Google Announces New Service for Nonprofits

Google Announces New Service for Nonprofits

A new education and grant service from Google aims to help nonprofits. Google has announced a new program for nonprofits, which they say will include a grant for adwords, exclusive tools, and collaboration forums. "Instead of applying to each Google product individually," nonprofits can apply for a suite of tools here, according to...

Google Chrome’s “major” overhaul?

Google Chrome’s “major” overhaul?

Google is working on a “major” overhaul of its Chrome browser user interface (UI). Among the options on the table is the elimination of the URL bar, which could be the most significant UI change to the web browser since its invention. Another feature that appears to be already signed off is the support of multiple user profiles that can be used in...

Google and Bing confirm that Twitter/Facebook influence SEO

Google and Bing confirm that Twitter/Facebook influence SEO

As of yesterday, both Bing and Google have confirmed that links shared through Twitter and Facebook have a direct impact on rankings, in addition to the positive second-order effects they may have on the link graph. This has long been suspected by SEOs, but getting this official confirmation is a substantive step forward. We now know that those link sharing...

Motorola Droid Pro First-look Review

Motorola Droid Pro First-look Review

Verizon Wireless’ latest high-end smartphones is the Motorola Droid Pro, a model that runs Google’s Android OS and is strongly focused on business users. I’ve had this phone for short while, but so far I’m extremely impressed. I’ll have a full review in a few days, but here is my first impressions. BUILD & DESIGN While many of...

JQuery set to tackle mobile Web development

LONDON–Countless developers use jQuery software tools today to build advanced Web sites and to ease the difficulties of spanning multiple browsers. Starting in about two weeks, though, they will start being able to extend their reach to the fast-growing world of the mobile Web as well. That’s when the alpha version of jQuery Mobile is planned to be...