In LinkedIn’s first earnings call as a public company, CEO Jeff Weiner revealed that LinkedIn is adding two new members every second, which is up from one member per second in November 2010. In Q2 alone, LinkedIn added 14 million members, after passing the 100 million mark earlier this year. Weiner also said that the
VeriSign [ http://www.verisign.com ] has announced its almost-annual price increases for .com and .net domain names. The wholesale cost from VeriSign for .com domain names will increase from $7.34 to $7.85 on January 15, 2012 and the registry fee for .net domain names will increase from $4.65 to $5.11. The VeriSign fee doesn’t include
Google has been ramping up its transportation search features for desktop and mobile, but now it is shifting into full on travel mode with its Hotel Finder experiment. The Next Web reports that the utility is “designed to help users find the perfect hotel.” Easier said than done, of course, but maybe something that Google
We’ve seen it before. After the Christchurch earthquake earlier this year, email security scams and Facebook scams popped up which duped innocent web users into donating money to causes that didn’t exist, or into downloading malicious software to their computers. This also happened after the Japanese earthquake, when email spam related to the earthquake rose,
There’s a general anxiety that has settled over much of the IT profession in recent years. It’s a stark contrast to the situation just over a decade ago. At the end of the 1990s, IT pros were the belles of the ball. The IT labor shortage regularly made headlines and IT pros were able to
Online greetings card retailer Moonpig.com has been sold to online digital photo service PhotoBox for £120 million in a merger that will create one of Europe’s largest personal publishers, the companies have announced. Nick Jenkins, the founder and chairman of Moonpig, is set for a multi-million pound windfall after agreeing to sell the business, including
SEO is critical to your website’s success, but if your site is targeting the wrong keywords, you are doomed for failure. Keyword Research Background Info Keyword research revolves around finding the perfect keywords (or key phrases which refers to the same thing as keywords) for your website to target. For example, one of the key
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest handset maker, may have surpassed Nokia Oyj and Apple Inc. in smart-phone sales in the second quarter, driven by the popularity of Android-based models, according to Boston-based Strategy Analytics. Samsung is estimated to have sold up to 21 million smart phones globally in the period, compared with 16.7 million
According to a study released Friday by web-tracking firm comScore, the web search giant’s new social networking tool, Google Plus, has amassed 20 million users in just three weeks since its launch on June 28. While that figure is still far from the 750 million registered users of Facebook, it is still enough to make
An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses. Charles Duncombe says an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half. Mr Duncombe says when recruiting staff he has been “shocked at the poor quality of written
A couple weeks ago, a stealthy startup called Prism SkyLabs was formed in San Francisco. Already it’s creating buzz among angel investors. It’s site is not much more than a place holder right now with this vague description: We are pioneering ways to bring physical spaces online, creating new places for people and businesses to
A luxury safari retreat in Tanzania has been named the world’s best hotel by the influential American magazine “Travel + Leisure”. Bordering the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, east Africa, Singita Grumeti Reserves comprises of three separate accommodations: Sasakwa Lodge, Sabora Tented Camp and Faru Faru Lodge. The 340,000-acre retreat is positioned on a renowned