February, 2010

Grab yourself a Gravatar

22nd February 2010

If there’s one thing that really annoys me about the internet it’s the endless need to create new accounts on every single website out there.

While we can’t really expect a universal login any time soon, nor perhaps do we want one, we can make life a little simpler for ourselves using Gravatars.

Simply create an account with your primary email address at gravatar.com and upload your favourite avatar. Now when you create an account using that email address on a website which has activated Gravatars, your avatar will automatically appear.

Sometimes, it the simple things that make the difference.

Bing & Yahoo close the deal

17th February 2010

This week Microsoft and Yahoo’s announced that they received “unrestricted” clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission to proceed with their proposed search deal.

This joins the second and third most popular search engines on the web and will have dramatic effects on the search market. The announcement sets the end of the year as a target for the transition.

Steve Balmer said,

“Although we are just at the beginning of this process, we have reached an exciting milestone. I believe that together, Microsoft andYahoo! will promote more choice, better value and greater innovation to our customers as well as to advertisers and publishers.”

Good luck Steve, you’re  going to need as Google currently has more than 65% market share.