Being a freelance web designer may sound enticing when it comes to all of the freedom and self-determination. However, the responsibilities you gain, like lining up your future jobs and staying motivated can be overwhelming. Here we provide tips on how to transition into freelancing.
The E-Parasite Act addresses the matter of protecting creative material on the Internet. The government wants to extend copyright laws to the point of violating our First Amendment rights. If these laws pass, what will come next?
Changes to Google’s search tool for signed-in users are set to impact the statistics collected on visitors to websites. The implication of this, of course, is that webmasters will suffer…
Do you have any circles on Google+? Have you filled out a profile and uploaded some awesome pictures of you, your family or real life adventures? If so, you’re already addicted to Google’s answer to every social media site all in one, but can you overuse Google+?
Twitter is a great service that allows people to connect with the famous, the successful, or even friends and family. But as a Twitter account becomes more popular, automation tools are often employed. But aren’t these the antithesis of the direct social contact that Twitter thrives on?
When was the last time you noticed a QR code? I’m betting most us can’t remember, but is this because of the inventiveness that’s being used in incorporating them into our everyday lives, or is it just because they are springing up everywhere that they cease to have any effect?
Google+ lost its golden glow about a month after it opened its beta, with some 20 million people already signed up. The honeymoon breaker boils down to nyms, names and anonymity – identities on the web. Google+ has provoked two discussions – one on pseudonyms (nyms) and the other on common names.
Bad spelling on your webpages could be noticed more than you think. Not only that, but it could actually be putting off would-be customers from making a purchase. Would you be surprised to learn that there is evidence to suggest that bad spelling is costing online companies literally millions?
Recent patents filed by Apple are for technologies that have already been designated as open source and included in the HTML5 specification. Far from being an oversight, it appears that Apple is attempting to force the W3C to pay for the technologies or even usurp control of the standard.
On July 6 2011, President Obama held a town hall Twitter session garnering attention from not only tweeters but also television networks. Were those asking questions really getting answers from the President or was there more behind the scenes we didn’t see? And what about celebrity tweets?
