Was the death of Google Stadia a significant blow to the gaming industry? Or was it a startup idea from Google that dwindled due to inherent shortcomings? We discuss the chronology of events that marked the rise and fall of Google Stadia. And in the process, figure out if it left its mark on the gaming industry. After launching in November 2019, Google Stadia promised to revolutionize how people played games. But after facing hurdles and lackluster sales, Google shut down the streaming service in March 2021. With its closure,…
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What is Wi-Fi 6e?
Wi-Fi, aka Wireless Fidelity, is a wireless networking technology that devices use to connect to the internet. Today, almost every device we own, from smartphones to laptops to home appliances, relies on Wi-Fi for effective communication. The demand for faster and more reliable wireless connections has also increased due to digital device technology evolution. A new standard, Wi-Fi 6e, an improved version of Wi-Fi 6, promises to deliver faster speeds, better performance, and improved capabilities. We are amazed to see 6e’s performance in crowded environments. The new wireless communication standard…
Read MoreDigital SEO Social Media Marketing Agency Business - Tips For Entrepreneurs
Running a business in this highly competitive world requires you to be more strategic and innovative. Digital marketing has become an integral part of most businesses’ overall marketing efforts since more and more consumers are now driven to use technology in their purchasing decisions. If you would like to stay ahead of your game, gain more traction, and win more sales, you need to master these digital SEO and social media marketing tips for businesses: Bank on Branding In this day and age, it is essential for entrepreneurs to capitalize…
Read MoreDealing With Internet Security Threats
Thе іntеrnеt іѕ а wаѕh with many dіffеrеnt kinds оf thrеаtѕ аnd for mаnу people, nо іntrоduсtіоn іѕ required whеn it соmеѕ to the computer and internet thrеаtѕ. Mоѕt реорlе have hеаrd about thе internet threats and реrhарѕ оut оf іgnоrаnсе do nоt take аnу precaution tо protect their соmрutеrѕ and investments whеn wоrkіng on thе internet. Thе wеb аѕ knоwn tоdау is uѕеd tо соllесt, ѕtоrе, distribute information, for commerce, fоr еntеrtаіnmеnt аnd mаnу оthеr dіffеrеnt activities. Thеrе іѕ аlѕо the existence оf соmраnіеѕ, organizations аnd individuals mаkіng thеіr…
Read MoreThe Internet at the age of 49 years is still un-affordable
The internet was born during September, 1969 when a computer message was first transmitted from University of California, Los Angeles to Standford. Kleinrock and his team pioneered the attempt to make two computers exchange data over a network for first time ever. And Kleinrock puts it as “the first breath of life the Internet ever took.” The first ever message transmitted on the internet was “login”. Thus the internet came to be known as the global system of inter-connected computer networks that communicate with one another over the Internet Protocol suite…
Read MoreChrome SPDY Protocol Speeds up web by 2x
Google had started testing a new protocol for the web that would directly give a speed boost by 2x to the existing HTTP web infrastructure. Google has, quietly, made the necessary upgrades to its webpages to support the new SPDY protocol reducing the page load time of Chrome for pages on its own servers by a stunning 50%. In effect, Google sites should load much faster in Chrome than in any other web browser. SPDY incorporates features like multiplexed streams, request prioritization and HTTP header compression. To demonstrate the productivity. To be…
Read MoreIE9 vs Chrome 10 vs Firefox 4 Benchmarks
The browser wars has always brought good stuff for us: All new set of features and significant speed improvements. And when we talk about speed, we trust Benchmarks more than anything else. But relying a single benchmarking technique is risky, and that’s why we execute all popular benchmarking tools before declaring a winner. IE9 vs Chrome 10 vs Firefox 4 Benchmark Platform: Windows 7 32bit on a Intel i7 Macbook Pro, 4GB RAM. We are not testing 64bit since IE9 has poor performance on 64bit as it still uses older javascript engine,…
Read MoreCache Images with HTML5 local storage for Faster Page loading
