In January of this year, the revelation of memory-related vulnerabilities known as Spectre and Meltdown rocked the entire computing world—everyone had been sitting on top of a potential landmine for decades that hackers could have taken advantage of. After the…
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Microsoft is Now Offering AI Certification Courses, Job-Ready Skills and Real-World Experience Included
Professionals wanting to polish their skills or add machine learning to their resume can now do so via the Microsoft Professional Program. Recognizing the need for companies to train their employees in the latest AI trends, the software giant is…
What You Should Know About Google’s GDPR Consent Plan for Publishers
Google wants its publishers in Europe to solicit users’ consent on its behalf under the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy rules. The GDPR rules which will take effect on May 25, requires companies to gain explicit consent for collection…
Google Cloud Introduces VPC Flow Logs, Allows Users to Collect Network Telemetry at Various Levels
Last Thursday, Google introduced a new feature to its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) users for tracking network operations between their servers in the Google Cloud. Called VPC Flow Logs, the tool logs and monitors all network flows sent from and…
Google Hijacks Speedtest.net With Their Own Speed Test Widget
You know the lovely folks at speedtest.net – they tell you how fast or slow your internet connection is? You also know that Google has a subpar version when you Google [speed test] right in the search results. They launched that feature…
Google Adds Photos Tab To Local Panel On Android Devices
Sergey Alakov spotted Google adding a new tab to the local panel specifically for Photos. Well, it seems to just be showing on mobile for Android devices, not on iOS devices. If you search on Android, you will get the photos tab,…
Win the Amazon Buy Box and Watch Your Sales Soar in 2018
Amazon is now one of the ten largest retailers in the world. A study by One Click Retail also determined that the online giant accounted for about 44 percent of all eCommerce sales in 2017. These two reasons alone should…
Microsoft and LinkedIn Ready to Challenge Salesforce CRM
Since Microsoft’s $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn three days after Christmas 2016, little has been heard from what would be Microsoft Dynamic’s bold upgrade to the CRM industry. But the picture has become much more clear since Microsoft CEO Satya…
SEO is Less About One/Two Word Keywords & More About Longer Tail Keywords
There is an outstanding subscriber (paid access required) WebmasterWorld thread that discusses the topic of short term versus long term phrases. These are the types of threads that make me feel, hey – that $150 subscription pays for itself. Without giving up all the…
Surefire tactics to get the most value out of budget-limited campaigns
Since few people have money to burn, contributor Amy Bishop shares how to get the best return on your AdWords campaigns by understanding what is valuable and trimming wasted spend. When campaign budgets are capped, it is more important than…