One of the major advantages Firefox has had over it’s competitors over the years has been the number of add-ons, or extensions, available for use. Something that has not been embraced to the same extent by the its major competitors. This may all be about to change.
For some time now Firefox has held majority share in the browser market, with most recent figures showing 47% of people use Firefox. The closest rival is Internet Explorer (versions 6, 7 & 8) with 37.7%, you can see a breakdown of the remainder of market share in the table below.
LinkedIn has recently opened it’s platform for compatibility with third party applications as well as launching Twitter integration. Is all this turning a professional network into a social one?
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You may have noticed something different about your Facebook news feed a few days ago. Yes, Facebook sensed that you may have finally got used to how the page worked and thought it was time to give everyone something new to complain about. Once again Facebook have changed the news feed and once again there are a lot of upset Facebook users and groups.
I generally find Facebook to not be very user friendly and the most recent changes confirm this. You now have two options of how to view your Facebook feed:
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The long awaited preview launch of Google Wave has come and gone. You can sign up to receive an invite here (don’t hold your breath) if you haven’t received one already.
It has launched with mixed reviews, most of which can be attributed to all the hype surrounding Wave and the fact that it’s still in alpha release. The potential is there, which is something not many will deny, unfortunately it hasn’t reached a level of usability as of yet that will engage most users.
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The release of iTunes 9 has included some social media additions, an iTunes store revamp, Genius features and some great extras for the iPhone. However, some rumored additions were left out, such as Last.fm integration and blu-ray playback.
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After releasing the long awaited and much improved iPhone application, Facebook have launched a few other neat features over the last week including @mentions, notifications for Mac and Facebook Lite. News about the ‘Facebook Movie’ also emerged.
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…charge customers for the 30 second clips they listen to on iTunes!
The music industry seems to have found another way to screw online retailers as well as anger pretty much anyone who listens to music, by wanting to charge royalty fees every time a user listens to a 30 second music clip. They worked out that scraping every last penny they can from online retailers like iTunes will benefit them in the longrun. This is obviously out of jealousy, as iTunes found a way to make money out of selling music online and all the music industry can do is complain about all the money they’re apparently losing!
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I recently returned from a trip to Greece and noticed a great deal of change in how travellers and backpackers alike use the internet.
I remember travelling around Europe in 2005 and having to scout out internet cafes in order to book accommodation and keep in touch with friends and family back home. Even then, it wasn’t very difficult to find internet access in even some of the smaller European cities. The growth of wi-fi in particular, has meant that you now rarely need to leave your hotel (or pay) to access the internet, but how reliable is it?
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