 | Facebook is reportedly in the process of testing a games-only activity feed which if introduced, would replace the current games ticker on the social networking website. The company has been planning to remove the games ticker for a while now. Instead, the activity feed would be introduced, which is actually a sub-option under the App… |
 | A new study on the online presence and activity of the Inc. 500 companies, being conducted at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth under Nora Barnes has revealed that the number of companies which run corporate blogs has declined over the past one year. UMass researchers have been observing this set of companies for a… |
 | The US Justice Department’s crackdown on the owners of Megaupload as operators of a web service that promotes copyright infringement, leading to the shutting down of the domain names owned by Megaupload Limited had created waves in the file storage and hosting industry. People in the business are now searching for alternatives to sustain the… |
| Blogging website WordPress.com has come out with an extension for Google Chrome which provides a faster blogging experience to users. With the new extension, one can now post to a WordPress blog easily with just a click of a button and get updates from those you follow as well as notifications without having to open… |
 | Mozilla is currently working to develop a ‘reset’ button for Firefox, which would enable users to work around errors in installation or start-up crashes and fix the problem without losing their data, bookmarks, history and more. The feature would be accessible in several ways, around the Firefox browser. As the Mozilla wiki page about the… |
 | Google has announced they are releasing the source code of Google Sky Map to the public. Google Sky Map is an Android app which users the phone’s sensors to act as a window into the cosmos. Originally created by some Googlers during their famous 20% time, Sky Map allows users to point their Android device… |
 | UPDATE 2: Daniel Ha, Cofounder of Disqus has updated us with an apology to all Disqus users. The downtime was caused by a minor glitch where a backup system failed to switch over smoothly. Total time to fix this was about 20 minutes. UPDATE 1: Looks, like the Disqus comment system is now back online…. |
 | Microsoft today announced the launch of a new beta Visual Studio Achievements plug-in for Visual Studio developers to help them discover new features of the application, while making the process “playful and pragmatic”. It is a free plug-in which works a lot like Xbox game play, allowing developers to unlock achievements and badges in the… |
 | A staggering 7 million people signed the online anti-SOPA petition initiated by Google in just 24 hours, confirmed a Google spokeswoman. The petition was available to sign on Wednesday, linked from Google homepage, meant to increase awareness about the SOPA and PIPA acts currently under consideration by the U.S Congress. The Google petition came in… |
