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Is Google Maps Ready for iOS 6? What to Look For in the New App

iOS Google Maps

iOS 6 has more than 200 features that have changed the last iOS experience. Apple keeps on enhancing their products, embracing the philosophy of the late Steve Jobs: “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

However, Apple Maps has disappointed users who were forced to look for alternatives, including downloading third-party map apps such as Maps +, Waze and Bing for accurate locations.

Apple fell short due to technical limitations including incorrect positioning data, missing locations information and lack of features such as the street view in Google Maps.

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Holiday Hosting Deals!

Web Hosting Deals

It’s that time of year, when people spend a lot of money and retails stores make enough of it to propel them into the new year! Thanks to the wonder of the World Wide Web we’re also getting festive, even though our only window shoppers have wings and feathers!

Starting now until the end of the holidays we giving up to 18 months of website hosting free with every Business hosting plan on three year billing cycles!

For the techie type we’re also spreading holiday cheer with 75% off the first month on any unmanaged dedicated server and 15% off the life of the account for any managed dedicated server; yes, that includes discounting the powerful Intel Hexa E5-2620 and Intel Dual Hexa E5-2620!

You’re going to save a lot of money this year so rather than sit lopsided with a fat wallet you could spend it on a few presents from “Santa.” Here are some ideas…

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5 Awesome Joomla SEO Plugins That Google Will Love

Joomla SEO Plugins

Search engine optimization or SEO refers to a collection of strategies and techniques that help push your website closer to the top of the search rankings. In order to deliver the kind of content their users want to see, search engine companies use software and people who can identify certain clues as to how useful your site will be to visitors. Examples include content, site maps; meta tags in the site’s code; and helpful, detailed URLs.

While premium content has lately become Google’s favorite ingredient in generating a good search result, there are a number of additional ways to inch your ranking up, including SEO applications available for content management systems (CMS) such as Joomla.

These can facilitate search optimization, especially for those who have less familiarity with SEO techniques. Here are five widely recommended Joomla SEO plugins.

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Benefits of Responsive WordPress Design or Themes

WordPress Responsive Design

Smartphones and tablets are becoming popular devices for consuming web content hosted on professional hosting platforms. Consequently, small businesses should consider deploying responsive WordPress website designs that display correctly on smaller devices and open up new avenues to acquire traffic, leads and customers.

“Sales of consumer electronics on the web are growing smartly. Online sales of consumer electronics will climb from $48.6 billion in 2012 to $80.2 billion in 2016,”said eMarketer in a report on US Computer and Consumer Electronics Retail Ecommerce Sales.

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The Rising Popularity of Free and Premium WordPress Themes

WordPress Themes

Free and premium website themes, featuring professional designs and a number of useful plugins, add a lot of value to open-source content management systems like WordPress; and the market is growing rapidly!
One particular premium theme directory worth mentioning is Envato, which sells a high number of premium WordPress templates priced between $20-100; some are even free!

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Phone System Migration and New Office

We are very excited to announce we’re moving our U.S. headquarters to a newer, bigger, and better office! Located close to our old location, the new office brings together a lot of work and effort by many of our team members.

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Important Notice

Due to the office move, our phone systems will be unavailable for 4-8 hours beginning 10am (-7UTC) on Thursday, November 1st, as we migrate to our new office.

Please note that all phone numbers will remain the same for your convenience. In the meantime, if you have a sales, technical support or a billing question, please submit a ticket or go to our website to speak with a live operator using our chat systems.

You can receive updates on our status page or by following us on Twitter and Facebook.

For your records, our new address is:

517 West 100 North, Suite #225
Providence, Utah, 84332

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Why the Cloud Loves Linux

Linux + the Cloud

One responsibility of both large and small businesses is the right acquisition software and hardware to organize employees’ tasks. Business leaders must consider the cost of software licenses.

Maintaining software, hiring staff and boosting productivity are difficult goals to achieve by themselves, never mind collectively. Further, each of these resource ‘silos’ require money in some shape or form.

This is where open source software in the cloud-computing arena excels. A body of developers worldwide continually contributes to upgrades and developments. Since open source software stacks offer massive customizability, large corporations can request to build a remote cloud based on their needs without expensive licensing fees. Increasingly, Linux is the preferred cloud OS.

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Who Invented Linux and What is He Doing Today?

Linus Torvalds

Did you ever wonder who invented the famous Linux operating system that has transformed services in the web hosting arena? The primary driver behind the open source operating system is a man named Linus Benedict Torvalds, a Finland native. He was the chief software architect behind Linux, and today is acting as the coordinator of the Linux project.

Torvalds originally is from Helsinki, Finland, and he went to the university there from 1988-96. He graduated from the university with a master’s degree in computer science from NODES research group. His career in academia was interrupted in 1989 when he went into the army in Finland. He chose an officer program to fulfill the military service requirement in his home country.

Torvalds was a second lieutenant, and worked as a ballistic calculations officer. In 1990 he went back to the university where he worked with UNIX for the very first time. He then wrote his Master of Science thesis, which he called Linux: A Portable Operating System.

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Does Linux Server Hosting Offer More Value Than Windows Hosting?

Lunix or Windows

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 that if you choose Linux, you do NOT need to run Linux on your PC to host your site on the Linux platform. Which OS you run on your computer does not matter; even if you are running Windows XP, you can still use Linux to run your website.

When it comes down to choosing between Linux and Windows for your hosting, here are the major differences to remember:

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5 Reasons Why Bloggers Love Linux Web Hosting

Linux Blog Hosting

Blogging is one of the most effective tools for communication and publishing personal content. Even corporate bloggers are starting up blogs using affordable web hosting platforms and one-click WordPress functionality to communicate to their audience and customers.

Linux web hosting servers have come a long way; it’s widely used and more popular considering the price and stature as a reputable open source operating system. Here are five reasons by WordPress has become so popular in the international blogosphere.

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