http://blog.wsg.net Blog & Web Site Design & Development, Internet Marketing, SEO, IT Consulting & Network Support :: Albany, Troy, Schenectady Saratoga NY Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:45:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aardvark, which we gave a positive review last Fall, was in the news today as they are reportedly going to be a member of the Google empire. The deal, which was first reported by Techcrunch and confirmed by Mashable yesterday, is said to be for around $50 million.  We'll see how ... http://blog.wsg.net/2010/02/12/aardvark-update-theyre-being-purchased-by-google/ FAIL ---> What did you see if you hopped on Twitter as the Super Bowl came to a close tonight? My guess is that Twitter's popularity has far surpassed the annoyance of their frequent outages.  Users likely just put up with the issues as Twitter is still a free service and ... http://blog.wsg.net/2010/02/07/twitter-loses-the-super-bowl/ We just wanted to share this great piece from the NY Times on the coming availability of Cyrillic domain names.  Our take on these new domains is that they won't impact us here in the States much, if at all.  The piece does point out a number of interesting issues, ... http://blog.wsg.net/2009/12/21/ny-times-russians-wary-of-cyrillic-web-domains/ If you're an avid - or even addicted - Blackberry user, do you care about looking at pictures of celebrities using their Blackberries?  And if you are a celebrity gossip fan, do you care to know how celebrities are using their Blackberries? My answer to both (and for the record, I ... http://blog.wsg.net/2009/11/28/a-very-annoying-site/ WSG is pleased to launch SteppingStonesII.com, a brand new site.  Stepping Stones is a child day care center located in Troy, NY.  As their site states: Stepping Stones II Early Learning Center offers childcare services for children ages six weeks to five years -- providing a warm, relaxed, "extended family" atmosphere -- a ... http://blog.wsg.net/2009/11/20/site-launch-stepping-stones-ii-early-learning-center/ If you've been paying attention to the computer world for the past 10+ years, by no doubt you have heard about Linux.  For those who don't know, Linux is an operating system that has put a small dent into the Microsoft stranglehold of desktop operating systems, and drove a massive ... http://blog.wsg.net/2009/11/12/gnu-and-you/ I was browsing through my Google Reader RSS feeds, and came upon this gem today: Staten Island Judge Booted For Facebook Oversharing.  I understand that people love updating their social networking sites and constantly letting people know where they are, but "his once-public Facebook profile 'included photographs of his children ... http://blog.wsg.net/2009/10/19/judge-given-the-gavel-on-social-networking/ From: Google Enterprise Support <enterprise-support@google.com> To: justin@wsg.net Subject: Postini Services Incident Update Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:17:21 -0400 (EDT) Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA  94043 Postini Incident Report Service Disruption - October 13, 2009 Prepared for Postini Services Customers Dear Postini Customer, The following is the incident report for the issues with mail delivery and Administration Console ... http://blog.wsg.net/2009/10/16/googles-official-response-to-the-postini-problems-of-this-week/ [caption id="attachment_304" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Google Sidewiki brings comments from users right to your browser."][/caption] For those of you not completely glued to Google Labs or RSS updates from Google, there's a new feature of Google Toolbar that's found its way to Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers: Google Sidewiki. Google Sidewiki puts everyone's ... http://blog.wsg.net/2009/10/16/google-sidewiki-i-totally-had-this-idea-years-ago/ Remember when the only way to get recommendations for restaurants or stores to go to was to ask a friend and hope they’ve heard something?  Now with search engine/social media crossover services like Aardvark you can expand your circle of recommendation givers to anyone viewing the site. With Aardvark, users can ... http://blog.wsg.net/2009/09/22/aardvark-where-search-engines-meet-social-media/