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Google Chrome’s Impressive Market Share Growth Explained

by Jeff Weisbein January 2, 2012
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Why has Google Chrome been successful in gaining market share against Internet Explorer? Can Chrome continue to gain market share?

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RockMelt Review: One Year Later

by Jeff Weisbein November 1, 2011
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A review of the social browser RockMelt and look at how it’s doing one year after its release to the public.

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I’m Skeptical About the Future of Bing

by Mike Mansell September 21, 2011
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After spending to years and billions of dollars to build Bing, Microsoft doesn’t have much to show for it. Which is why I’m skeptical about the future of Bing.

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Adobe Flash: A Necessary Evil?

by Mike Mansell September 12, 2011
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After avoiding Flash for a day, I’ve come to the conclusion that Adobe’s Flash platform is an important part of the Internet as we know it today.

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Google’s Acquisition of Zagat Should Scare Yelp

by Mike Mansell September 9, 2011
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From the perspective of a tech blogger I can safely tell you that there have been countless times where companies have made decisions that I have had no choice but to question.  Sometimes my crucial outlook on business moves has been proven wrong, and I’m not shameful in the least to admit that I, like [...]

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Online Advertising: Annoying or Useful?

by Mike Mansell August 18, 2011
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In society it has almost become commonplace to see ads everywhere. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re at, or what you’re doing; there is always going to be someone out there looking to buy your eyes in order to push their goods or services.

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The Cloud Has Failed Me

by Mike Mansell August 10, 2011
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If you’ve been keeping even a moderate eye on the technology industry during the last couple of years I’m sure you have heard of “the cloud.” While more of a concept than a specific product or service “the cloud”, a term short for “cloud computing” which in turn simply means computing and storage that is handled via network instead of on a user’s desktop computer has taken off.

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10 ISP’s Found to be Using Search Redirects to Make Easy Money

by Mike Mansell August 5, 2011
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As someone who spends the majority of my day on the Internet (probably a tad more than I should), I like to think that I have a sacred bond with my Internet Service Provider (ISP).  After all, if my ISP didn’t do their job and provide me with my uplink to the world, I would [...]

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Best Buy Releases Insignia Connected TV

by Mike Mansell August 2, 2011
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Looking back it now it’s somewhat entertaining and equally mesmerizing to realize how far television has come in the past few decades.  I mean, it really wasn’t that long ago when a big box-sized television sporting bunny-ears and more than likely only a simple black-and-white picture was considered the “standard.”  Now in our present day [...]

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Apple to Acquire Hulu?

by Mike Mansell July 22, 2011
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Just yesterday I discussed the recently released Roku 2, the second generation of the somewhat popular streaming media device.  When going over the third-party services that the device utilized, I even went as far as to say that I myself have been “pondering dumping my satellite provider in favor for the Roku XS along with [...]

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