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TweetTV Embraces HTML5 for Mobile Apps
Choosing what to watch on TV has become a confusing ordeal thanks to an ever-increasing amount of content available in various platforms. To salvage the situation TweetTV has recently launched new “super responsive” HTML5 mobile apps that provide users with better information on what’s on. TweetTV is a twitter based social media TV guide and [...]
Hot Trends: The Internet of Things
For several years the leading trends and hottest debates in the IT world have revolved around cloud computing and big data. However, recently the concept of Internet of Things has taken the crown. The concept of Internet of things, also referred to as machine-to-machine (M2M), entails equipping formerly mundane objects with sensors that automatically send [...]
Does Linux Server Hosting Offer More Value Than Windows Hosting?
When you decide to launch a new website, you are faced with an age-old choice: Linux server hosting versus Windows hosting; which is better? The answer depends upon your needs and what you intend to do with the website, but there are some rough guidelines to follow. The first thing to keep in mind is [...]
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Linux Enters the Car Industry Autobahn
Linux, one of the most popular operating systems used by affordable hosting providers, is making its presence felt in the automotive industry. Linux is known for its exceptional services as an open source platform, and if it is high-powered enough to run web hosting servers, there’s no doubt it can generate high performance levels in [...]
Is “No Central Point of Failure” at Risk with New Chinese “Mobile” Underdog?
Google says a central point of failure is at risk if it allows Acer hardware and Chinese technology giant, Alibaba, to continue their romance and launch the Aliyun operating system (OS), which Google says is engineered off the Android platform; but is not compatible with Android. Everyone is used to China pressuring smaller nations not [...]
7 iPad Tips for Web Designers and Bloggers
The iPad is a great tool for viewing content, interacting with productivity apps, and giving consumers and staff the ability to work from any location without lugging a bulky Windows or Mac laptop around. However, as designers, developers, and copywriters you may hit a brick wall when it comes to those handy features that are [...]
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Why Being SAS 70 Type II Compliant is Important for a Data Center
You have probably noticed in the WestHost data specs that all managed and unmanaged dedicated servers are housed in Tier 3, SAS 70 Type II compliant data centers. But, why should this be important when you are shopping around for an affordable web hosting company? Since hosting providers are the keepers of your data, files, [...]
Drupal Content Management System 7.15 released on All Affordable Web Hosting Platforms
One of the world’s most powerful and popular content management systems (CMS), Drupal, has released version 7.15 which cleans up a few bugs and tightens some security settings. These include the introduction of a ‘user_password_reset_timeout’ variable to allow the 24-hour expiration for user password reset links to be adjusted (API addition). Another bug that was [...]
Starbucks and Square Forge a Powerful Mobile Payments Partnership
“If someone can swipe a mobile phone faster themselves than handing a credit card to a cashier for the cashier to swipe it and hand it back, then [Starbucks] loves it.” ~ Los Angeles Times. Starbucks is injecting some caffeine into the world of mobile credit card processing, or is it the other way around? [...]
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Do You Remember How to Handwrite? Check Out This Google Search Feature!
Over the last few years Google has pioneered a number of ways for users to conduct a search including Google Instant, speaking your queries, and by using an image search instead of a web search. They recently did something very clever; handwriting a web search on mobile phones and tablets.
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