According to a study released Friday by web-tracking firm comScore, the web search giant’s new social networking tool, Google Plus, has amassed 20 million users in just three weeks since its launch on June 28. While that figure is still far from the 750 million registered users of Facebook, it is still enough to make
An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses. Charles Duncombe says an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half. Mr Duncombe says when recruiting staff he has been “shocked at the poor quality of written
A couple weeks ago, a stealthy startup called Prism SkyLabs was formed in San Francisco. Already it’s creating buzz among angel investors. It’s site is not much more than a place holder right now with this vague description: We are pioneering ways to bring physical spaces online, creating new places for people and businesses to
A luxury safari retreat in Tanzania has been named the world’s best hotel by the influential American magazine “Travel + Leisure”. Bordering the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, east Africa, Singita Grumeti Reserves comprises of three separate accommodations: Sasakwa Lodge, Sabora Tented Camp and Faru Faru Lodge. The 340,000-acre retreat is positioned on a renowned
– Citrix announced on Tuesday that they were buying startup Cloud.com, adding to their portfolio a market that could bring $8 billion in sales by 2013. The deal also brings more competition to Amazon’s Web Services, which targets a different market. Web Services allows companies to run programs on Amazon servers instead of their own.
After giving birth earlier on Sunday , Victoria and David Beckham have named their daughter Harper Seven. This girl joins the three boys of Romeo, Cruz and Brooklyn. The former Spice Girls singer and husband David Beckham welcomed the bundle of joy at a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday morning (July 10). According to a
An extra-time goal gave Tanzania’s Young Africans victory over their great rivals Simba in the final of the Cecafa Club Cup on Sunday. Young Africans, known as Yanga, claimed their first title in the East and Central African event since 1999. Ghana’s Kenneth Asamoah rose unchallenged to head home a Rashid Gumbo cross in the
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Skype’s Tony Bates announce a deal to include Skype’s video conferencing into Facebook’s social network. PALO ALTO, Calif. — For months, Facebook was uncharacteristically quiet about its membership growth. Whispers among those who closely follow the social-networking giant reached full-throated debate a few weeks ago, with word that Facebook’s numbers
Just after Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced plans in May to buy Skype, he and Skype Chief Executive Officer Tony Bates had one more order of business. “The day we announced, we definitely came to see Mark,” Bates said, talking of Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, at a press conference today announcing Facebook’s
Google has apparently killed off its Realtime search feature, or disabled it for a while, at the very least. Google’s recently unveiled social network, Google+, brought a host of changes with it, including a cleaner-looking user interface. An unexpected casualty of these changes may be Google’s Realtime search, developed to integrate real-time data from Twitter
Microsoft’s Office in the cloud takes on Google Microsoft on Tuesday started selling Office 365, a cloud subscription version of Office that starts at $6 per user a month that targets small businesses. By Sharon Pian Chan Seattle Times technology reporter / GETTY IMAGES In this photo from Microsoft, CEO Steve Ballmer launches cloud-based Microsoft
Search giant, social underdog: Google+ faces uphill climb vs. Facebook By Todd Bishop, GeekWire So many people are on Facebook. How are they going to get them to switch? It’s going to have to be pretty great. That was the immediate reaction from certain Facebook-addicted members of my family today as we read the blog post and