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17Feb/21

World’s fastest WordPress servers are based in Finland

February 17, 2021InternetAlphabet Inc., Free software, Google, Websites, WordPress, World Wide Websmbale

According to ismyhostfastyet.com, a speed comparison published by Google’s employees, Finnish Seravo ranks third in the world. When only providers specialized exclusively in WordPress hosting are compared, Seravo beats the global competition by a clear margin. Since the first publication of the comparison in August 2019, Seravo has ranked high consistently, and kept increasing the lead. The latest results show the situation in November 2020. Continue reading

18Nov/19

Voice Your 7NOW® Order

November 18, 2019Innovation7-Eleven, Alexa, Alphabet Inc., Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, Companies, Company: 7-Eleven, Company: Amazon.com, Company: Google, Economy of the United States, Google, Retailers, Slurpee, Smart speakers, Technology/Internet, Websites, World Wide Websmbale

“Hey, Alexa! OK, Google! I want a Slurpee drink. Open 7NOW.” 7-Eleven, Inc. continues to redefine convenience retailing with the launch of 7Voice, which allows customers to place an order through its 7NOW® delivery app via the voice-controlled Google Home and Amazon Echo systems. Read More

11Jan/18

CES 2018: the battle of the virtual assistants

January 11, 2018InnovationAlexa, Alphabet Inc., Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Android, Artificial intelligence, Bixby, BRIAN MILLER, CNET, Companies, Company: Amazon.com, Company: Google, Company: LG Corp, Company: Samsung Elec, Google, Google Assistant, Ivor Bennett, Las Vegas, LEXY SAVVIDES, Samsung, Skyworth, Smart speaker, Technology/Internet, virtual assistant, Websitessmbale

Several thousand people descended on a wet and dreary Las Vegas as the world’s largest technology showcase opened to the public. As Ivor Bennett reports, voice assistance and artifical intelligence are this year’s hottest trends. Continue reading →

08Oct/17

Google relaxes its ad rules

October 8, 2017InternetAlphabet Inc., Artificial intelligence, Business/Finance, Companies, Company: Apple, Company: DIGITAL CONTENT, Company: Facebook, Company: Google, Computing, Criticism of Google, Entertainment/Culture, Fred Katayama, Google, Google News, Google Search, Google Trends, Internet search engines, JASON KINT, News Corp, Online advertising, Paywall, Personalized search, Technology, Technology/Internet, Web search engine, Websites, World Wide Websmbale

Google said news websites no longer have to provide users with three free articles per day or face less prominence in search results. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

16May/17

Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian web firms, citing cyber threat

May 16, 2017InternetCountries, Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act, Digital media, Dmitry Peskov, Economy of Russia, Europe, Internet censorship in Ukraine, Internet in Russia, Kiev, Moscow, Russia, Russia–Ukraine relations, Ukraine, Webmail, Websites, World Wide Web, Yandexsmbale

KIEV, UKRAINE (MAY 16, 2017) (REUTERS) – Ukraine imposed sanctions on Russia’s largest internet group Yandex and other popular online firms on Tuesday (May 16), saying it wanted to guard against cyber attacks, and the Kremlin threatened retaliation. Continue reading →

19Oct/15

Yahoo kills passwords for email

October 19, 2015SecurityComputing, Email, Facebook, LinkedIn, LinkedIn hack, Microsoft, Password, Satnam Narang, Security, smartphone, Symantec, Symantec Corp, Webmail, Websites, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Inc, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Voices hacksmbale

(BVO) – A small step toward making passwords passé.

Yahoo is beefing up cyber security – by eliminating passwords.
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18May/15

Obama gets his own account on Twitter: ‘It’s Barack. Really!’

May 18, 2015PoliticsAfrican-American people, Alex Wall, American writers, Barack Obama, Barack Obama on social media, BarackObama, Bill Clinton, Chicago, Donald Trump on social media, George H. W. Bush, HillaryClinton, Illinois, Michelle Obama, Microblogging, Organizing for Action, Politics, president, Real-time web, Selma, social media, Technology, Text messaging, Twitter, TWITTER INC., Twitter usage, United States, Websites, White House, World Wide Websmbale

President Barack Obama starts his own Twitter account, quickly amassing tens of thousands of followers.

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27Apr/15

Business pain after Google’s mobile move

April 27, 2015Mobile.mobi, Alphabet Inc., Companies, Computing, Google, GOOGLE INC., Google Search, Human–computer interaction, Internet, Internet search engines, Jenny Hurren, ONLINE FURNITURE RETAILER OUT THERE INTERIOUS, Search engine optimization, Simon Heyes, T-Mobile, Technology/Internet, Web 2.0, Websites, World Wide Websmbale

(REUTERS) – Jenny Hurren likes to think outside the box.

She has big plans for her small business selling mirrored furniture.

All sales from her niche company – Out There Interiors – are done online.

That makes the latest algorithm changes introduced by Google a real worry.
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11Mar/15

#HongKong for Twitter

March 11, 2015MediaBlog hosting services, China, Computing, Facebook, FACEBOOK INC., Google, Huawei, Microblogging, Operating systems, Real-time web, Social information processing, social media, Software, Tara Joseph, Technology, Technology/Internet, Text messaging, Twitter, TWITTER INC., United States, Universal Windows Platform apps, Websites, Weibo, World Wide Websmbale

(BVO) – Twitter has opened a small office in Hong Kong aiming to gain a foothold in the world’s second-largest economy which has become a hotspot for social media activity.
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