it live and what should it cost? Today, Google isn’t just thinking about the technology when it releases products, but also about things such as pricing and ensuring applications stick around. It’s also naturally limiting the products it rolls out, Rochelle said, always asking, even of cool technology, “Where does it live?†Someone...Read More
Search engine optimization is all about “signal” and “amplification.” The signal is simply using relevant keywords. Amplification is about how to use those keywords and encourage linking and sharing. Think of the keywords as the voice of a site and the amplification as a megaphone. The site shouting the loudest and most relevant signals at...Read More
The Electronic Privacy Information Center, which focuses on privacy and civil liberties, sought communications between Google and the NSA, which conducts worldwide electronic surveillance and protects the U.S. government from such spying. But the NSA refused to confirm or deny whether it had any relationship with Google. The NSA argued that doing so could make...Read More
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