File sharing website BitTorrent was compromised this morning as hackers were able to inject a scare ware program into their download software. BitTorrent stated that any downloads from the site overnight could potentially contain the scare ware, which creates pop up fake virus warnings and prompts users to pay for removal.
According to Reuters news agency Facebook has generated turnover of £1 Billion ($1.6 Billion) in the first six months of 2011 and made a net income of £312 Million ($500 Million). As Facebook is a privately owned company it doesn’t disclose financial results but the figures are said to have been supplied by an inside […]
Social media platform Twitter has launched a new analytics tool. Twitter Web Analytics is designed to show publishers how much of their content is being shared on Twitter, how much traffic publishers are receiving from Twitter and how effective their Tweet buttons are. The free tool is currently being beta tested before being rolled out […]
The Build developers conference in California was the setting for the unveiling of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 8. The new software, designed for use with tablets as well as desktops and PC’s works on the ARM holdings designed processors as opposed to requiring Intel or similar processors. Steven Sinofsky of Microsoft stated at the […]
Traditionally, search engines like Google and Bing have based their search results on, amongst other things, the number of links from one site to another. If a well respected site linked to yours, you gained a ‘vote’ and moved a little higher in the search rankings. In effect, websites vote for websites. But Social Media is […]
It’s incredible to think that any organisation or business could amass 100 Million users in just 5 years but that’s exactly what Twitter has done. Those users post an amazing 8,900 posts per SECOND! That’s a BILLION posts every 5 days. Interestingly, 55{e8829ac467a0274a925468db9df6a50fd155abddaf4dde3330c969bc9f1fc0db} of Twitter users use it on their mobile device. And that’s only Twitter, […]
