Most web-conscious people today have a good grasp of what social networking is and how it is used in our everyday lives. But where did it come from? What are the roots of social networking, and is it really such a recent phenomenon? ... (more)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/196295442/ It’s only been about a month since Google launched OpenSocial, its development platform for social networking applications. But already developers are frustrated with how half ... (more)
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This is a feed of everything I'm interested in, filtered and categorised according to my choices. Channels: Twitter (multiple accounts) Facebook groups Facebook pages Google+ LinkedIn Flickr Youtube Website RSS Webpage updates ... (more)
The UK's communications regulator Ofcom has released a free app to test the quality of your wireless network. It is possible for you to have a poor signal from your phone, tablet or laptop computer just because the wireless router is positioned ... (more)
Have you had an unsolicited letter from a company you've never of, offering a free health check for your solar PV system? My recommendation: bin it! If you have had solar electric panels on your roof for several years then the inverter ... (more)
A survey has found that over half of all home wi-fi networks in the UK are insecure and can be hacked into in under 5 seconds. A lot don't even have any kind of password protection! By operating your home wireless router in an 'open' mode ... (more)
Introducing Raritan's Command Center NOC: Integration of Systems, Security and Network Management with Secure Remote Access. Designed to keep your IT infrastructure under constant scrutiny, CommandCenter NOC products guard against network outages ... (more)
The iPhone and other Smartphones Do you own a phone that doesn't do much (except make calls), but would find sat-nav (GPS), social networking and email capabilities useful? If so then you should seriously consider getting an iPhone. Not necessarily ... (more)
Over the last 48 hours, here is PlusNET's broadband traffic by usage type: And here is the number of customers using the network: (more)
This is an interesting read from Gigya, covering: Where social and search intersect The Open Graph and social network search Action items for websites today It looks at channels of traffic for social optimization, the relevance of ... (more)