Google makes it easier for people searching to learn the nutritional content of over 1,000 meats, vegetables, fruits and other foods with its newest feature. The feature, which uses Google’s Knowledge Graph,…
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WordPress and Joomla Experiencing Significant Number Of Botnet attacks
Any person using WordPress and/or Joomla should tighten the security around their accounts, as the hosting provides have noticed a triple increase in the number of brute force attacks. According to The…
Nintendo To Eliminate Several Wii Services and Channels Come June
Come June 2013, Nintendo will delete some of the original Wii network services and channels due to their unpopularity. On June 28, several Wii services and apps will cease working because of…
Google Launches Inactive Account Manager To Handle Users’ Digital Data After Death
Google has a new service that is assisting users to create an Internet will that lays out what happens to their information after they have died – either passing the information on…
LinkedIn Buys Pulse For $90M To Boost Mobile Content Exposure
Professional social networking site LinkedIn is purchasing Pulse, a mobile news reader, for $90 million in an effort to assist the website to increase its mobile standing in content distribution for users….
Microsoft Urges Businesses To Upgrade from Windows XP to OS 7 or OS 8
With less than a year left before Microsoft ends all Windows XP operating software support, Microsoft is telling businesses using the 10-year-old OS to upgrade their computers to Windows 7 or 8….
Rumor: Google In Talks To Purchase Cross Platform Messaging Application WhatsApp
Google is reportedly in talks with WhatsApp to acquire the popular cross-platform messaging application. That’s according to the latest Digital Trend report. According to the report, the two companies have been talking…
FixYa Report Puts Apple Much Ahead of Its Competition in Smartphone “Reliability Score”
FixYa in its February 2013 Report titled “Smartphone by Manufacturer” has used a wealth of information the virtual community has accumulated in troubleshooting/repair of consumer electronic products to good effect, producing a…
Facebook Announces New Search Tool “Graph Search”
Facebook recently announced its big secret to its popular social network: graph search, which is a smart search engine. With graph search, users can conduct “natural” searches of content their friends share….
Oracle Releases Immediate Repair To Serious Java Security Flaw
Oracle, after a warning from the Department of Homeland Security to users, released an immediate fix on its Java software security flaw that made computers vulnerable to take overs by hackers. According…