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The Best Blog Platforms and How to Use Them Successfully

Blog marketing is a wonderful way to connect with your audience, to provide valuable and useful information to prospects and customers, to sell your products and services, and to drive traffic to your website. However, before you begin to blog or even start to set one up, you have one very important decision to make. Which blogging platform will you use? Here are a few tips on how to use blog platforms successfully. The Big Three and Beyond A blog platform is essentially a product which a blog or website is based on. In many cases they’re the service you use to host and publish your blog. In the blogging world, there are three big players with a host of smaller platforms. The big three are: * Blogger, now owned by Google * Typepad * WordPress There is also MoveableType.org, which is an open source publishing platform.

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HTC scrambles to release privacy fix for smartphones

Following the discovery of a privacy flaw in its smartphones, HTC will imminently release a fix to combat potential threats from malicious third-party software. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer identified problems with several smartphone models relating to user’s GPS location, email accounts, SMS data and call logs. Such data could be accessed by net-enabled apps, posing a significant security risk to the personal information of certain HTC users. “HTC is working very diligently to quickly release a security update that will resolve the issue on affected devices,” a spokesperson told the BBC . Once a fix is created, those vulnerable to malicious attacks can download the fix over WiFi or 3G connections. Models potentially at risk include the EVO 3D, EVO 4G, Thunderbolt and the Sensation range, though exact details have not been confirmed by HTC. The flaw was made public by blogger Artem Russakovskii , who identified the threat

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Adobe plans a makeover with newly purchased web tools

Web design guru Adobe has acquired Nitobi, makers of PhoneGap, and TypeKit, officials announced at the Adobe Max developer and designer conference. The new acquisitions will help Adobe move beyond its Flash Player technology and transition more seamlessly to new web standards including HTML, CSS and JavaScript. PhoneGap – an open source programming tool – allows users to create web apps designed for use on mobile phones. General Manager for Adobe Danny Winokur said: “PhoneGap is a fantastic solution for developing a broad range of mobile apps using the latest web standards, and is already integrated with Dreamweaver CS5.5. “It’s a perfect complement to Adobe’s broad family of developer solutions, including Adobe Air, and will allow us to continue to provide content publishers and developers with the best, cutting-edge solutions for creating innovative applications across platforms and devices. TypeKit, on the other hand, specialises in web-based typography, offering subscriptions to users that allows them to use TypeKit fonts on the web.

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Websense aids Facebook in tackling phishing scams

Facebook has joined forces with online security firm Websense, and plans to make the social networking site a safer place for its users. The partnership hopes to implement greater measures to protect users from phishing and malware scammers, who could attempt to extract potentially valuable information such as passwords or bank details from users. Due to the high number of people using the site, Facebook is a prime target for this type of criminal activity, as Websense’s Spencer Parker told the BBC : “As a piece of real estate, it’s extremely profitable to be targeted by malware writers.” Many of Facebook’s 700 million+ users have fallen afoul of such tricksters, clicking unwittingly on a harmful link that appears to be posted by one of their friends. Parker said this type of phishing scam is more prevalent on Facebook due to the sense of trust involved. “One of the things with Facebook, of course, is that you have that element of trust in a social network. If one of your friends posts something, you automatically trust it more than if it just received as a spam email.” At the moment, Facebook informs a user if they are about to visit an external site, but as of next week, new technology provided by Websense will enable the warning to differentiate between a malicious website and a safe one. If a threat is detected, users will be given the option to return to the previous page. These efforts may also be a goodwill gesture towards users unhappy with recent changes to Facebook , attempting to bring them back on side. Digg | delicious | Reddit | Google | Twitter | Sphinn | StumbleUpon | YahooBuzz | Facebook | Mixx | Contact bigmouthmedia

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Google upgrades Google Web Toolkit

Google yesterday announced the latest version of its Google Web Toolkit (GWT), an open source development toolkit used by developers for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. The new version includes new tools as well as improvements in browser speed and capabilities.

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Yahoo Inc. Looking to Sell Off HotJobs for the Right Price

ahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz told attendees at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York on Tuesday that the company would consider selling its HotJobs job search site “for the right price.” Reuters reported that sources have claimed that Yahoo Inc.

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Google Releases New Tool for Reading News

Google today unveiled a new approach to reading news online, developed in partnership with The New York Times and the Washington Post. Available as an experiment through Google Labs, the new Living Stories prototype unifies coverage on a single, dynamic page with a consistent URL.

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Yahoo! and Bing Finalize Partnership on Search Technology and Ad Revenue

The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday that Microsoft and Yahoo! have finalized a deal to combine search engine and online advertising efforts in an attempt to combat industry leader Google. The two companies had announced reaching an agreement in principle in July but had not yet been able to work out the details of the deal until recently.

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Microsoft revamps Bing with a host of new features

Microsoft announced yesterday the addition of several new features to its Bing search engine, including a new Bing Maps experience, Bing app for Windows Mobile, and the Bing Bar for Internet Explorer and Firefox. The new features are based on user data compiled by the company and are designed to address the top ten decisions people turn to search engines to make.

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Google changes the way it indexes news articles

In a move to placate newspaper publishers who are concerned about the amount of free material that is currently available to Web surfers, PC World reports that Google has agreed to change the way that it indexes content on its Google and Google News pages.

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