SourceForge has been making headlines in recent weeks with a variety of criticisms. The once popular download destination for free software projects was sold off from its golden age and its new owners continue to demonstrate a history of bad decision making in the name of greed and profit. While SourceForge's popularity and usability has waned as other sites like GitHub and … [Read more...]
Google rolls out mobile-friendly PageRank update today
Not bearing the name of an animal like Panda or Penguin, Google is updating page rank today for individual pages based on their mobile-friendliness. Google announced the upcoming change quite some time ago and today, April 21st, the update is rolling out. Today's update is intended to assist users performing searches from mobile devices. Sites will be given an updated ranking … [Read more...]
Leo Laporte returning with The New Screen Savers
TWiT is bringing back The Screen Savers, one of the most well known shows from TechTV. The show will launch on May 2nd, 2015. You can subscribe and catch the episodes when they're released at twit.tv/show/new-screen-savers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29WWgFLGPhk The announcement was made by Lisa Laporte on the TWiT.tv blog: We are thrilled to announce that we will launch … [Read more...]
YouTube to start offering a paid, ad-free option
YouTube sent partners an updated Terms of Service today that will allow YouTube to begin charging fans a monthly fee. Sources are stating that a monthly YouTube subscription for an ad-free experience is expected to cost about $10/month. That seems a little high to me given the price of Netflix, the use of adblockers, and the $0 cost of watching YouTube with ads. From the … [Read more...]
April Fools 2015 around the web
It's that time of year again. Here are some of the best of the web gags I have found this year: Amazon Retro - Amazon took a retro look to its homepage. Google Actual Cloud Platform - Google is launching clouds, literally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp10_PygJ4o Google Fiber Dial-up mode - Google Fiber too fast? Slow it down with Dial-Up … [Read more...]