WordPress publishers will soon have the opportunity to opt in to topically targeted advertising content. Federated Media Publishing and Automattic, WordPress’s parent company, which has been looking for ways to monetize the “long tail” of independent content, will now offer bloggers advertising rights. READ MORE
Now that Apple has launched its new iCloud service, some users are finding it very confusing to set up. To help, Apple has come out with a step-by-step guide that tells users exactly how to get iCloud going on all the devices that can use it: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and PC. (What, no Android?) READ MORE
What would you do if aliens invaded our planet? Apparently, the Google security team has an answer to this and every other possible question. READ MORE
Twitter is getting serious about its ad plan. The company plans to roll out advertising in an interesting way. Users will soon see ads in their Tweet stream from accounts they don’t follow. The plan is to place advertising in front of Twitter users who are “similar” to folks they already follow. READ MORE
Do you find it hard to keep track of which companies (and government agencies) have been hacked in the past six months? We do too. CNET has come to the rescue by creating a handy-dandy chart that details every major hacking incident since March, along with who’s known (or suspected) of having perpetrated the hack, why they did it, and what vulnerability they exploited. READ MORE
In his witty blog titled “Information Highwayman,” D Bnonn Tennant gives interesting advice on choosing a Web designer and it’s not what you’d think. Instead of contemplating your budget and analyzing a designer’s skillset, he says you should pay close attention to the words he uses on his Web site. READ MORE
Follow these tips from OPEN Forum to turn your company’s website into a professional homepage that makes a great first impression. READ MORE
Is owning the right domain name is as important as it was when the world was driven by dot-coms and browsers rather than iPhones and Android devices? It’s a good question, and one asked by FastCompany’s Austin Carr. “If you launch an app today–say, Foursquare, for example–is it necessary to purchase Foursquare.com if the primary use of the service is through the mobile app, which does not require a web address?” he wonders. READ MORE
You’re probably at least vaguely aware of the onrushing doom predicted when the Internet runs out of available IPv4 device addresses. That day is coming soon, as the last batch of such addresses was handed out in February, exhausting a supply of 4.3 billion. What this means in the real world is that it’s getting harder for individual devices to have their own identity on the Internet, which could make it difficult to do things from make Skype calls to share files online. READ MORE
Popular blogging platform WordPress is quickly closing in on the 20 million hosted blogs mark, but the company shouldn’t celebrate just yet. One of its prime competitors, New York-based social blogging platform Tumblr, is closing in on WordPress with 18.4 million total hosted blogs of its own. According to Crenk, Tumblr will overtake WordPress “very soon.” READ MORE
