According to Google’s official Gmail blog, the culprits behind Gmail being offline for more than an hour on Tuesday were overloaded servers. “As we now know, we had slightly underestimated the load which some recent changes placed on the request routers,” Google’s Ben Treynor wrote on the Gmail blog. “At about 12:30 p.m. Pacific a [...]
Continue reading →Yup, after paying a HUGE amount for the Internet phone company, EBay Inc. is now letting go of their extravagant purchase. The famous online auction company announced Tuesday that they will be keeping 35% of Skype while 65% will be sold to a group of private investors. This will likely be finalized later this year. [...]
Continue reading →Go to a website about gadgets and you’ll likely find ads selling cameras, cellphones, laptops, and a slew of other gadgets. This is called behavioral advertising – a marketing strategy that gathers data from online activities of consumers to determine what their interests are then show ads that cater to these interests. As of present, Internet [...]
Continue reading →Apple has finally given Vonage the green light for its voice over Internet Protocol app for iPhone and iPod Touch after announcing last week that they are holding up Vonage’s request because of technical issues. Vonage announced the approval on Tuesday and said that beta tests for the app are now ongoing. Availability of the [...]
Continue reading →Residents of the Asian country need not worry about keeping up with cyberspace as Singapore’s free Wi-Fi has gotten a speed boost this week. Wireless@SG went from 512Kbps to 1Mbps making it much faster and accessible for internet lovers. Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), the government agency that oversees the service, announced in a [...]
Continue reading →Launched on Tuesday, CellStories.net is a Web site that posts literature everyday for free which can be accessed by any cellphone with an internet connection. CellStories posts will include short stories, personal essays as well as narrative journalism and creative nonfiction. Dan Sinker, a teacher of journalism at Columbia College Chicago and creator of CellStories.net [...]
Continue reading →Major League Baseball fans have also something to be happy for. Previously, users of At Bat 2009, Major League Baseball’s iPhone app, had the option to watch up to two live games on their iPhone or iPod touch everyday for free. Now, with the release of the Version 1.4 update, developer MLB.com gives users the [...]
Continue reading →“Gmail is down & everyones having panic attacks,” a Twitter user wrote. Well, Google’s Gmail did went offline for more than an hour on Tuesday and resulted to z lot of outcries from its users. According to the Mountain View, Calif. company, it also had a “service disruption” on Monday as well. These outages may [...]
Continue reading →Yup, if you’re gonna buy a Sony VAIO today, it’ll probably come with Google Chrome pre-installed in your unit. The FT reports that Google has announced Monday about their new alliance with Sony’s PC division to help promote their one-year-old browser. “Awareness is shockingly low. It’s absolutely a problem that people don’t know what a [...]
Continue reading →NFL fans can now rejoice as their favorite players can now use Twitter and other social media platforms again – but with restrictions still. Previously, the league had prohibited players, coaches and club personnel from using laptops, cellphones and other electronic devices beginning pregame warm-ups until the conclusion of the game. This would not have [...]
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