National Cyber Security Awareness Month, coordinated by the National Cyber Security Alliance at StaySafeOnline.org, is a time for all users of the Internet to "Stop. Think. Connect." By pausing to reflect on risks and potential problems and having knowledge of what warning signs to look for, we can all enjoy the Internet more freely. StaySafeOnline.org has a list of events … [Read more...]
SlideShare Opts for HTML5 Instead of Flash For Your Online Presentations
SlideShare, a popular site for sharing presentations online, updated its service this week to instead of converting uploaded presentations to Flash-powered, embeddable presentations it is now converting them to HTML5. The update was discussed in the SlideShare blog. The benefits are outstanding: Your slides will display flawlessly on an iPhone, iPad, Android and any other … [Read more...]
Nissan Embraces Google Maps for Its Latest Contest
Nissan wants you to plot out an interesting road trip using Google Maps. If your trip is interesting enough and you win, they'll make your virtual road trip into a reality with a new Nissan Versa and all the expenses paid for. If you win, you and three friends will go on an all expense paid (lodging, food, and gas) road trip. All you have to do is go … [Read more...]
Google Celebrates Its 13th Birthday
Short and sweet. The Google Doodle seems to be the only recognition so far that Google has published regarding its birthday. From my count, I believe there are 13 candles on the cake. … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Bing Kicks Off Fall With Beautiful Time-Lapse Video on Home Page
Bing, Microsoft's search engine, has always had high quality photos on its homepage. When Google tried to do the same thing, they received a lot of lashback. Today, with the official beginning of Fall, Bing is using a grand time-lapse video to show the sunrise from Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming by Bob Glusic/Wilderness Video. The video is HTML5, so you'll have to be using … [Read more...]