Archive : Web

Yesterday, thousands of Twitter users found themselves redirected to other websites, and that they were automatically sending tweets to  to others due to  a security hole on Twitter’s website. The attack was caused by malicious users using cross-site scripting (XSS) and it was particularly worrying because it could be exploited simply by hovering over a link on a page. In some cases, merely [...]

An online report had  claimed that Facebook could be working on a phone of its own to compete in the fiercely competitive and lucrative Smartphone sector. Facebook was prompt is dismissing the report. “The story, which originated in Techcrunch, is not accurate. Facebook (Facebook) is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social. Current projects include [...]

Napster, the original Big Daddy of music sharing , is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Apple’s App Store, Napster has joined rivals like Rhapsody, Thumbplay, Rdio and Mog on the Apple App Store. Napster on i-Devices offers 10 million full-length songs for a subscription of $10 a month, and you can even listen to those songs offline. You could create playlists, save songs, albums [...]

Chromium, the open source browser that Chrome is based on, now offers the Google Instant feature integrated into the browser.  This makes real-time searches pop up in your main browser window while typing in queries from the Omnibox. This may not mean that you will have this option added to your Chrome browser soon, most features that come to Chromium, usually find their way to Chrome in relatively [...]

Sky has roped in Stephen Fry for launch of its Sky 3D channel, Stephen Fry will produce a special guide to be broadcast on  Sky Anytime and Internet ahead of the 1 October UK launch. Stephen Fry comments: “2010 has been a triumphant year for new and innovative technological developments, which is great news for all of us, not just technophiles like myself. 3D TV in the home is going to be [...]

Yahoo has announced the launch of a cleaner, faster and more social version of Yahoo Mail. Blake Irving, Yahoo’s executive vice president and chief products officer, launched the new design at Yahoo’s headquarters here during an event  called “Product Runway.” Yahoo said that its 281 million Yahoo Mail users will start seeing the new design in the next few weeks as it [...]

Facebook’s “Like” button could be integrated with Bing’s search results. Facebook and Microsoft are in talks and the  agreement would significantly expand the search relationship both the Internet giants share. Features expected includes the possibility for Bing’s search service to mine anonymized data from consumer usage of  Facebook’s Like buttons, which Facebook [...]

Microsoft’s is all geared up  to release Internet Explorer 9, the new version of Internet Explorer browser to all and sundry  today. IE9 Beta is reported to be a beta that’s technically complete, so we shouldn’t have much to fear when the download is available later today. We are waiting to see how it will stand up to Firefox 4.0 which is also in beta. “Web browsing is [...]

With the newly refurbished website Twitter has also redesigned its  default profile picture to a drawing of an egg, maybe it signifies  the – hatching of a new version of Twitter.com. Twitter had last changed its default avatar image last September, then it replaced the awfully terrible eyesore “the weird brown smiley face” with a wide variety of colored Twitter birds.

Twitter has  unveiled  a new version of its web interface. Some users have already started getting  the new format, though Twitter says on its blog that it “will roll out as a preview over the next several weeks.”. The new look seems to follow the two-column style of  its iPad app, it is essentially a version of the sleek new Twitter iPad app but optimized for the web, with the left [...]