Google+ Authorship RIP: Bylines vanish from search results
Google+ has finally ditched its Authorship experiment this week, meaning that search results will no longer display an author’s name with retrieved articles.
Storage price wars continue: Dropbox drops 1TB of storage to $9.99 a month
Dropbox has announced a dramatic price drop for its paid members this week, as the online storage firm looks to compete with the likes of Amazon and Google Drive in the growing market.
The rise of SEO blackmail: Can people really link spam your site to death?
In recent years, Google has clamped down on link spam, with a number of major changes to its search formula. But as old ‘black-hat’ SEO tricks become obsolete, an even darker practice is on the rise: extortion emails.
Right to reply: Mobile apps – Business Enabler or Security Disaster?
While mobile apps clearly provide a chance to transform business processes, Karen Conneely, Group Commercial Manager, Real Asset Management, outlines the importance of looking beyond the core features and assessing security components of any mobile app before making the move.
Apple ‘may not sell personal health data to advertisers’
As the industry waits to see if Apple will launch a much-anticipated iWatch this September, a new licence agreement suggests the firm is tightening its privacy rules- meaning advertisers will not have access to user’s personal health data to serve them ads.
Google tests home delivery drones with ‘Project Wing’
Google is exploring the potential for self-flying aircraft, as the internet giant looks to rival Amazon in the future home delivery technology.
Amazon ditches Google AdWords for own ‘sponsored links’
Amazon is working on its own online ad platform, as the online retailer looks to utilise its massive amounts of user data to serve ads relevant to their buying habits, in a bid to challenge Google’s dominance in the display sector.
Chinese web giants team up for $813m ecommerce deal
Chinese entertainment firm Dalian Wanda (owner of the AMC cinema chain) is reportedly set to make a massive move into ecommerce via a partnership with Tencent and Baidu.
Facebook planning DoubleClick rival: Can it rival Google in display ad revenue?
Facebook is reportedly readying a new ad strategy to challenge Google’s dominance of the display ad sector, as the social network continues to expand.
China to replace Android, Microsoft and Apple with own software?
The Chinese government is developing its own operating system, in a bid to oust ‘imported’ software from the likes of Microsoft, Apple and Android.