23 of the top 100 sites are Google-owned
May 23, 2012
If you list the top 100 sites in the world (according to Alexa), you’ll find that 23 are owned by Google . That’s...
Facebook’s amazing growth potential
May 18, 2012
Earlier this week we studied what countries around the world had lost and gained the most Facebook users over the past 6 months. With...
How smartphones and social networks are turning us into a collective Big Brother
April 27, 2012
George Orwell’s arguably most famous novel, the dystopian Nineteen Eighty-Four , coined a number of phrases that are in widespread use today. One...
Putting Facebook’s 900 million users into perspective (infographic)
April 25, 2012
As you may have heard, Facebook very recently passed 900 million active users . We think it’s pretty safe to say that it’s...
Weekend must-read articles #12 – IPv6
April 20, 2012
This week we thought you would be interested in reading about what’s happening with the worldwide adoption of IPv6, working up to the...
New iPad bloat could push average web page size to 5 MB
April 18, 2012
Did you look at your website on the new iPad yet? We have browsed quite a few sites already on that gorgeous 2048...
Instagram and the fastest, biggest payouts in tech startup history
April 17, 2012
Lately, the web has been abuzz with Instagram ’s billion-dollar sale to Facebook. This is an enormous amount of money for a service...
Make your website TV-friendly with our 10 great tips
March 14, 2012
Do you have a big screen TV in your living room? Of course you do! Do you browse the web using that TV?...
Do you feel bad when you don’t log in to Facebook regularly?
March 7, 2012
Call it Facebook Addiction Disorder , Facebook Anxiety Disorder , Facebook depression , or Facebook unhappiness , we have all heard of issues of...
Testing the speed of comment systems for blogs
February 23, 2012
For blogs and many other types of sites, getting an interaction going with readers is essential. But it would seem that many believe...
Pingdom Podcast #10 – QML and Office for iPad
February 23, 2012
Pingdom’s Podcast is a show about Internet, web, security, and mobile stuff. ...
Is social login the answer to annoying and disruptive user registrations?
January 25, 2012
When you arrive at a site that asks you to register for an account before you can access certain content or functionality, does...
Daily special: see if you can catch a Basic Account, worth almost $120
January 23, 2012
Every single day – well, except the weekend – we’re giving away a 1-year Basic Account package, worth almost $120. This promotion continues and...
Security in 2011 by the numbers
December 30, 2011
As 2011 draws to a close we wanted to take a look at computer and information security in the twelve months that have...