There are several ways by which you can increase site loading speeds. Among the most popular ones is lazy load and dynamic async javascript are first. Typically these methods are used to control and prioritize the rendering of primary web page elements to the benefit of the overall user experience. HTML5 is the most beautiful that that happened to the web. HTML 5 would eventually make webapps powerful and as capable as native apps, with Chrome’s Native client. HTML5 Client-side Local Storage provides a great solution for database storage on…
Read MoreWeb 2.0 Summit Live Video Stream
Web 2.0 is all about latest and greatest in the web 2.0 world. The latest technologies that are changing the way we live on the web and away from the web. O’Reilly and TechWeb’s Web 2.0 Summit, probably the biggest and most influential web technology event of the year from a business perspective, is about to start in San Francisco and for the first time - anyone can watch the speakers live on stage, for free. This year’s Web 2.0 conference is special as we hope to see lots of…
Read MoreSpeed-up your Apache Website, Blog
In its ever increasing aspirations for need for speed, Google today announced a mod for Apache web server that boosts Server’s speed by many folds. Recently they announced that Google now considers webpage’s speed while Ranking it among the top search results and released a tool that speedup webapps. The reason is obvious, in future, people will have Gigabit Internet connections and we would need faster servers to serve them optimally. So if your page is equally relevant (and backlinked) as others, but slower, its going to appear after your…
Read MoreHow Google tackles Malware-Distribution
Its not easy to run world’s biggest Search engine, and yet make it robust against spams, malware. Everyday, Fabrice Jaubert and his team layouts new plans to conquer and kill malware from the web. At a security conference, SecTor, Google malware researcher gave a rare peek inside the massive amounts of efforts of Google’s anti-malware and anti-phishing technologies. Google showcased stories of the attackers who make it their business to infect sites and exploit users. And what makes it worse is that users are adapting these blackhat/unethical tactics very quickly and creatively…
Read MoreGeocities available as 900GB Torrent Download
Geocities was the first website, in early days of internet, to offer free webhosting on subdomains. I still recall my first subdomain with them, owning one was like being among 1 in a billion. A Year back, Yahoo discontinued new registrations & access to this service in favor of cutting costs and paid services, however, those websites are still available for existing users. But those good old sites are still filled with bulks of information and thats why the Archive team has decided to release them to general public as…
Read More25 Years of .COM Domains
Ever since you probably got over the internet, you have seen different Top level domains (TLD) emerging. It all started with .COM then .COR, .NET, .ORG, .EDU .TV and then region specifics like .in, .ru, .fr, etc and now even .xxx is in the talks. It all began on March 15, 1985, a Massachusetts computer systems firm registered the first .com Internet domain name. It was “Symbolics.com” and it fueled the .COM domains, the TLD that now makes up 70% of the web. Today, exactly 25 years later, life B.C…
Read MoreHtml5 Video Player that works on All Browsers, compatible with Flash
Youtube’s adoption of HTML5 will be painfully slow due to the constraints over change of codec to an open one. But does that mean that web should wait for HTML5 video embedding? No! Million and billions of Blogs, websites, portals can now have HTML5 video embedded into their content without worrying about compatibility. Thanks to HTML5 Media, you can now embed a HTML5 video that will automatically use Flash (Flowplayer) if the browser doesn’t support HTML5. With the HTML5 support already there on Firefox(nightly), Safari, Chrome, Android and iPhone , Opera browsers, it’s fair…
Read MoreWorld’s Shortest URL Shortener http://to.
URL Shorteners have been around for several years, but the idea never got popular till the Era of Twitter emerged. But something is really strange about the new URL shortener the Total URL is “http://to” and that’s it. e.g. http://to./4gr6r will open this current page and http://to./technology will open Homepage for this website. This will programmatically break all the rules we have seen for the domain names. Normally, a domain name needs a Top level domain like .com, .net, .org, etc, but this one is something totally unique. I still don’t understand…
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