• Enable Video Thumbnails in your Windows Explorer

    Updated: 2012-05-31 12:49:09
    Windows Explorer can display image thumbnails for Windows Media and Quicktime video formats but support can be added for DVD, MKV, Flash and other formats as well.

  • Google’s Policy on Tracking Clicks on the Google+ button

    Updated: 2012-05-31 09:49:49
    Google Analytics can automatically track how visitors are interacting with the Google+ button but third-parties aren't allowed to track the clicks.

  • The 20 most valuable tech companies

    Updated: 2012-05-29 17:26:15
    : E-mail : Password Remember me . No password US international : 1-212-796-6890 SE international : 46-21-480-0920 Business hours 3 am-11:30 am EST Mon-Fri Home Services Sign up About Blog Contact Tools Login Pingdom Blog Royal Pingdom Follow pingdom Ramblings from the Pingdom team about the Internet and web tech Tweet The 20 most valuable tech companies Posted in Main on May 29th , 2012 by Pingdom Have you ever wondered which tech companies are the most valuable in the world We have , so we decided to find . out We looked at the market capitalization , i.e . the total value of all shares in each company . Since the data source we used was Google Finance , we got all companies in the technology sector that are traded in the United States , which also includes many of the larger non-US

  • The Nokia effect – Finland is Windows Phone’s strongest market by far

    Updated: 2012-05-28 15:42:19
    : E-mail : Password Remember me . No password US international : 1-212-796-6890 SE international : 46-21-480-0920 Business hours 3 am-11:30 am EST Mon-Fri Home Services Sign up About Blog Contact Tools Login Pingdom Blog Royal Pingdom Follow pingdom Ramblings from the Pingdom team about the Internet and web tech Tweet The Nokia effect Finland is Windows Phone’s strongest market by far Posted in Main on May 28th , 2012 by Pingdom In Finland , almost 8 of mobile web browsing is done on Windows Phone . devices That makes Finland the number one country for Windows Phone . In contrast , Microsoft’s smartphone OS only has 0.53 of the worldwide mobile web . traffic But which country is number two and how far behind Finland is it Almost 8 mobile web browsing share for Windows Phone in Finland When

  • WLW bLaugh

    Updated: 2012-05-28 11:21:13
    WLW bLaugh (bLaugh Plugin for Windows Live Writer) is a simple plugin that makes it easy to select and insert a recent bLaugh Comic into a Windows Live Writer Post. This package provides a simple plugin that makes it easy to select and insert a recent bLaugh Comic into a Windows Live Writer...

  • The Share on Google Plus Bookmarklet

    Updated: 2012-05-27 08:10:50
    The Share on Google Plus bookmarklet lets you recommend (or +1) pages and you can also share websites among your Google+ circles.

  • Changes to the Field Trials infrastructure

    Updated: 2012-05-25 16:41:00
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  • Why an “Instagram for video” is unlikely to happen

    Updated: 2012-05-24 16:28:16
    : E-mail : Password Remember me . No password US international : 1-212-796-6890 SE international : 46-21-480-0920 Business hours 3 am-11:30 am EST Mon-Fri Home Services Sign up About Blog Contact Tools Login Pingdom Blog Royal Pingdom Follow pingdom Ramblings from the Pingdom team about the Internet and web tech Tweet Why an Instagram for video” is unlikely to happen Posted in Main on May 24th , 2012 by Pingdom Lately there’s been a tremendous amount of hype about the potential of an Instagram for video” as the next big thing . However , there’s a fundamental problem that stands in the way of that . For lack of a better word , it’s the problem of scannability yes , that’s probably a brand new word Twitter can be scanned quickly . Tweets are bite-sized and take mere seconds for users to

  • 10 great iPad apps for sysadmins

    Updated: 2012-05-23 16:50:03
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  • Introducing “Mozilla Webmaker:” helping the world make the web

    Updated: 2012-05-22 19:00:42
    Today, we’re proud to launch “Mozilla Webmaker,” a new program to help people everywhere make, learn and play using the open building blocks 
of the web. The goal: help millions of people move from using the web to making the web. With new tools to use, projects to create, and events to join, we want… Read more

  • 75% of top 10k websites served by open source software

    Updated: 2012-05-22 16:40:25
    : E-mail : Password Remember me . No password US international : 1-212-796-6890 SE international : 46-21-480-0920 Business hours 3 am-11:30 am EST Mon-Fri Home Services Sign up About Blog Contact Tools Login Pingdom Blog Royal Pingdom Follow pingdom Ramblings from the Pingdom team about the Internet and web tech Tweet 75 of top 10k websites served by open source software Posted in Main on May 22nd , 2012 by Pingdom We have analyzed the top 10,000 websites in the world to find out what web server software they are running . Here is what we found . out First of all , it is clear that open source software rules the roster . This largely thanks to two massively popular open source projects : The Apache web server and the nginx web server . Together they account for at least 61 of the top 10k .

  • Bing Can Supply Background Images for your Google Homepage

    Updated: 2012-05-18 10:43:27
    If you prefer Google for search but love Bing images, here's you can automatically set Bing images as your Google background.

  • Find the Address of a Place through Google Maps

    Updated: 2012-05-18 07:55:01
    How do you find out the postal address of a point on Google Maps when all you know is the approximate location?

  • Congratulations 2012 Firefox Flicks Winners!

    Updated: 2012-05-17 23:29:58
    We are excited to announce from the Cannes Film Festival that we have selected the global winners of our 2012 Firefox Flicks competition. After calling on creatives, filmmakers and students to help us tell the story of Mozilla Firefox, we received more than 400 submissions from thousands of filmmakers worldwide. Please see the video reel… Read more

  • Do Not Track Gains More Support around the Web

    Updated: 2012-05-17 16:16:48
    Editor’s Note: Mozilla today announced updated user and industry adoption of Do Not Track. Check out the blog post from Alex Fowler, Mozilla Global Privacy and Policy Lead. Excerpt below. Mozilla introduced the Do Not Track header last year to give users more control over online tracking by third parties. Since launching Do Not Track,… Read more

  • Connect with Web Intents

    Updated: 2012-05-15 21:35:00
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  • Windows on ARM Users Need Browser Choice Too

    Updated: 2012-05-10 02:08:49
    For the past eight years, users and developers have enjoyed a Windows platform environment that offered users a choice of browsers to navigate their digital lives.  It wasn’t always that way. Prior to the launch of Firefox in 2004, there was really only one browser for Windows – Internet Explorer. Only IE and Firefox had… Read more

  • From CTIA Wireless 2012: The Web Will Connect our Future

    Updated: 2012-05-09 15:20:29
    Editor’s Note: Gary Kovacs, Mozilla CEO, posted on his blog about his keynote speech at CTIA. This is reposted below: Today I have the honor of delivering the opening keynote at CTIA Wireless 2012 with a presentation titled “The Web Will Connect our Future.” Alongside speakers that range from the CEOs of the top US… Read more

  • TED-U Talk: Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers

    Updated: 2012-05-03 18:04:55
    On February 28 at TED University, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs presented “Tracking the trackers.” As part of that, he provided the crowd with a demo of Collusion, a tool that visualizes the entities that track our behavior on the Web. TED is a nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading” from the technology, entertainment and design… Read more

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