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In January, Facebook launched a new service: Graph Search. Initially only available to a limited number of users, Graph Search makes it possible to search Facebook for users who share a particular set of characteristics. For example, it would be possible to find people in a particular location who have “liked” a page on foreign cinema.
One of the best ways to distribute information over Internet or by email is the use of compressed PDF. This file is often more popular than saving in MS Word format (.doc or .docx) for e-books, marketing reports, and other digital assets such as e-textbooks and magazines.
“When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, they look just like they would if printed,” said Adobe. “But unlike printed documents, PDF files can contain clickable links and buttons, form fields, video, and audio — as well as logic to help automate routine business processes.”
PDF files make it easier to access and share information at zero cost. However, users need to use specific apps, before they can open this file type.
There are plenty of good applications, including open-source PDF viewers that are capable of reading PDF files.
Even though websites are crucial to businesses and a major source of income, many website or blog owners don’t give much thought to website security, especially when it comes to WordPress websites. In most cases WordPress is secure; still some hackers target WordPress because many fail to update the application or plugins. To prevent this from happening some users prefer to install a plugin called WordFence. The following are five features available through WordFence.
Following the ruling that Google was liable for damages for secretly intercepting and gathering public data from open Wi-Fi routers during its Street View project has literally opened a modern day Pandora box with numerous questions still remaining unanswered. FCC censured Google for eavesdropping on millions of unknowing people as the Street View cars drove past communities, whereas, Google claims that collection of Internet communication data including emails was regrettable but not illegal.
As part of Google’s Street View project, the surveillance cars were not only collecting photographs of every street but also information on local wireless networks with an aim of enhancing location-based searches. According to the engineer in charge of the project, the software tasked with data gathering was applied beyond the project scope as it also collected unencrypted data sent via PCs. To sum up, some of the legal and ethical questions that arose out of this case include the following;
Your WordPress database has every post, every banner ad, comment and link you have ever made. This could be years worth of work and you want to keep it as safe as possible. Generally, WordPress is a very stable CMS system and has a lot of helpful resources for your data. Still, you want to keep backups in case you ever need to recover your data if something goes wrong. The following are five ways you can backup a WordPress website.
WordPress is one of the easiest and most flexible publishing environments that bloggers use for content sharing and setting up e-commerce sites for small businesses. One of the reasons why it is so popular is the prevalence of plugins for site customization, including SEO.
Here are five great plugins that help you move up the search engine rankings!
The U.S Patent and Trademark Office in a preliminary ruling invalidated U.S patent number 7,844, 915. The patent was Apple Inc.’s “Pinch to Zoom” patent that was one of the key pieces, out of six, of its intellectual property lawsuit against Samsung. The agency ruled out all claims in Apple’s patent on the primary basis that prior patents covered similar technological invention. In context, the trial is just a tip of the iceberg of the ongoing court battles between technological companies that have spewed courtrooms spanning across the globe. Of importance to note is that Apple has become an omnipresent player in these court battles; fighting both Google Inc. and Samsung.
Some of the reasons why Apple’s “pinch to zoom” patent was rejected include:
The WordPress pingback vulnerability is a security issue that could affect any WordPress website where pingbacks and trackbacks are used to notify the site owner of links back to their posts. This vulnerability causes the site to be at risk of a denial-of-service attack (DDoS). Currently, all WordPress versions are vulnerable including version 3.5. The issue has been reported to WordPress and there should be a permanent fix to the problem but in the meantime blog owners can work around the problem in the following way:
The Internet has brought about significant changes in consumer shopping patterns. As more online retail platforms open up and buying online becomes easier, the landscape of e-commerce continues to shift; something we’re continued to develop in our business hosting plans. Here are five trends that experts say shaped the holiday season. Do you agree with them?
Having a YouTube channel has become an important feature to attract, engage and retain web traffic. To enhance user experience and ease content creators tasks, YouTube has been developing and launching some new technical features. As of late, the attention of channel owners has shifted from the number of videos uploaded to the rate of content sharing. This is gaining more attention from web content creators, and brand marketers, who see YouTube as the next advertising platform. From a website owner’s perspective, some of these new features can greatly assist them in their online exercises. Some of the most popular are outlined below.
