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New survey shows SMBs benefit from greater security on cloud platforms
52% of SMBs using the cloud say cloud services enable them to add new products and services quickly and securely on professional hosting platforms. This statistic comes out of a recent Microsoft survey conducted via Comscore for companies that deploy between 100 and 250 personal computers in-house. The broad conclusions drawn by Microsoft and Comscore [...]
The “Facebook Effect” drives online purchasing for major online brands. You Too?
A recent Forrester Research report concludes that 96 out of the 100 top advertisers currently use Facebook to promote their business or their clients’ business. Roughly 66% of US online adults visit Facebook on a monthly basis, with an unknown quantity then accessing company websites on professional hosting packages via posted content or directly from [...]
Is Forbes right? Will Google Plus remain a niche community?
‘Simply put, Google Plus is a niche community, and it feels like it’s always going to remain that way.” ~ Paul Tassi, Forbes Magazine. Well, the knives are out for the Google Plus as it plugs away at Facebook’s social networking lead. In recent weeks the tech behemoth has revamped it’s fledgling “+”, quite unexpectedly, [...]
Domain name registration is critical to your online success
A domain name is not simply a reflection of your business name; it has other direct bearings on your SMB success including Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and serving as a buffer against competitors seeking to steal away your customers. By now most online SMBs are aware that domain names are a key metric evaluated by [...]
Dropbox amends privacy policy to conform to international Safe Harbor Laws
Data privacy protection is becoming one of the key issues in the first part of the 21st Century, affecting developments in web hosting companies and cloud computing that ultimately impact you as a user, designer or web developer. One area to watch out for is something called Safe Harbor, which is a piece of legalese [...]
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BrailleTouch and Tongue Drive usher in new ways to communicate via iOS
It seems voice-activated applications are becoming the hot new items of 2012, influencing everything from Apple iPhone’s Siri to Google’s new voice activated search. Just recently, Engadget reported that your mouth might soon get equipped with new Tongue Drives that allow you to communicate with machinery — and not just your iPhone or Android device! [...]
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Will the coming Smartphone revolution kill the Zynga & Facebook Tango?
It seems both consumers and businesses are becoming increasingly dependent on Facebook these days to stay social and boost sales respectively. WestHost has joined this growing trend using Facebook to provide updates and special offers. Just about any new site development may entail building custom tabs and iframes for a Facebook business page that sucks [...]
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Google Apps Gaining Critical Mass. Is The Enterprise Market Next?
New data is emerging that Google Apps may be on the verge of breaking the $1 billion mark in annual revenue. The evidence is circumstantial collected by Backupify a Google ISV, who surveyed 8000 Google App domains representing nearly a million users. Interestingly, at least half the user base appears to be small business orientated [...]
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