More Internet Opinion

  • 15 August 2012

  • Opinion: iCloud: security risk?

    Apple's iCloud service, which was recently forced upon former-users of mac.com (including myself), has not proven to be a shiny seamless service. Many tech journos complain that iCloud doesn't represent the user-experience associated with Cupertino's decades-long tradition as a quality-brand.

  • 14 August 2012

  • Opinion: Klout Now Wants To Measure Your Real-World Influence

    We've explained to you how to increase your Klout score here on PCWorld, but a new update to the service may have boosted (or dropped) your score without you doing a thing.

  • Opinion: Google+ Starts Rolling Out Custom URLs

    There's nothing like a social networking URL involving more than 20 numbers to make a user yearn for something easier to remember, and on Monday Google announced that it's begun to deliver just that.

  • Opinion: Google Earth Shows Undiscovered Pyramids, Amateur Archeologist Claims

    Google Earth is prompting one arm chair archeologist to suggest that there may be two undiscovered pyramid complexes in Egypt. Both locations feature what appear to be pyramid-shaped mounds with a deliberate organizational structure, according to Angela Micol of Maiden, N.C., who runs Google Earth Anomalies. As its name suggests, the site is dedicated to discovering intriguing images from Google Earth.

  • Opinion: Google Buys Frommer's Travel Guides To Bulk Up Reviews

    Google stepped further into the travel business on Monday, announcing it had acquired Frommer's, producer of popular travel guidebooks and reviews. While no immediate decision has been made on Frommer's print guidebooks, Google says the company's data will be integrated with Zagat restaurant review section.

  • 10 August 2012

  • Opinion: Google FTC Fine Illustrates Mixed-Up Priorities of US Watchdog Agencies

    Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million fine to the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to settle charges related to Google placing tracking cookies to spy on user activity in Apple’s Safari Web browser. While $22.5 million is a record fine for the FTC, it’s a drop in the bucket that won’t be missed by Google and shows how US government agencies have their priorities backward.

  • Opinion: Streaming Music is…Good for Music Labels?

    After much, much, much kicking and screaming from record companies, streaming music via free (with paid options) services such as Spotify and Pandora have finally managed to become a legal staple in the digital media world.

  • Opinion: Ask the iTunes Guy: Converting music files

    [Ask the iTunes Guy is a regular column in which we answer your questions on everything iTunes related. If there’s something you’d like to know, send an email to the iTunes Guy for consideration.]

  • 09 August 2012

  • Opinion: Facebook Turns to Users to Help Combat Phishing

    Facebook wants to fight back against phishing attacks targeting its users, so it is asking users to begin forwarding any suspicious emails they receive.

  • Opinion: Take That, Google Earth: This 3D Map Pinpoints All Known Galaxies and Black Holes

    When you’re looking for a place on a map, it’s quite easy to end up studying something else--an interesting landmark, a road or, in my case, finding out where the River Thames ends up inland by scrolling through Google Maps (Answer: it starts its life as a stream in Kemble). But if you simply enjoy getting lost in a map, how about a map of the entire universe?

  • Opinion: Pinterest is (Finally) Open for Business

    Virtual pinboard site Pinterest has finally ditched its invitation-only status, and has opened its doors to, well, the Internet. Now anyone and everyone can start pinning away, after they sign up for a Pinterest account using their Facebook account, Twitter account, or email address.

  • 08 August 2012

  • Opinion: All Your Webs Belong To Cats: Meowbify Decorates Websites With Felines

    Remember our story about the awesome Chrome plugin that allows you to turn all the photos on Facebook into cat photos? Well if you wished the entire web could be the same, your has come true!

  • Opinion: Google Tries Showing Gmail Emails in Search Results

    A new Google search experiment lets Gmail users to see relevant e-mails alongside regular search results on Google.com.

  • 07 August 2012

  • Opinion: How the Cloud Brings Developers into Business Process

    The disruptive innovation that is the cloud has given developers significantly more influence than they, and their organizations, are used to having. This means the agile, sometimes unstructured world of the developer is increasingly coming into contact with more rigid business groups. Making everyone happy may mean reengineering IT processes.

  • 06 August 2012

  • Opinion: Can Anything Replace iGoogle?

    Now that Google has announced plans to discontinue iGoogle, Jim Pierce asked me to suggest an alternative.

  • 05 August 2012

  • Opinion: This is Now Shows Real-Time Instagram Uploads

    Instagram's more than 50 million users know the mobile app is fun to use because its filters and frames give plain old photos pizzazz. Not only that, but its social features let you share your snapshots with friends and keep up with the images others are posting, just by opening the app on your smartphone.

  • 04 August 2012

  • Opinion: Need to Choose a Creative Commons License? This New Tool Can Help

    Creative Commons licensing can be a good way for businesses and artists alike to protect their creative works while enabling productive sharing, but figuring out which of the six Creative Commons licenses is best for you can feel like a daunting challenge.

  • 03 August 2012

  • Opinion: Save a Web Page as a PDF with Just One Click

    Typically, when you want to save a Web page for future reference, you bookmark it. But what happens if that site gets taken down? Or the content of the page gets changed? Or you want to actually preserve that page in a format that doesn't require a Web browser?

  • Opinion: Twitter Gets Political with a Political Index

    The "Twitter Political Index" helps the masses figure out just how the rest of the Twitter world feels about the two presidential candidates. Instead of relying on intuitions of political experts or waiting for the polling phone calls to be made, Twitter's new tool powered by Topsy will keep you informed about the general consensus on the candidates.

  • 02 August 2012

  • Opinion: Facebook Unveils New User-Generated Feature: Facebook Stories

    The nearly 1 billion users (fewer, of course, if you don't count all those bogus accounts) who use Facebook every day sure share a lot of stuff. However, a lot of it gets lost in the shuffle.

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