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Archive for February, 2009

How to manage your passwords the easy way …

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

MyVidoopTired of keeping a list of passwords up to date, or can’t remember which password goes with which site? Fed up remembering numerous log-in details, identities, and filling in forms with the same details over and over again?

Well, I’ve been testing out this cool new password manager and form-filler called MyVidoop. It’s free, very easy to use, and offers all these advantages:

* Never enter another username and password or answer another challenge question.
* Eliminate hassles and frustration.
* Use just one click to access all websites.
* Simplify and organize your online activities – and your life.
* Keeps track of all of your login details.
* Automatically fills in your information when you enter a site.
* Completes online forms.

MyVidoop uses a new system called OpenID, an easy way to use a single digital identity across the Internet, which is fast catching on as a new Web standard.

After registration, you download a plugin for either Internet Explorer or Firefox. You can then begin visiting your favorite sites. MyVidoop’s password manager does the rest.

Conclusion: I think it’s the best password manager I’ve ever tried!

Twitter traffic explodes

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Twitter.comTraffic to the popular micro-blogging site Twitter has already more than trebled just this year, according to web analysts HitWise. Twitter now ranks as 7th within the Social Networking category, up from 23rd just 3 weeks ago!

The amazing increase follows the media attention generated by the likes of Stephen Fry (owner of the world’s second favourite Twitter feed after Barack Obama) and Jonathon Ross. However, Twitter still has a long way to catch up with FaceBook and YouTube, which together account for nearly 60% of social networking visits.

Twitter hasn’t quite achieved world domination yet, with less than one per cent of all social networking traffic, but it’s growing at an exponential rate: Over the last 12 months traffic to Twitter.com has increased 27 fold. However, the service is probably even more popular than the numbers imply – If the people accessing their Twitter accounts via mobile phones and third party applications (such as Twitterrific, Twitterfeed and Tweetdeck) were included, the numbers would be even higher.

You can follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/wisecat2

Click: What We Do Online and Why it Matters

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Click - What we do on the Internet and why it matters

Click is a fascinating new book about the Internet’s influence on our lives. Here’s the official book description:

“In one short decade, the internet has become a critical part of our everyday lives. In this timely new book, internet data analysis expert Bill Tancer makes sense of why this is, and reveals what our internet usage says about us and our future – because asking people what they do is never as reliable as watching what they do.

Did the online community really “create” the Arctic Monkeys? Can we really predict the next winner of Strictly Come Dancing? Who are the new winners and losers in the world of MySpace, YouTube, Facebook and online poker?

In Click, Bill Tancer takes us behind the scenes into the massive database of online intelligence to reveal the naked truth about how we use the web, navigate to sites and search for information; he describes in unmatched detail explanations about our lives, our interests, our thoughts, our fears and our dreams.

As online directories replace the yellow pages, search engines replace traditional research and news sites replace newsprint, we live in an age in which we’ve come to rely tremendously on the internet for many purposes.Through our usage, we leave behind an amazing trail of information about ourselves – our “clickstream” – and the direction in which we are headed that Click exposes and explains here for the first time.”

What’s happening ~ right now

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

See what’s happening – right now – on Twitter, with Twitter Search
#UKSnow is the hot topic of the moment.
It’s also interesting that Stephen Fry is the 3rd most followed Twitter user in the world! The top 10.000 most followed Twitter users
Twitter has increased its traffic 10-fold over the last year and is now the 18th most visited social site.