StumbleUpon now has 7 million users
Social discovery network StumbleUpon is growing at an impressive pace.
The service now has 7 million users.
StumbleUpon enables a web user to install a toolbar in his web browser. He gets a button which takes the user to random websites on the web related to his picked topics.
Users then [...]
Skype working on an Apple iPhone edition
VoIP service provider Skype has just announced Skype Lite for the Google Android mobile platform.
The company has said that they are also working on an iPhone edition of Skype which should be out soon.
Skype said that their engineers are working on cutting the amount of power the application consumes [...]
StumbleUpon launches discovery engine
StumbleUpon has announced the launch of some new features which further enhances the usability of the service.
The company has now made available their discovery engine service which enables the user to search the internet for specific targets.
The service delivers the websites which are relevant to the interests of the user.
StumbleUpon general [...]
Google blocking phished PayPal and eBay mails on Gmail
Search engine giant Google has said that they are now automatically blocking phished emails from eBay and PayPal.
They are using the DomainKeys email authentication technology to decide whether the email is actually from PayPal or eBay domains.
Yahoo is already using the same technology to block eBay and [...]
Skype 4.0 focused on enhancing video functionality
Popular VoIP application Skype is scheduled to get a major update.
Skype 4 is going to be focused on improvement of video functionality.
Skype President Josh Silverman calls this new edition the biggest release in the history of this application.
The service enables the user to do video chat in full [...]
Black Pixel Luminance announces Agent Craig, the internet search agent for OS X Leopard. The application currently provides automated background searches for deals on Craig’s List and Ebay, and can be extended to do considerably more via 3rd party plugins.
Seattle, WA – Black Pixel Luminance has released Agent Craig, an internet search agent for OS [...]
Call Recorder for Skype updated
Ecamm Network has announced the updated edition of their Call Recorder add-on app for Skype VoIP software.
The latest version now is Call Recorder 2.3.1. The update is free for registered users. New users can purchase it for $14.95.
The application is useful for recording conversations made using the Skype application. It support [...]
PayPal would not ban Apple Safari users
Online payment gateway provider PayPal had recently said that they were soon going to block access to their site by unsafe web browsers.
The company had stated that older generation of browsers lacked any anti-phishing capabilities and they would soon start giving warning to the users of these browsers.
Apple Safari [...]
PayPal would require users to have modern browsers
eBay owned online payment service PayPal has announced that they would soon start blocking access to their services using old generation web browsers.
The company said that this step has become essential to prevent phishing based attacks.
PayPal was quoted as saying: “In our view, letting users view the PayPal [...]
SIIA targets software sellers on eBay
Software & Information Industry Association has said in a statement that since they have failed to get eBay to take action against the sellers of pirated software on the online retailing site, they are now filing lawsuits against them.
The association has now filed as many as nine lawsuits against the [...]
