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Comparing Web Hosting Plans

April 1, 2023 by Sam

If you have a website, you probably know how tough it is to find an affordable and reliable hosting plan. If you don’t have a website but are planning to, well, be warned.

One thing that can help in this decision is a web host rating website. It will allow you to compare different hosting plans side by side, including the features and prices offered by each. Good comparison sites will also have independent reviews written by the users, and this feedback can be very useful when choosing between a handful of companies that seem to offer similar plans.

Finally, here are some quick tips that might help you in the research process:

  1. Give preference to Linux based hosting plans, as they are more reliable and have more features.
  2. Don’t go with the cheapest plans. You will always get what you pay for.
  3. File a customer support ticket to test how fast they will answer it. Responsive customer support is a must.
  4. Don’t get seduced by huge disk space or bandwidth offers. It is very likely that your new site won’t consume even 10% of that.

Originally posted on September 28, 2009 @ 5:11 pm

Filed Under: Internet

Google Maps Become More Useful with Place Pages

April 1, 2023 by Arnold Zafra

If you’ve been using Google Maps for researching on good places to visit, or great restaurants to dine or for simply finding out about a certain area, you’ll be glad to know that Google has just added a nice feature called Place Pages. [Read more…] about Google Maps Become More Useful with Place Pages

Originally posted on September 24, 2009 @ 11:48 pm

Filed Under: Web Tools

Broadband Numbers Worldwide

March 31, 2023 by Sam

Recently I was browsing through broadband penetration reports and I found some interesting data. First of all, for the record, there are around 1,6 billion Internet users worldwide. That is about 25% of the world population.

Now that number obviously includes dial-up connections and even people who don’t have an Internet connection at home and use the Internet at work or on Internet cafes.

So have many broadband connections do we have? According to Point Topic, a research firm, by June of 2009 there were 444 million broadband subscribers around the world. If you want to get details about prices and bandwidth, however, you need to check local websites. One that we found useful is http://www.broadbandexpert.com.au/, which is dedicated to the Australian broadband market. If you visit the page with broadband plans you will find 44 offers compared. We did some calculations and found that in Australia the average monthly price for a broadband service is $63, and the average bandwidth speed is 16 Megabits per second. Not bad huh?

Again according to Point Topic, the 10 countries with the highest broadband penetration are:

  1. Monaco
  2. Luxembourg
  3. Iceland
  4. Denmark
  5. Switzerland
  6. Norway
  7. Australia
  8. Netherlands
  9. Malta
  10. Sweden

As you can see most of them are small countries, but Norway, Australia, Netherlands and Sweden perform well despite their larger size.

Finally, it is also interesting to see the rise of wireless Internet connections. Analyzing the numbers on the BroadbandExpert portal we can see that the average wireless broadband service in Australia costs around $30 and provides a speed of 3 Megabits.

What about in your country? How much do you need to pay for a broadband connection, and what kind of speed do you get in return?

Originally posted on September 24, 2009 @ 8:35 am

Filed Under: Internet

MySpace Now Syncs Updates with Twitter

March 31, 2023 by Arnold Zafra

For MySpace it’s better late than never. The official MySpace blog announced that it is rolling out a new feature of MySpace  that will allow users to sync their MySpace status updates with their Twitter feed.  Available as an opt-in feature, any user can sync their MySpace account with Twitter so that any updates on their MySpace status will also be displayed as tweets on their Twitter. Likewise, users may also choose to have their tweets be displayed in their MySpace status and mood. [Read more…] about MySpace Now Syncs Updates with Twitter

Originally posted on September 21, 2009 @ 9:33 pm

Filed Under: Social Networks

Cool Photo Morphing Software

March 31, 2023 by Sam

morphingIf you take many photos, then you will probably want to add some special effects to them sooner or later. Morphing is one cool thing that you can do. It basically merges two different photos in one. If you mix the right photos, can results will be funny. For example, you could mix a photo of yourself with your kid to see how he will look like later in life. Or you could mix two celebrities together, like in the photo below:

I researched about photo morphing software, and one that I did like was called Morpheus. It does all the morphings on the fly and it comes with some useful features, including:

  • The option to output morphings in Flash or animated GIFs
  • A morph wizard to guide you in the process
  • The option to upload your photos online
  • Previewing
  • Share functionality to send your photos to family and friends

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The software is a paid one, but there is also a free trial version if you want to test it out first. Check it out if you would like to start morphing your photos.

Originally posted on September 21, 2009 @ 9:14 am

Filed Under: Software

Soon You Can Make Free Phone Calls Via Twitter

March 31, 2023 by Arnold Zafra

Are you ready for this? – free phone calls via Twitter powered by mobile communication solutions company JaJah. JaJah is about to launch a new feature called @calls. This new feature will let you speak out your Twitter Tweets update for free, provided that your calls don’t exceed two minutes. Why 2 minutes? Because it’s the equivalent of  Twitter’s 140 characters limit. [Read more…] about Soon You Can Make Free Phone Calls Via Twitter

Originally posted on September 17, 2009 @ 9:48 pm

Filed Under: Web Tools

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