July 2007 most popular downloads

What’s July 2007’s most popular downloads? Don’t ask me ask PC World. Below are the top 5 downloads as recorded by PC World. Spybot Search & Destroy Perennial favorite anti-spyware tool. A good tool to have to combat spyware and trojan horses. LimeWire Basic Search for MP3s with this sleek, well-designed program. DVD Shrink Back […]

The strangest sights in Google Earth

Have you tried Google Earth yet? If you haven’t then you have missed out on one of this century’s best creation. This is because Google Earth’s interactive map allows everyone to become a virtual globetrotter. And some of the places on earth Google Earth found are really strange! Let’s check out a couple of these […]

Cool Web 2.0 badges

One of the most happening thing on the web now has to be Web 2.0. So, what actually is Web 2.0? Web 2.0, is actually a phrase coined by O’Reilly Media in 2003 and popularized by series of conferences after that especially the first Web 2.0 conference in 2004. It specifically refers to a perceived […]

Top earning bloggers

It’s really amazing how blogging can bring in tonnes of money, even several times more than a full time job. This is no joke. Some famous blogs such as BoingBoing.com and TechCrunch record revenue of more than 1 million dollar a year according to a report by Business Week: Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks. […]

List of Google acquisitions

I came across this great list of acquisitions by Google over the years, including acquisitions of both companies and individual products. Among the most notable acquisitions are (in my opinion): Pyra Labs (February, 2003) – this is exactly what becomes Blogger. Almost all bloggers I know start out on Blogger, the most widely use free […]

eBay acquires StumbleUpon for US$75 million

Auction giant eBay has recently acquired StumbleUpon, a San Francisco company that helps users discover and shre sites that fit their specific interests, for US$75 million. StumbleUpon has approximately 2.4 million users, and is growing quite rapidly. Bill Cobb, the President of eBay North America has the following to say; Our intent is to support […]