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Are you sick of having all those passwords? A new Yahoo app aims to get rid of those by sending a notification to a user’s smartphone.
Not sure if that will work well or not but it is aimed at making things easier for Yahoo mail users and attracting more customers to this.
Yahoo mail had 190 million users in August 2015 while Google Gmail had 411 million and increasing.
More market dominance by Google!
You can request a free upgrade to Windows 10
The offer is for a limited time and valid for qualified Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices. If, after installing it you don’t like it, you can revert to your old version within a month (or under some other circumstances).
Did you know that Microsoft retired Internet Explorer earlier this year. It is now called Microsoft Edge and is the default browser in Windows 10. It wil still work in older operating systems for now. It only has about 20% of the browser market – Google Chrome is now the most used browser.
You can find out more about it at https://www.microsoft.com/en-nz/windows/microsoft-edge
We previously reported on moves in the market to end the life of Flash which is susceptible to hacking breaches. Flash is primarily used for delivering ads and video content on a site. Your site may use it.
These moves to end the life of Flash continue.
This article outlines the background and issues surrounding this. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=11529613
Google are about to take on OTA’s with their own commission based ad programme (instead of just pay per click like Adwords.)
While this has been predicted for some time, it will most likely change the OTA market significantly. Google have trialed this option and apparently found that it generates more revenue for them than Adwords.
To date the other OTA’s have relied on dominating Google results. Google taking them on directly is likely to cause a pretty big shake-up for organisations like booking.com and Expedia.
Read the article at http://www.traveltrends.biz/ttn555-google-takes-on-otas-with-new-commission-model/
We have met a couple of people recently who have developed new websites using Wix as an alternative to WordPress, currently more or less the default norm. Joomla, Modex and other platforms are used by some developers but not to the same extent as WordPress at the moment.
If you are considering using Wix for a web site, you might like to read this article which compares the features of Wix versus WordPress.
Our impression is that it is very easy to use (drag and drop) and has its place, but is less powerful and versatile than WordPress. There may also be challenges in terms of Search Engine Optimisation, which we consider to be very important. Both Wix and WordPress are free to use.
Horse for courses…
http://www.wpbeginner.com/opinion/wix-vs-wordpress-which-one-is-better-pros-and-cons/
If you are using Firefox as your browser you will have noticed numerous web sites do not fully work until you manually activate Adobe Flash. Trying to install the Flash upgrade also may not work. Flash is frequently used to display streaming video, advertisement and interactive multimedia content on web pages – the whole site will not be broken but images and video might be.
I have said this before but let me say it again!
Always use an enduring email address for domain records and Internet accounts
Now let me say that again!
Always use an enduring email address for domain records and Internet accounts
Do not use addresses that may go our of date and disappear! And ensure any address that you are using is always monitored for important messages. Continue reading
Have you ever sent an email and then immediately regretted it or realised you made a mistake in the content? I know of someone who ended up in a nasty defamation case because of that – they replied to the wrong person with an imprudent email.
Well Gmail is making Undo Send a standard feature. What it actually does is delay the message send for up to 30 seconds to give you a chance to change your mind. You determine the time in your general settings. Kind of a cooling off period.
Following a general rule of email etiquette will help you as well and mean that you won’t need this feature. Never write anything in an email that would embarrass you if it ended up in the wrong person’s mailbox. Emails frequently get forwarded to a number of other people so can easily go somewhere you were not expecting them to end up. Always assume that that could happen and write emails accordingly.
See the article at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11471228
Use of mobile devices is reportedly now ahead of desktops for the number of Internet searches in the US. Online behaviour and the type of device continue to change. If your site is not yet mobile friendly, you should be seriously considering what you are doing about that. It is very important now.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11443886