Internet Highlights Category - Page 11

It’s the end of an era about to land with the end of 2011, folks, as Boxee’s newest desktop version will be landing in public beta mode soon. But while a new beginning is about to arrive, it’s also the beginning of the end in some ways. Specifically, the beginning [...]

Good news for book lovers out there with a fondness for titles available through Google Books. While users could previously read content offline only on their smartphones and tablets, offline reading is now supported on desktop and notebook computers as well.

Facebook has announced that it will be running sponsored news content starting January, in an effort to make its business model more attractive to advertisers and even investors, leading to its planned IPO. But what Facebook might not be telling users is that the social network is likely to be [...]

Rather than face the hordes of disgruntled customers that would take their business elsewhere because Go Daddy decided to support SOPA, the giant domain registrar decided to completely change its mind on the proposed bill. Apparently Go Daddy would not like to see some prominent clients go to the competition, [...]

After learning that over 1 trillion YouTube videos have been viewed so far this year, and that Facebook and Apple have experienced great traffic, through the year and in November, respectively, it’s now time to look at another interesting tech-related analysis that looks at what happens in 60 seconds nowadays.

As many have come to expect each year, NORAD will soon begin tracking Santa. In fact, as of the writing of this post, the tracking will commence in roughly 15 hours. Or maybe even less if you are reading this later in the day. Either way though, the long and [...]

2011 is almost over which means we’re going to find out plenty of tech-related details about the past year. Recently, we heard that YouTube registered 1 trillion video playbacks so far this year, and now we have more traffic details for two others world-renown brands, Facebook and Apple.

By introducing its retail stores and continuously investing in their expansion, Apple reinvented the electronics shopping experience for tech fans. There’s hardly any gadget store chain in the world capable to draw similar crowds, as Apple’s stores are not only admired but also very profitable.

The tides have turned for Mozilla, as the Firefox browser gets gets a bit of good luck. While Mozilla’s default search partnership deal with Google was reported to have expired earlier this year, the search giant is renewing the partnership to the tune of almost $1 billion in the next [...]

Microsoft is doing its last keynote presentation at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in January. Citing a decision mutually done with the Consumer Electronics Association, the software giant will reportedly minimize its presence at the CES after their final show. But is there a deeper reason behind this decision?