Technology Updates

50 Amazing Google Facts and Figures

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 07:22:00 -0700

50 Amazing Google Facts and Figures
1. The original nickname was BackRub due to the backlink technology used to determine site importance but eventually changed the name to Google originating from the misspelling ofthe word “Googol (the mathematician’s term for the number one followed by one hundred zeros) to signify the largequantities of information for people that it would provide.
2. Google began as a research projectin 1996
3. Google.com domain went online in 1997
4. The first funding of $100,000 for Google was provided by Andy Bechtolsheim the co-founder of Sun Microsystems
5. The CEO for ‘Excite’ George Bell rejected to buy Google when it was offered to him for $1 million when Brin and Page were finding the search engine taking up to much time from their research in 1999
6. The first round of venture capital of $25 million was provided in 1999 by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital 5 years before it floated
7. Google incorporated in 1998
8. 30 million pages indexed in 1998
9. 1 billion pages indexed in 2000
10. Eric Schmidt named CEO in in 2001
11. Acquired Blogger in 2003
12. Adsense launched in 2003
13. Gmail launched in 2004
14. Google IPO in 2004
15. 8 billion pages indexed in in 2004
16. Acquired YouTube in 2006 for$1.65 billion
17. 1 Trillion pages indexed in in 2008
18. Android announced in 2007
19. Chrome launched in 2008
20. 1.8 million shares given to Stanford University for its PageRank Patent sold by Stanford in 2005 for $336 million
21. It currently runs over 1 million computer servers in data centers around the world
22. Google search handles over 1 billion searches per day
23. 7.2 billion daily page views
24. 87.8 billion monthly worldwide searches conducted on Google sites
25. Google’s global search market share is 85%
26. Daily visitors to Google is 620 million
27. Google.com’s worldwide ranking is number 1
28. Revenue in 2000 was $19 million
29. Profit in 200 was a loss of $14 million
30. In 2009 Google’s revenue was nearly $23 billion
31. In 2009 Google’s profit was $6.5 billion
32. 97% is the percentage of revenue from advertising
33. Stock price at its IPO in 2004 was$85
34. Stock price in 2010 was $535
35. Over 19,000 employees
36. 37% are research staff
37. 37% are sales staff
38. A ‘Noogler’ is a new person at Google
39. 45% of Google’s products are currently in Beta
40. YouTube market share is 39.4%
41. 270,000 words a minute are written on Blogger
42. 146 million Gmail users
43. Google analytics is used on 57% of the top 10,000 websites
44. 400,000 new Android devices areactivated every day
45. 100 million activated Android devices
46. 200,000 Apps available for the Android
47. 4.5 billion Apps have been installed from the Android Market
48. Google’s Android mobile operating system is the world’s leading smart phone platform surpassing Nokia and Apple with a 33% share
49. 33 million Android operating systems were shipped in the the fourth quarter of 2010
50. The Google Driverless car named the ‘Stanley’ won the DARPA Grand challenge and the $2 million in prize money from the US Department of Defense in 2005

global brute-force attack on against ALL – WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal sites

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:34:00 -0700

There is a new global brute-force attack on against ALL – WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal sites (possibly other) across the entire web hosting industry. All major, small, large, medium, hosting companies, and their clients are being impacted. This is by far one of the LARGEST and very effective Cyber Attacks in recent days.

We urgently advise you that you change all of your Administrative access for any hosted WordPress / Joomla / Drupal or other web applications you may have installed. We have a separate article that focuses on selecting a strong password which you can review here:

USBCELL RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:43:00 -0700

USBCELL RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

Constantly buying batteries all the time to power or mobile gadgets can become quite annoying, but so can the inconvenience of purchasing a charger to refuel your rechargeable batteries.

Well the USBCell Batteries look to solve both of these problems by providing an ultra convenient way to recharge your batteries not only from the comfort of your home, but also while on the go as well. Simply pop the cap at the positive end of the battery to reveal a USB plug, insert the battery into your computer’s USB port, let charge for about 5 hours, and you’re ready to roll. You can recharge these batteries literally hundreds of times, and they can be recharged from absolutely any USB port.

IMPORTANT !

