The .xxx domain has been created with the intention of building a so called ‘red light district’ of the internet, where websites with adult content can all be, making it easier for those wanting it, to find it, and those not wanting to, to avoid it.

‘ICM registry’ who are overseeing the launch say that they hope the new domain will lead to a more ‘responsible approach to adult content’.

The .xxx domain will not be compulsory for adult websites and they will be allowed to decide for themselves whether or not they apply, however ICM have also that they will be working with security firm McAfee to ensure that none of the sites harbour malware or other cyber related threats, making them a much safer place for people to visit.

It is also possible for people and businesses to have their name blocked from being used with the .xxx domain, so as to avoid people trying to associate them with adult content – a free between $150 and $200 (£100-£200) has to be paid for this.

We don’t tend to deal with adult websites in our day to day activities here at Dijitul, however, with it being such a huge part of the internet, and formerly the biggest online pastime (only being displaced by the rise of Facebook and Twitter)  a change of such proportions cannot be ignored, and could have quite an impact on the landscape of the internet.

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Back in 2009 Ms Bartz took over from one of the companies founders Jerry Yang, in an attempt to turn around its falling fortunes as it continually lost ground in the search industry to Google. However, despite her early job cuts to save money, and enhanced focus on providing personalised search resultds, the fortunes could not be turned, and she has been ‘removed from the board of directors, effective immediately’.

Chief financial office Tim Morse will take over temporarily whilst the board of directors work to find a full time replacement.

In my opinion, this change of captain is hardly surprising, despite partnerships with Bing and continued work to try and establish itself as a true competitor in the industry again, Yahoo! seem to have stagnated and made very little progress, whilst Facebook has emerged and revolutionised the way people spend their time online, and Google remain search leaders have developed their own highly popular mobile operating system, and become a competitor in the social media market.

However, whether or not the change will actually make any real impact remains to be see and turn their fortunes around remains to be seen, either way, something signifcant will need to be done to turn Yahoo! around.

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These discontinued services are to include social powered question and answer tool ‘Aardvark’, news content experiment ‘Fast Flip’ and note taking service ‘Notebook’.

This is being done so that Google can slim down their range of services, provide more simplicity for users, and to allow them to put more focus and resources into developing on its more popular services. A quote from senior vice president Alan Eustace on the official Google blog said :

“Over the next few months we’ll be shutting down a number of products and merging others into existing products as features. [...] This will make things much simpler for our users, improving the overall Google experience. It will also mean we can devote more resources to high impact products—the ones that improve the lives of billions of people.”

The full list of discontinued Google services is as follows -

• Aardvaark
• Fast Flip
• Notebook
• Desktop
• Pack
• Sidewiki
• Google Maps API for Flash
• Google Web Security
• Image Labeller
• Subscribed Links

It will be extremely interesting to see what Google pulls out of its sleeve with it having much more resources to spread over its existing and future projects, and will they be able to replicate themselves in having the next ‘Google’ moment.

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The 56 year old became the first none broadcaster to speak at the lecture, and used this time to express his feelings, saying “If I may be so impolite, your track record isn’t great”. He said that whilst the UK had invented photography, television, and computers ‘in both concept and practice’, none of the leaders in these industries are even from the UK anymore.

He pointed that blame partly at the fact that computer science is not taught in UK schools, and I.T lessons are all about using software rather than learning about how its made, he later called for a return to the ‘glory days of the Victorian Age’ where Art, Science, Engineering and Maths came together to take the forefront in education.

In his speech he also spoke about how he believes that the internet and television were converging, with more social and interactive layers being added on to Television programmes – later dismissing claims that Google are a ‘foe’ of TV.

These are just a few of the topics touched upon during his speech – also claiming that Google would pay more UK tax if asked, but the government doesn’t demand any more  – and raised some very good points.

Personally, having learnt more in a year with dijitul than in 5 years of school I.T lessons, I can see exactly where Mr Schmidt is coming from with his claims, and do too believe that more of a push needs to be given in the UK.

