Category Archives: Internet

This “iconic” publisher of restaurant reviews is “trusted” and “well-loved” by foodies. Customers love its “ability to innovate” and gush over its “tremendous insight.” Google said Thursday that it is buying Zagat, maker of the slender guidebooks that offer one-paragraph reviews and numerical ratings of eateries, peppered with partial quotes … Continue reading →

The Internet’s global coordinator on Monday approved the creation of website addresses ending in corporate names, triggering one of the biggest ever shakeups in how the web operates. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposal at a meeting in Singapore despite … Continue reading →

Google has announced the launch of Google Chrome browser-based notebooks or Chromebooks in the US and six other European countries from June 15. These notebooks will be manufactured by Samsung and Acer. Chromebooks will also be available on a subscription model for corporates and educational institutes. Monthly subscriptions with all … Continue reading →

Networking technologies major Cisco will lay off its 550 employees as the company embarks on a restructuring of consumer business. The entity would exit some of its consumer businesses and and focus on key areas such as core routing, switching and services, collaboration, architectures and video. “The company expects this … Continue reading →

Microsoft has released the first major update for its Windows Phone 7 platform. The update called NoDo brings the much needed and anticipated copy-paste feature to the platform. Other improvements via the update include better app performance, reduced load times, improved marketplace functionality, outlook interface, Facebook sync and stability when … Continue reading →

How many of you are running Windows 7? If yes, the how many of you are currently reading this on Internet Explorer 9? Microsoft claims that there latest web browsing software has already been downloaded 2.3 million times. Clearly Redmond does not believe in modesty and who can blame them … Continue reading →

Microsoft’s latest version of Internet Explorer Web browsing software is available for free online. “Things are about to change,” Microsoft corporate vice president Dean Hachamovitch said at a press conference at the South By Southwest Interactive technology festival in Texas. “We took a dramatically different tack.” Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) … Continue reading →

Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim widened his lead over other billionaires on Forbes magazine’s list of the world’s richest people Wednesday. Slim’s fortune was estimated to have risen to $74 billion well ahead of Bill Gates’ $56 billion and investor Warren Buffett’s $50 billion. French luxury-goods magnate Bernard Arnault was … Continue reading →

Your Google search results will soon be devoid junk websites that host low-quality content. According to a change announced by Google on Thursday, the search provider has tweaked its search formulas to weed out the junk from its results. Sites that produce original content or information that Google considers valuable … Continue reading →