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:07:00 -0700

IMPORTANT !
#GooglePanda update is Launching...
SEORoundTable Reported that Google Panda (#25) is going to launch.. may be on March 15, 2013 or March 18, 2013

New Links Google Adsense

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:06:00 -0700

Camo Android Phone Watch

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Sun, 3 Mar 2013 21:29:00 -0800

Camo Android Phone Watch

https://www.facebook.com/letmestartfirst

Get an Email Alert When Someone Tries to Log into your Computer

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:48:00 -0800

You have a feeling that someone else used your computer (or at least made an attempt to login) while you were out for a quick coffee break. Maybe that colleague with whom you share the cubicle knows your password or he made a few guesses before finally giving up.

How do you get notified when such an attempt is made to intrude into your computer?

A new website (made in Turkey) called MouseLock.co may have a simple solution here. They will send you an email alert as well as a picture of the intruder as soon as someone tries to use your computer.

Here’s how Mouse Lock works.

You sign-in with your Google Account (they’ll send the alert to your Gmail address) and then select a secret pin on the screen. Next, put your mouse cursor in a designated area on the Mouse Lock website and leave the machine.

Now when someone moves the mouse, they will also have to enter the original pin. If they fail to do that in the first few seconds, Mouse Lock will send you an email and, if the computer has a webcam, it will use that to also snap a picture of the intruder.

Mouse Lock won’t prevent the intrusion but will at least notify you the minute it happens. And best of all, this a web app and thus requires no installation.

Internally, the site uses jQuery (mouseLeaveEvent) to detect mouse movements while the webcam photographs are captured using the getUserMedia() API currently supported in Chrome and Firefox. The alerts, possibly due to a bug, are triggered even when any of the keys are pressed and that makes it a little less useful since there’s no way to lock the computer after setting up the monitor.

The Galaxy Note 8 is here.

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:36:00 -0800

The Galaxy Note 8 is here. What do you think? Hands-on with Samsung's comfortable, functional tablet

Speed up your Internet with public DNS servers

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 03:34:00 -0800

Speed up your Internet with public DNS servers

TOP 10 DNS SERVERS

Level3:
Preferred DNS server - 209.244.0.3
Alternate DNS server - 209.244.0.4

Google:
Preferred DNS server - 8.8.8.8
Alternate DNS server - 8.8.4.4

ScrubIT3:
Preferred DNS server - 67.138.54.120
Alternate DNS server - 207.225.209.77

OpenNIC4:
Preferred DNS server - 69.164.208.50
Alternate DNS server - 216.87.84.211

Public-Root5:
Preferred DNS server - 199.5.157.131
Alternate DNS server - 208.71.35.137

Comodo DNS:
Preferred DNS server - 8.26.56.26
Alternate DNS server - 8.20.247.20

OpenDNS:
Preferred DNS server - 208.67.222.222
Alternate DNS server - 208.67.220.220

DNS Advantage:
Preferred DNS server - 156.154.70.1
Alternate DNS server - 156.154.71.1

Norton DNS:
Preferred DNS server - 198.153.192.1
Alternate DNS server - 198.153.194.1

SmartViper:
Preferred DNS server - 208.76.50.50
Alternate DNS server - 208.76.51.51

How to Speedup Internet connection with Top 10 High Speed Public DNS Servers?

Go to Control Panel
Then go to Network and Sharing Center
Click on Local Area Connection
Then click on Properties After that, Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click on Properties
OR
Double Click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Now click on Use the following DNS addresses and change it as follows. Use any of above mentioned public DNS servers.
Then click on OK,
That's all you have done successfully !!

Samsung Galaxy Note Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:23:00 -0800

Samsung Galaxy Note Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out
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Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) update for the International Samsung Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) starting from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Germany. Samsung confirmed back in December that the Galaxy Note would get the multi-screen / multi-window feature in the Android 4.1 update. The Samsung Galaxy S2 got the Jelly Bean update last month. The Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy Note would bring faster performance with project butter, Multi-Window, Page Buddy, customizable Notification Panel, Smart Rotation, new keyboard with gesture typing like the Android 4.2, Direct Call, Smart Stay and Pop-up Play, new Widgets, Google Now and more. Samsung is yet to roll out the Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy S2 in India. Hope the Jelly Bean update rolls out for the Galaxy Note soon after that.

