October, 2007
Dreamweaver’s Approach To Website Accessibility
Accessibility, in the context of websites, refers to the degree to which the content you add to your web site can be accessed by your audience; all of them, not just the able bodied ones and those with 20/20 vision. Accessible websites offer good support for screen readers, cater for users who browse the web [...]
Google and IBM Announce Initiative to Address Internet-Scale Computing Challenges
Google and IBM today announced an initiative to promote new software development methods which will help students and researchers address the challenges of internet-scale applications in the future. The goal of this initiative is to improve computer science students’ knowledge of highly parallel computing practices to better address the emerging paradigm of large-scale distributed computing. [...]
Yahoo! And eBay Join Forces to Protect Consumers Against E-mail Fraud
Yahoo!, eBay and PayPal today announced a collaborative effort to better protect consumers against fraudulent e-mails and the dangerous scams known as phishing attacks. Starting today, eBay and PayPal customers worldwide using Yahoo! Mail will have a safer e-mail experience – they will begin receiving fewer fake e-mails claiming to be sent by eBay and [...]
Google launches global cleanup weekend with Google Maps
Google has today teamed up with dozens of community action organizations around the world to coordinate an International Cleanup Weekend on October 13-14th. Originally started as an internal Google project to encourage Googlers to cleanup their local beaches, parks, and trails close to home and to share their progress using My Maps, the initiative is [...]
Google Adds Postini’s Security and Compliance Capabilities to Google Apps
Google today announced that Postini’s email security and compliance services have been added to Google Apps Premier Edition. Google acquired Postini last month to help companies realize the benefits of hosted applications while also addressing complex information security and compliance requirements. “With Postini, we saw the potential to deliver a more complete hosted solution for businesses [...]
Yahoo! Announces Universal Search
Yahoo! Search today announced Search Assist, the most advanced assistance technology available on the Web, and the integration of audio, video and photos directly into the search results to help make Web search effortless for consumers. The new Yahoo! Search was designed to better understand user intent and get consumers to the results they are [...]
Microsoft Acquires Jellyfish.com
Microsoft recently purchased a company called Jellyfish.com, based in Madison, Wisconsin. Jellyfish has done some really innovative work in comparative shopping engines. Microsoft also said, that they want to include the technology of Jellyfish’s shopping software as a key component of Live Search.
Telefonica and Yahoo! Partner Up For Global Mobile Services
Telefonica and Yahoo! today announced a global agreement providing a framework for making oneSearch, Yahoo!’s industry leading mobile search product, the main search service on Telefonica’s mobile portals in 15 countries in Europe and Latin America, potentially reaching more than 100 million consumers worldwide. Through the launch of Yahoo! oneSearch, Telefonica will make it easier [...]