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I guess some game called "Destiny" came out this week? But that can't be right. My handy list of "Important PC Releases" says that...well, certainly no game called "Destiny" came out. Odd. This is gaming news for the week of September 8, 2014. SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute is funding its very own game jam in Mountain View from October 17-19. Termed "
Fabrix sells software for cloud DVRs and video on demand
If you want to look like a badass carrying a Harley-Davidson Windows Phone—sorry, you’ll have to move to Europe. But a number of other cheaper Windows Phones are coming to the States. On Thursday, Microsoft highlighted a number of smaller, cheaper Windows Phones heading to the United States, from manufacturers such as Blu and Archos. Microsoft’s recent goal has been to push out midrange and cheap Windows Phones, and this plays right into that strategy. The most intriguing model, though, is reserved exclusively for Europeans: the New Generation Mobile (NGM) Harley Davidson Edition. Microsoft’s said previously that Italy is one of the markets where Windows Phone is selling well—at times, even better than the iPhone. And that’s led NGM to release a Harley-branded phone that includes dual SIMs, Windows Phone 8.1 and a 5-inch HD (1280×720) display with Gorilla Glass. Inside there’s 8GB of storage with a 32GB MicroSD card, plus a 8-megapixel rear camera. It will be sold for 249 euro in October.
A year is a long time in smartphone technology today, so remember if you can the changes that have taken place over the last decade. In 2004, Apple had only just started working on development of its iPhone and no one outside the company knew about it, Samsung was focused on the South Korean market, and the hottest thing in wireless was the success of the I-mode mobile Internet service in Japan. As I watched Apple’s launch of its new iPhones and smartwatch this week, I was reminded of a trip I took exactly a decade ago to the ITU’s Telecom Asia expo in Busan, South Korea. As Tokyo correspondent for IDG, I was used to seeing advanced phones in Japan but some of the handsets in South Korea looked positively futuristic. Recalling those phones, it’s amazing to think how technology has changed in the last decade, and how smartphones have changed our lives.
Many employers are now on board the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) bandwagon, allowing their workers to use from their own smartphones and tablets at the office. It's a big convenience for you, the employee, but can be a major headache for the company. Supporting multiple devices means supporting multiple operating systems, which means additional training for IT, and thus greater costs. Even worse, if an employee puts the wrong app on their phone or visits the wrong website, the company's network could be compromised, and sensitive data along with it. So if you want to continue using your personal device at work, be a good corporate citizen. Follow these rules, or risk losing your mobile freedom. Or your job.
One of the major gripes of those who buy Android phones is all the bloatware and inconsistent updates that wreck an otherwise "pure Google" experience. Motorola is taking that term and running with it, as The
How many times have you clicked an email address on a webpage instead of copying it only to accidentally start Outlook or another desktop mail client? Who uses desktop mail clients anymore? Well, I do, but that's another story. Many people these days are just keeping all their email in web-based services like Gmail, Outlook.com, and Yahoo Mail. When you click an email address your browser is handing off responsibility for a special kind of link, called But it doesn't have to be that way. In most modern Windows browsers you can turn a webmail account into your default email program. The only drawback is that setting a webmail service as your default is not system wide, meaning you have to set your preferred mail service as the default in each separate browser you use.
HTC's device—if Bloomberg's claims are accurate—would challenge market leader
Acer is busting out the glitter for its latest wearable, a giant pink sombrero dubbed the “Selfie-Hat.” The You can even buy one yourself, but only by appointment at the fashion show.
If you preordered an Apple, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon began taking orders for the new phones, which hit store shelves Sept. 19, at 12:01 a.m. Pacific/3:01 a.m. Eastern. The process is the same as it always was: Stay awake (or wake up insanely early) and spend an hour trying to get through the ordering process without punching your computer in frustration. But this year, preordering the iPhone was especially infuriating. The Apple Store was reportedly down for up to two hours in some parts of the country—same for Sprint and T-Mobile. Verizon and AT&T’s sites were spotty. Some customers preordered without a problem, while others couldn’t add the phone to their carts. Verizon and Sprint were battling each other for your
Get a load of this! Sandisk recently announced the world's first SD card with a capacity of 512 gigabytes— And you thought it was cool carting around a 16GB SD card with a basic Ubuntu install on it. 512GB on an SD card. Welcome to the future.
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The latest Apple device will likely put added pressure on hyper-local searches, making it even more important for businesses to ensure they can be found.
In addition to working on a Penguin update before the year ends, Mueller has said Google is working to improve the speed of its algorithms overall.
The feature, which had disappeared by September 12, included a link to headlines and news within the Knowledge Graph.
Utilizing Google Webmaster Tools means that the normal time spent playing the waiting game for your content to be revealed to searchers can be cut down significantly.
Bidding on your brand terms can provide a lot of benefits, but it can be costly if you have a lot of competition. So when is bidding on your brand the best strategy?
Bing says it looked at a number of signals that suggest possible use of URL keyword stuffing and its efforts have since impacted 3 percent of queries.
Google says showing ad extensions in more prominent locations will give consumers easier access to information about businesses and will improve mobile ad performance.
When it comes to UX-centered projects, it's important to understand the value of choosing the better or better and faster options instead of the cheaper option.
A recent court ruling indicates Yelp would be in the clear if it tampered with the ratings of businesses that declined paid advertising and that is bad news for small businesses.
Do links from m.biz have a negative SEO impact on your site? Do you need to disavow them to be safe?
Advertisers can now analyze, report on, and automate paid search campaign bidding for Yandex through Marin Software's advertising platform.
In addition, Searchmetrics’ 2014 SEO Ranking Factors and Rank Correlations report finds the quantity and quality of backlinks remain critical.
Product Listing Ads (PLAs) can now be displayed alongside contextually relevant results, which will help advertisers connect products to interested shoppers and better monetize traffic.
At SES Denver on October 16, Bing's John Gagnon will discuss the importance of using the right data as opposed to just big data.
If SEO and PPC worked together, marketers could do their jobs much better - and make a lot more money for their companies.
Bing Ads' updates to its location targeting tools will help advertisers refine and define their geo-targeting for PPC.
The doodle includes an eight-scene slideshow with images of Tolstoy himself, as well as scenes from his works "War and Peace," "Anna Karenina," and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich."
Google Webmaster Trends analyst John Mueller says sites shouldn't focus on individual factors of individual algorithms, but rather on fixing sites themselves to improve rankings.
After Getty Images filed a lawsuit citing "massive infringement," Bing has temporarily removed the new tool it said would make it easier to display images and slideshows on websites.
In a lot of cases, links from methods that many would consider bad are not just part of a natural profile but can actually drive traffic and PageRank.