The Droids Are Coming!!

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:14:00 -0800

The Droids Are Coming!!

Guess who's testing the freshest prototypes .
HOT off the assembly line!!

First glimpse of the worlds first fully featured Android Smart Watch. Get ready to make calls, send and receive texts and e-mail right from your watch!!!
Comes loaded with bluetooth, wifi, camera, gps and the full fledged google play store!!

Star Wars Keyboard With LCD Touchpad

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:12:00 -0800

Star Wars Keyboard With LCD Touchpad

Keyboard features 1000 Hz Ultrapolling/1ms response time with fully programmable keys along with Ten dynamic adaptive tactile keys so that you’ll be able to customize them according to your natural behaviors skills, macros, and hotkeys for faster accessibility. Multi-touch LCD track panel makes if more faster and convenient. Gold-backlit illuminating keys and border around keys looks awesome. The color of lights can be changed to almost any color. Available at thinkgeek for 194.16€. You might also like Razer Transformer edition mouse.

This Little Robot Cleans Your Tablet or Smartphone

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:02:00 -0800

This Little Robot Cleans Your Tablet or Smartphone

Touchscreen devices have gone a long way in the first couple of years, but one problem has stayed the same: dirty screens. No matter how much you clean your smartphone or tablet, it only takes a couple of seconds of operation for its screen to become covered in greasy fingerprints.

Enter AutoMee S by Takara Tomy, a 2.75-inch screen cleaner that slides around your tablet's screen like a tiny Roomba.

The palm-sized bot is small enough to be used on smartphones as well, and smart enough not to fall over the edge of the device. Running on a single double AA battery, AutoMee S cleans the screen using special cleaning paper, which sounds good enough, although Takara Tomy doesn't guarantee it won't damage your device.

The price for AutoMeeS when it goes on sale in Japan next month will be ¥1,575 (12.43€).

Samsung Galaxy Note Receiving Android Jelly Bean As Early As March 1

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:01:00 -0800

Samsung Galaxy Note Receiving Android Jelly Bean As Early As March 1
Samsung Galaxy Note users have been waiting for the moment when their favorite device will receive Android Jelly Bean. It was confirmed in December the Galaxy Note would be receiving Jelly Bean, but when is the question all Galaxy Note users have been asking since then.

According to a leak on the Samsung Ukraine website, its Galaxy Note is expected to start receiving Android Jelly Bean starting on March 1. That doesn’t necessarily mean you should be checking your Galaxy Note every minute to see if Jelly Bean is available as the chart leaked onto the Samsung Ukraine website may not be offering the exact date when Jelly Bean will be available in the U.S.

Android Jelly Bean releases for additional Samsung Galaxy devices are also mentioned in the leak as Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus owners can expect Jelly Bean to begin rolling out on February 22, while Galaxy Tab 8.9 owners could see Jelly Bean as early as January 24.

real transparent smartphone

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:14:00 -0800

Taiwanese company Polytron unveils a real transparent smartphone
If transparent be the future of smartphones, Polytron play on. Taiwanese tech company Polytron technologies has revealed an all new transparent smartphone, which they say could be on the market by the end of 2013. The transparent smartphone, which opened eyes of all waiting for a transparent smartphone, was displayed by Serena Chen, Deputy Manager of Polytron in Taoyuan City, Northern Taiwan. This prototype phone, which has the ability to change smartphone industry for good, features a small touchscreen and power glass exterior.
There are companies that are working on foldable and flexible phones, and this transparent smartphone design seems first real effort at getting the transparent phone to the consumer. The only thing that bothers me is that, there hasn’t been a way worked out to make processors and components transparent – therefore you can see the processor and other components on the edges of the transparent smartphone.

iPhone 5 Concept Features

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Fri, 8 Feb 2013 04:35:00 -0800

negative SEO: official Google statements

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Thu, 7 Feb 2013 21:18:00 -0800

In a video on YouTube, the head of Google's anti-spam team Matt Cutts talked about negative SEO. Can other companies hurt your website rankings by spamming your site? What can you do to avoid this?

Should I Use Canonical to Solve Blog Tag Duplicate Issue?