One way in which more and more people of this country are getting in touch with their online side, is by taking their businesses online, with ecommerce stores currently more popular than ever, thanks to the huge online shopping market.

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The payment of this sum will mean that the company avoid any legal action, as the importation of most drugs from foreign pharmacies is illegal in the United States.

Under the terms of the settlement, Google admitted it had improperly aided the Canadian pharmacies in marketing their products to the American public.

Despite the fact that the payment is of half a billion US dollars, this revelation is expected to have more of an impact in Google’s reputation than their finances, as they made a mind boggling $29.3bn turnover in 2010 alone, and continue to make many millions more every week from the adwords services.

Although saying that, I doubt that the hundreds of millions of people who use Google every day will stop now, I certainly won’t, so it looks like business as usual for the search market leader

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Google had promised reforms of their privacy last year after it emerged that the Google maps street view cars had collected large amounts of personal information from peoples Wi-Fi connections.

The commision did have praise for Google, saying that things had improved, including improved staff training and a ‘Privacy Design Document (PDD)’ being given to engineers working on all new projects, however more still needs to be done.

The commission stated that the PDD should be rolled out across all Google staff, and that more educational videos should be put together for users to understand about data and information usage across different Google products, to give them a clearer view of how much privacy they will get.

Google themselves have welcomed the suggestions, with ‘director of privacy, product and engineering’ Alma Whitten saying in a blog post  ”We know that there is no perfect solution, so we will continue to improve our current processes and develop new ones so that privacy awareness grows and evolves alongside Google. ”

Even as they continue to work on privacy issues, there is no doubt that Google remain ‘top dog when it comes to the search market, as their domination continues, and they remain to be the number one place to get your website seen.

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Once installed, a bar will appear at the bottom of your screen, and in this bar, pages which are related to  what you are already viewing will appear in there for you to then view. These results include related news stories – which open in a new tab – and images and Youtube videos which can be viewed in a pop up window on the same page, meaning you never have to lose the original piece you were on – pretty handy!

Admittedly I have only spent the last half hour experimenting with this new toolbar, but on first sight, it does seem rather useful, and should they iron out a few of the creases – it doesn’t appear on all websites yet – it could well prove to be a very efficient tool for searchers to have, and also revolutionise SEO and the way people search.

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In a stark contrast however, users of other age demographics showed a renewed enthusiasm for the services on offer, with one in three claiming to use social networking websites more now than ever before.

A rather surprising statistic across the board however was that a majority of social media users were usually ‘passive’ on the site, actually interacting on average around once a month, instead spending a majority of the time viewing profiles, comments and most of all, peoples photos.

These statistics show that social media is still a fantastic marketing platform for you and your business to use, its still adding to its already huge popularity levels, and most people are spending their time searching, meaning your pages are bound to be found!

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They are all reportedly small, rural law enforcement services, however at least one police chief has confirmed that sensitive information was stolen and leaked regarding an ongoing investigation. Officers emails, tip offs from the public, credit card details – and even pictures of teenage girls in swimsuits (which police have claimed was related to a case) are apparently among the 10gb of data which was released.

These attacks are thought to have been made in retaliation to several arrests of Anonymous supporters in the United States and Britain, and its highly unlikely you have heard the last of these crusading ‘hacktivists’.

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The service, which provided searchers with a constantly updating real time results taken from Twitter of people discussing or mentioning the search term in their discussions, was rather popular however was discontinued after Google and Twitter failed to agree terms on renewing the contract for the service.

However, it is now to be relaunched – with Google’s own new social network Google+ being the main focal point for the results, meaning people will be met with status updates and public discussions surrounding the searched term, rather than a collection of tweets. It is also thought other social services are intended as part of the new realtime, however nothing is yet confirmed.

The return of realtime search will no doubt be welcomed by many – I myself found it quite handy – however a Google+ only timeline would probably fail to have same impact due to its smaller userbase than Twitter and a more industry specific demographic of users.

Either way though, this is further proof that Google are pushing forward more than ever in their efforts to become a true player in the social networking business.

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