For the past several nights I’ve been quiet. I’ve practiced yoga, made vegetable soups and curled up on my sofa to watch TED Talks. The truth is, I love being alone. My downtime is my time. I feel anxious when my calendar doesn’t leave time for pause and reflection. But some people don’t understand...
Daily Archives: March 5, 2012
Google’s Universal Search for Speed
Johanna Wright and Google communications rep Nadja Blagojevic on our Google+ Hangout. Nadja must have heard how big a fan I am of these new animal masks in Hangouts. ReadWriteWeb: What does Google actually do to make search faster? Johanna Wright: There are three ways I think of this. The first is the bits....
The 12 Worst Ads Apple Ever Made (AAPL)
See Also Apple’s First Marketing Exec Badmouths ’1984′ Ad—Here’s Today’s Ad Brief Dozens Of Major Companies Failed To Secure Their Brand Names On Pinterest These Data Show Why Samsung’s Apple-Bashing Isn’t Working The notion that Apple is a master of marketing is regarded as an immutable fact of advertising. An article of faith. One...
This app tells you if your web design is accessible to the color blind
Built by Giovanni Scala, a developer living in Italy, Check My Colours is a web app for finding out how accessible your site’s design is for users with color blindness. By comparing the foreground and background color combinations of all DOM elements, this app determines if designers have provided sufficient contrast for users with...
App Analytics Startup Kontagent Grew 500 Percent Last Year
Kontagent, a startup offering analytics for Facebook, mobile, and Web apps, says that its annual revenue grew 500 percent in 2011, to “just under $10 million.” The company’s kSuite tools allow developers to track virality, engagement, retention, and revenue. The company signed up 100 new enterprise customers last year, including its first mobile clients....
Get on WiFi, because Android app size limit increases from 50MB to a whopping 4GB
Downloading apps is commonplace for mobile phone users at this point. As these apps become more and more sophisticated they’re becoming larger in size, which is sad for the end users. Being told to jump on a WiFi connection to download a game while you’re out and about on your mobile device is extremely...
Conductor Is Still Making Money From SEO — Almost $10M, In Fact
Seth Besmertnik, co-founder and CEO of startup Conductor, admits that Web search isn’t that “sexy” anymore — hell, by slapping a +1 button on everything, Google itself seems more excited about social than search. But Besmertnik says he’s still building a big business focused on search engine optimization (SEO). Specifically, Conductor is announcing that...
The data science is in: Romney a lock on Super Tuesday
Updated: Oh, Rick Santorum, it was fun while it lasted. Tomorrow is Super Tuesday — when 10 states hold their presidential primaries and 419 delegates are up for grabs — and the election trackers at Yahoo and Fizziology have Mitt Romney as the favorite to win the day. The day probably won’t go as well...
Santorum Becomes a Portrait of Viral Gay Porn
As the Republican primaries rage on, Facebook users are busy talking about what’s going on. Tomorrow is Super Tuesday, the day for predicting Republican presidential primaries in nine states. Social media hasn’t been the best at predicting who is going to win – but it’s definitely shown who is the most talkative. Facebook users...
Daily Wrap: Facebook’s Offsite Mods May Know More Than You Think
Reports Raise Questions About Who Has Access To Your Facebook Profile Some Facebook moderation is performed by an external vendors. The employees of these vendors may have more information on Facebook users than some people expect. Beyond the flagged content, the moderators can see, in some cases, the user’s name and other identifying information....