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Thu, 7 Feb 2013 21:15:00 -0800

There’s an interestingdiscussion over at SEO chat forum about how to solve the inherent WordPress-run blog duplicate content issue. If you are blogging, you know that these pages are likely to cause partial duplicate content issue:

blog.com/post-name
blog.com//tag/tag-name
blog.com/category/category-name

Microsoft goes after Google with attack on Gmail privacy

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Thu, 7 Feb 2013 21:00:00 -0800

Microsoft goes after Google with attack on Gmail privacy

Campaign titled "Don't get scroogled by Gmail" encourages users of Google's free e-mail service to dump it for Microsoft's Outlook.com.

Outlook.com launched Don’t Get Scroogled by Gmail, a national campaign at [scroogled.com...] to educate Americans about Google’s practice of going through the contents of all Gmail emails to sell and target ads. According to a public GfK Roper study, commissioned by Microsoft Corp., 70 percent of consumers don’t know that major email providers routinely engage in the practice of reading through their personal email to sell ads — something that 88 percent of people disapprove of once they are informed. Unlike Gmail, Outlook.com doesn’t go through the content of users’ emails to show ads. Outlook.com hopes this campaign will help educate consumers about Google’s email practices and promote Outlook.com’s policy of prioritizing the privacy of its users’ emails.

To help consumers have their voice heard, today Outlook.com launched a petition to help them get the message to Google that going through personal email messages to sell ads is unacceptable. Outlook.com encourages consumers to sign the petition at Scroogled.com and tell Google to stop going through their emails to sell ads. Outlook.com encourages consumers to prioritize their privacy by switching to Outlook.com.Microsoft Takes a Swing at Google's Gmail Advertising [microsoft.com]

high jumping world record by leaping 8 ft 1 in into the air aboard his horse

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Thu, 7 Feb 2013 20:58:00 -0800

On this day 64 years ago, Alberto Larraguibel set the equestrian high jumping world record by leaping 8 ft 1 in into the air aboard his horse, Huaso. We're honoring his accomplishment with the following Doodle on our Chilean homepage.

10 Reason Why Android Continues To Thrive: 10 Best Android Phones

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Thu, 7 Feb 2013 20:57:00 -0800

These days, it seems like there's always a smarter, faster Android phone on the horizon.

According to research firm Strategy Analytics, Android captured an impressive 70 percent share of the global smartphone market share in the last quarter of 2012. That’s because various manufacturers including HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung, and others offer multiple Android handsets on each carrier.

Dad pays 14-year-old daughter $200 to quit Facebook

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Thu, 7 Feb 2013 20:55:00 -0800

Google Upgrades AdWords For Improved Mobile Performance

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Wed, 6 Feb 2013 21:01:00 -0800

Today we’re upgrading AdWords, by rolling out enhanced campaigns. This is a first step to help you more simply and smartly manage your ad campaigns in today’s multi-device world

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Best practices with the Google disavow tool – confirmed

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Sun, 3 Feb 2013 21:00:00 -0800

Ever since Google announced its Disavow Tool, we've had a lot of concerns expressed on the forum here about how best to use the tool to clean up backlinks, how to avoid collateral damage, possibilities of negative SEO with the tool, etc.

In a recent post on his blog, WebmasterWorld senior member pontifex (aka in real life as Ralf Schwoebel, and well-known to many here) shared some information he'd gotten from Uli Lutz, of the Google Search Quality team in Germany, covering some of these questions. This is the first official information I've seen on the subject, and I've gotten permission from Ralf (who has further cleared this with Uli) to pass it on.

Questions Ralf asked included what source of backlinks to look at for disavow candidates, and could he accidentally hurt a friend or good source if he reported a link as bad. Summary of answers he got back (using his translation from the original German) are...

"I would concentrate on the links reported in the Webmaster Tools on Google"
"Do not worry about damaging other people, that does not happen"
"Be aware of the site-wide disavow possibility, it will make your life easier" have been the key sentences in his reply. I am thankful for such a definite answer and thought I’d share it here.

Additional information and blog post here...

Best practices with the Google disavow tool – confirmed
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The Top 25 Facebook games of February 2013

noreply@blogger.com (Rakesh) — Fri, 1 Feb 2013 21:10:00 -0800