Instagram Meets Facebook
Facebook announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Instagram, a popular photo-sharing app for mobile devices on April 9th, 2012.
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The Growing App Universe
Over the last few years there has been an increasing level of popularity for mobile applications, more commonly known as "apps". Initially launched by Apple to be used with the iPhone, apps have been produced for a continuously expanding variety of platforms and operating systems.
Go with Google
Google has released version 1 of its experimental open source Go computer programing language, or Go 1 for short, on March 28, 2012. The initial design of Go was started in September 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. And was officially announced in November 2009
The New iPad in the iFamily
On March 7, 2012, Apple introduced the new iPad, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, featuring a new Retina display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video.
Mobile Web and Mobile Apps for Businesses
Today, about a quarter of the websites available on the internet are considered mobile friendly. These mobile friendly sites are usually shopping and services sites, a category that includes retail sites, banks, to shopping assistants and real estate sites.
Introducing the Google Penguin
It is time to welcome Google Penguin algorithm. On April 2012, Google team published 52 changes to the search engine algorithm which some of them are then based for the Penguin update.
After SOPA comes CISPA
Following the SOPA/PIPA uproar that splashed across the internet earlier this year, now there is another cyber-security bill that threatens American Web browsing privacy, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, otherwise known as CISPA.
The Flawed and Better Cloud
Cloud computing, so far, has not lived up to expectations. It is slow, it has troubles housing huge enterprise critical data, and it is perceived as insecure. A key reason is that many historic clouds achieved their cost savings by using older technologies.
Facebook Timeline for Brands and Businesses
Timeline is the newest significant change in Facebook, a social media network known for making enhancements to its service that result in an almost endless mixed criticism and compliments from users. Timeline also has been both praised and panned in the internet world.
Yahoo! Lays Off Employees
Yahoo! Inc. is laying off 2,000 employees as new CEO Scott Thompson sweeps out jobs that don't fit into his plans for turning around the beleaguered internet company.
The cuts was announced on Wednesday, April 4th 2012, represent about 14 percent of the 14,100 workers employed by Yahoo!.